Best pictures from August 26
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army's guard of honour hold flags in front of Beijing's Tiananmen Square during the official welcoming ceremony for Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 26, 2013. Nikolic is on a five-day visit to China.PETAR KUJUNDZIC/Reuters
Waura Indians participate in a ceremony during this year's 'quarup’, a ritual held over several days to honour in death a person of great importance to them, in Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, August 25, 2013. This year the Waura tribe honoured their late cacique (chief) Atamai, who died in 2012, for his work creating the Xingu Park and his important contribution in facilitating communication between white Brazilians and Indians.UESLEI MARCELINO/Reuters
A fish jumps near where a pelican is swimming on Narrabeen Lake on a winters day in Sydney August 26, 2013.DAVID GRAY/Reuters
Felipe Kitadai of Brazil (white) competes against Won Jin of South Korea during their under 60kg men's 2013 Judo World Championships match in Rio de Janeiro August 26, 2013.RICARDO MORAES/Reuters
Free Syrian Army fighters flee a building in fear of an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district August 26, 2013.STRINGER/Reuters
Muslim people clear the area and search for salvageable items, after their houses were burnt in a riot at Htan Kone village, in Myanmar's northern Sagaing region August 26, 2013.Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Beale St. Flipper Markese Jones, 10, spins head-over-heels down the famed street in Memphis, Tenn. as Marcus Houston, left, picks up donations from tourists Sunday, August 25, 2013.Jim Weber
Venus Williams celebrates after her victory over Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium at the U.S. Open tennis chammpionships in New York, August 26, 2013.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters
Protesters throw stones at a police vehicle in Ubate, north of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in support of farmers who had being blockading highways for a week for an assortment of demands that include reduced gasoline prices, increased subsidies and the cancellation of free trade agreements.Fernando Vergara/The Associated Press