The best images from August 22nd
Laureen Harper stands in patriotic shoes next to Canadian Rangers as she and her husband Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrive in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
A woman in a wedding gown and a tourist (2nd R) pose for photos with the skyline of the financial district of Singapore at Marina Bay.EDGAR SU/Reuters
People look at the work-in-progress ceramic poppy art installation by artist Paul Cummins entitled 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' in the dry moat of the Tower of London in London.Matt Dunham/The Associated Press
An artist performs with fire during an international fireworks festival in Ratomka, west of Minsk.VASILY FEDOSENKO/Reuters
A man, right, working for a humanitarian group, throws water in a small bag to West Point residents behind the fence of a holding area, as they wait for a second consignment of food from the Liberian Government to be handed out, at the West Point area, near the central city area of Monrovia, Liberia.Abbas Dulleh/The Associated Press
Hamas militants grab a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel before being executed in Gaza City.STRINGER/Reuters
A Palestinian protester uses slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli troops following a demonstration against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.AMMAR AWAD/Reuters
Officers belonging to Mexico's newest police force, known as the gendarmerie, take the service vow during the launching ceremony for the new force at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City.Eduardo Verdugo/The Associated Press
Pakistani protestors sleep on a street median in front of the Parliament building, during weeklong protests from the eastern city of Lahore to the gates of parliament calling for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ouster over alleged voting fraud, in Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen/The Associated Press
A woman looks around as she walks through the destroyed back yard of her home which was reportedly hit by shelling in Staromykhailivka, about 13 miles away from Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.MAURICIO LIMA/The New York Times