The best images from August 18
Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai. Janmashtami, which marks the birthday of Hindu god Krishna, is being celebrated across the country today.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
Palestinians ride in a motorbike rickshaw past the ruins of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed during the Israeli offensive, on the fifth day of ceasefire in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/Reuters
Kurdish Peshmerga forces stand guard near the town of Makhmur, south of Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew .YOUSSEF BOUDLAL/Reuters
An Iraq Shiite fighter fires his weapon during clashes with militants from the extremist Islamic State group in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq.Hadi Mizban/The Associated Press
Police officers detain a demonstrator for protesting Michael Brown's shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.JOSHUA LOTT/Reuters
Protesters run through tear gas while the police advance on West Florissant Avenue after violence broke out in Ferguson, Mo.WHITNEY CURTIS/The New York Times
A woman has her eyes washed out after being tear-gassed by the police during clashes along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo.ERIC THAYER/The New York Times
Getty Images photographer Scott Olson is arrested while covering demonstrators in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon called in the National Guard Monday after police again used tear gas to quell protesters in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown.Jeff Roberson/The Associated Press
Workers hang outside the clock face as they clean the Big Ben clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London.Sang Tan/The Associated Press
An Amish boy jumps on a trampoline at his home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania .MARK MAKELA/Reuters
Newborn giant panda triplets, which were born to giant panda Juxiao (not pictured), are seen inside an incubator at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. According to local media, this is the fourth set of giant panda triplets born with the help of artificial insemination procedures in China, and the birth is seen as a miracle due to the low reproduction rate of giant pandas.CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/Reuters
A North Korean man rows a boat past logs, which were tied together and transported by boats on the Yalu River near the North Korean city of Hyesan, Ryanggang province.JACKY CHEN/Reuters