News in Pics, Aug 2, 2022: Best photos from the world

French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin walks on a 950 meters long slackline, 50 meters over Geneva Lake between the right and left banks of the city of Geneva during an event part of the Swiss National Day. Credit: AFP Photo

Gold medallist Australia's Matthew Glaetzer celebrates after winning in the men's 1000m time trial final cycling event on day four of the Commonwealth Games, at the Lee Valley VeloPark in east London. Credit: AFP Photo

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, take part in a mourning ritual amid the Shiite Ashura commemoration period as they occupy Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone while protesting a rival political bloc's nomination for prime minister. Credit: AFP Photo

England's Abbie Wood (3L), South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker (C) and Australia's Jenna Strauch compete in the women's 200m breaststroke heats swimming event at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, in Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England. Credit: AFP Photo

A man collects plastics in the water filled with garbages and oily wastes in Banda Aceh port. Credit: AFP Photo

The largest fire in California this year is forcing thousands of people to evacuate as it destroys homes and rips through the state's dry terrain, whipped up by strong winds and lightning storms. The McKinney Fire was zero percent contained, CalFire said, spreading more than 51,000 acres near the city of Yreka. Credit: AFP Photo

A woman wearing a costume protects herself from the sun with an umbrella in the Zhujiajiao ancient water town in Shanghai. Credit: AFP Photo