Best pictures from August 28
A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an AK-47 rifle at Syrian Army soldiers during clashes in the El Amreeyeh neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.YOUSSEF BOUDLAL/Reuters
A Chinese fisherman leaves a Chinese fishing boat stranded on Jeju Island, south of Seoul, South Korea, by using a rope during a rescue by South Korean policemen. A typhoon with winds of up to 170 kmh buffeted South Korea's west coast on Tuesday, killing five people at sea and leaving 10 missing when two Chinese fishing vessels capsized.Gang Jae-Nam/Newsis/Reuters
People gather near the wreckage of a car after a car bomb exploded at the entrance to a Druze cemetery in the Jaramana district of southeast Damascus, Syria. Twelve people were killed and dozens wounded when a car bomb exploded at a funeral in Damascus in an attack that an activist group said had targeted supporters of President Bashar al-Assad.KHALED AL-HARIRI/Reuters
A wave crashes in Busan, about 420 km southeast of Seoul. South Korea was hammered by Typhoon Bolaven, likely to be the most powerful storm to hit the country in a decade.Cho Jung-ho/Yonhap/Reuters
A boy bathes in water from a stone spout near Bangalamukhi temple in Katmandu, Nepal.Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press
Paramilitary policemen jump into their fellow policemen's arms as they take part in psychological training in Tongling, Anhui province, China.China Daily/Reuters
A woman dressed as a mermaid swims in a tank during Spirits of Tampa event, which was held for participants of the Republican National Convention, at The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida, Monday.ERIC THAYER/Reuters
A tourist reacts as a blue-coloured pigeon flies above her head at St. Mark's Square in Venice. Swiss artist Julian Charriere airbrushed some pigeons in different colors as part of a performance for the architecture Biennale.TONY GENTILE/Reuters
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France hits a return to Karol Beck of Slovakia during their men's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.JESSICA RINALDI/Reuters
President Barack Obama walks on stage to speak at a campaign event at Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press
Teachers and education workers leave Queens Park after attending a rally outside the provincial legislature to protest against a controversial bill that would impose a wage freeze.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
10-year-olds Joshua Keegan (L) and Ruffin Henry (C) play with Scout in a flooded area outside of the levee system along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana.JONATHAN BACHMAN/Reuters