The best images from August 25
Coast Guard ship Des Groseilliers sails past an iceburg at sea on Eclipse Sound west of Pond Inlet.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
An Indian boy swims with his cattle through flood waters as he tries to take them to a safer place in Burhaburhi village in Morigaon district of north eastern Assam state, India.Anupam Nath/The Associated Press
Indian commuters stop their vehicles and watch a wild elephant cross a highway as it tries to escape to a higher ground after flood waters submerged large swathes of Kaziranga National Park, a wildlife reserve in the northeastern Assam state, India.The Associated Press
Lesley McSpadden is comforted during the funeral services for her son Michael Brown at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.Robert Cohen/The Associated Press
Michael Brown Senior, father of Michael Brown the unarmed teenager who was shot to death, breaks down during his son's burial in St. Louis, Missouri.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
Multi-coloured houses are seen along a canal on the Venetian island of Burano.TONY GENTILE/Reuters
Multi-coloured houses are seen on the Venetian island of Burano.TONY GENTILE/Reuters
An alleged spy for Ukrainian troops, who was captured by the Donetsk People’s Republic, stands wrapped in a Ukrainian flag as a passerby kicks her in Donetsk, Ukraine.MAURICIO LIMA/The New York Times
A Palestinian walks amid the rubble of the Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz mosque after it was hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza City.Khalil Hamra/The Associated Press
Fans wait to get an autograph from Roger Federer of Switzerland after his practice session on the first day the the U.S. Open in New York.DAMON WINTER/The New York Times
Alex Kuhn, left, plays doubles with guests from Kansas City at the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club and Kuhn family farm in Charles City, Iowa. He calls it the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club.MARK KEGANS/The New York Times