The best images from August 27
A bogieboarder rides a wave at the wedge in Newport Beach, Calif. Southern California beachgoers experienced much higher than normal surf, brought on by Hurricane Marie spinning off the coast of Mexico.Chris Carlson/The Associated Press
A surfer looks at waves as storm clouds move in from the Pacific Ocean at Sydney's Manly Beach.DAVID GRAY/Reuters
Police patrol the Riachuelo River near a bridge where protesters marched during a strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Victor R. Caivano/The Associated Press
Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.MAX ROSSI/Reuters
People gather around the art installation Embrace during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada .JIM URQUHART/Reuters
People take part in 'Yoga On The Hill' on Parliament Hill in Ottawa .Sean kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Photographer Maria Pirsch falls on the road after being hit by anti-riot policemen during a protest staged by state-run workers who were seeking to block a road in Buenos Aires .ENRIQUE MARCARIAN/Reuters
Palestinians attend a victory rally organized by masked militant of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of Hamas, at the debris of destroyed houses in Shijaiyah, neighborhood of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip.Adel Hana/The Associated Press
Masked gunmen of the Islamic State group shooting seven men kneeling on the ground in front of them, in the aftermath of the group's takeover of the Tabqa air base in Raqqa province, Syria.Uncredited/The Associated Press
Lleyton Hewitt of Australia serves to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their match at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.EDUARDO MUNOZ/Reuters
Maria Sharapova, of Russia, chases down a shot against Alexandra Dulgheru, of Romania, during the second round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament,.Matt Rourke/The Associated Press
Israeli couple, Noga and Moshiko Siho, have their wedding photo taken in an army staging area on the Israeli Gaza border, near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel.Oded Balilty/The Associated Press