Best photos around the World today August 17th,2021

After a heavy rain, a girl hauls wood for cooking, in the makeshift settlement Nuevo Queja, Guatemala. The survivors of a mudslide triggered by Hurricane Eta, burying their Guatemalan town Queja in November 2020, were left destitute and displaced in the desperately shabby settlement.(Photo by AP).

A girl plays in the fountain water on the French riviera city of Nice, on August 16, 2021.(Photo by AFP).

Singers of the Mansudae Art Troupe perform during celebrations as North Korea marks its 76th National Liberation Day, commemorating the end of Japanese colonial rule at the end of World War II, at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang on August 15, 2021.(Photo by AFP).

Firefighters operate at the site of a wildfire between Navalacruz and Riofrio near Avila, central Spain, on August 16, 2021. A thousand people were evacuated and more than 5,000 hectares burned from 11am, with flames spreading up over a 40-kilometer perimeter. Spain saw its highest temperature on record on Saturday as a heatwave on the Iberian peninsula drove the mercury to 47.4 degrees Celsius, according to provisional data from the state meteorological agency.(Photo by AFP).

A worker cleans a dome of the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore on August 16, 2021.(Photo by AFP).

A member of the Old Guard looks on during a full military honors burial ceremony for a US soldier next to Section 60, the section of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for those killed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Allies and critics alike condemned the United States over the botched end to its 20-year NATO campaign in Afghanistan, with a leading German politician slamming the pullout as "the biggest debacle" in the alliance's history. Stunned by the Taliban's lightning advance across the country after the departure of Western troops, NATO allies have been left scrambling to evacuate their nationals as well as vulnerable Afghans.(Photo by AFP).

Iraqi Shiite Muslims take part in a mourning procession during the month of Muharram leading up to the day of Ashura, in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, on August 16, 2021. The Shiite commemoration of Ashura consists of a ten-day mourning period starting on the first day of Muharram, marking the seventh-century slaying of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. (Photo by AFP).

Youth carry Indonesian flags to commemorate 76th Indonesia's Independence Day which falls on August 17, at a mountain of garbage in Banda Aceh on August 16, 2021. (Photo by AFP).

A shepherd watches his sheep while a rainbow appears after rain near Turkish-Iranian border in Ozalp district in Van city eastern province of Turkey on August 16, 2021. (Photo by EPA).

Activists of Extinction Rebellion walk past the Brandenburg Gate as they occupy a street in Berlin, Germany on August 16, 2021. The global environmental movement set up a tent camp in Berlin's government district. Climate change protests and blockades are expected to take place in the German capital starting August 16th. Extinction Rebellion (XR) draws attention with peaceful disobedience to the impending climate collapse and the massive extinction of species. (Photo by EPA).

Storks rest near a recycling center at sunset in Zaragoza, northern Spain on August 16, 2021.(Photo by EPA).

Milwaukee Brewers' Tyrone Taylor sits in the dugout, waiting out a thunderstorm during a rain delay in the team's baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Chicago.Image Credit: AP

Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) doctor Yahya Niane puts on protective gear before helping a woman who is eight months pregnant and has COVID-19, transferring her to a hospital in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Ambulance services in the West African nation of Senegal say about 90% of their calls right now are responding to COVID-19 patients with trouble breathing. The avalanche of cases comes as Senegal confronts a devastating third wave with the arrival of the delta variant.Image Credit: AP

Smoke billows from the Mt Etna volcano as seen from Linguaglossa, Sicily, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Europe's most active volcano remains active scattering ashes around a vastly populated area on its slopes.Image Credit: AP

A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire as volunteers hold the water hose during a wildfire in Agios Stefanos, in northern Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Thousands of people have fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey, including a major blaze just north of the Greek capital of Athens that left one person dead.Image Credit: AP

Plumes of smoke rise into the sky after fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel in Kandahar, Afghanistan, southwest of Kabul, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021.Image Credit: AP

Residents past through a flooded section of a road during a thunderstorm in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.Image Credit: APA long camera exposure photo shows an aircraft approaching for landing at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.(Photo by AP).Paris Saint-Germain supporters gather outside the Parc des Princes stadium before Lionel Messi's press conference Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in Paris. Lionel Messi finally signed his eagerly anticipated Paris Saint-Germain contract on Tuesday night to complete the move that confirms the end of a career-long association with Barcelona and sends PSG into a new era.(Photo by AP).

David Lidstone, 81, sits near the Merrimack River, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Boscawen, N.H. Lidstone, an off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as "River Dave," had been living in a cabin in the woods along the Merrimack River, in Canterbury, N.H., for nearly three decades. He was jailed July 15, 2021 on a civil contempt sanction and was told he'd be released if he agreed to leave the cabin, that has since burnt down. (Photo by AP).