World in pictures this week, 21st August 2025
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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
1/20
A dove perches on the hat of an Indonesian Army soldier during a flag raising ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the country’s independence at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.Credit:AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim
2/20
A girl sits over the rubble of her damaged home following Friday’s flash flooding at a neighbourhood of Pir Baba, an area of Buner district, in Pakistan’s northwest.Credit:AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad
3/20
Local residents react in front of the fire during a wildfire in Santa Baia De Montes, northwestern Spain.Credit:AP
4/20
Olsjen Mucobega, 32, from Albania who lives in Greece, carries a sheep on the motorcycle during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece.Credit:AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
5/20
Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd hanging above during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai, India.Credit:AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade
6/20
Patrons gather at a bar in Santa Rosa, Peru, an island on the Amazon River at the triple border with Colombia and Brazil.Credit:AP Photo/Ivan Valencia
7/20
A police officer looks out from shields on which demonstrators smeared paint at a protest against the war in Gaza, in Mexico City.Credit:AP Photo/Fernando Llano
8/20
Shiite Muslim women pray at the shrine of Saint Abdulazim in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran.Credit:AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
9/20
A fisherman walks to his boat in Santa Rosa, Peru, an island on the Amazon River at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia.Credit:AP Photo/Ivan Valencia
10/20
Kashmiri Muslim women pray inside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, commonly known as Sultan-Ul-Arifeen, during the saint’s Urs, or yearly commemoration, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.Credit:AP Photo/ Dar Yasin
11/20
Indian paramilitary soldiers participate in India’s Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.Credit:AP Photo/ Dar Yasin
12/20
People holding Japanese national flags march on the street near the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, JapanCredit:Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
13/20
Jessica Ray watches Humboldt Penguins as keepers at London Zoo record animals’ vital statistics at the annual weigh-in as a way of monitoring their health, development and even identifying pregnancies, in London.Credit:AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
14/20
A woman poses for photos next to a Puerto Rican flag along the beach in Condado, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin approaches.Credit:AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo
15/20
An actress blows bubbles on a beach of Pionersky pond at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia.Credit:AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov
16/20
Miss Frisky, Queen of pop-mash-parodic-stereophonic-vaudevillian-infotainment explores the inside of a kaleidoscopic at Camera Obscura & World of Illusions to promote her fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.Credit:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
17/20
Casper Ruud plays a shot as partner Iga Swiatek covers during their mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York.Credit:AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
18/20
Trevor Story is doused with ice water after his game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Fenway Park in Boston.Credit:AP Photo/Charles Krupa
19/20
Men play footvolley on the Ramlet al-Baida public beach in Beirut, Lebanon.Credit:AP Photo/Bilal Hussein
20/20
Humanoid robots fight during a kickboxing match at the World Humanoid Robot Games at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China.Credit:Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
