01 Agosto 2016
1 A Miami-Dade County mosquito control worker sprays around a home in the Wynwood area of Miami, Florida. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new advisory that says pregnant women should not travel a Zika-stricken part of Miami.
2 Divers practice at the Olympic diving venue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3 A man collects recyclable materials from the floating garbage at the Manila Baywalk, washed ashore after tropical storm Nida passed through northern Philippines.
4 Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that had been shot down in the north of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province.
5 A pigeon flies in front of the towers of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany.
6 Skeletal remains, with iron shackles on their wrists, are laid in a row at the ancient Falyron Delta cemetery in Athens, Greece.
7 Local residents and firefighters try to save Galataki Monastery as a fire approaches the area near the seaside village of Limni on the island of Evia, about 160kilometers (100 miles) north of Athens, Greece.
8 A street entertainer interacts with tourists on the Southbank in central London, Britain, July 31, 2016.
9 Actors and singers perform during the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Louis Desire and conducted by Daniele Rustioni in Orange, southern France, during the Choregies d'Orange festival, July 31, 2016.
10 Veterans of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) stand in formation of a star and the Chinese characters "August 1" on top of a mountain ahead of China's "Army Day" in Luoyang, Henan province, July 31, 2016.
02 Agosto 2016
1 Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong uses his cell phone to photograph a young girl as other guests watch during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
2 A worker fills bottles with Alta, a red dye which Hindu women apply with cotton on the border of their feet during marriages and religious festivals, at a workshop in Kolkata, India.
3 Fishing boats are parked in a port as Typhoon Nida approaches Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Aug. 1, 2016.
4 A T-72 tank, operated by a crew from Kazakhstan, fires at a target during the Tank Biathlon competition, part of the International Army Games 2016, at a range in the settlement of Alabino outside Moscow, Russia.
5 People look inside the parked high speed Talgo train during its trial run at a railway station in Mumbai, India.
6 People walk on a sightseeing platform in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, Aug. 1, 2016.
7 A river ends in Rio bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
8 Cowgirl Dariadna Corujo winds up to lasso a calf during an improvised rodeo event at a farm in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba.
9 Israeli Arab boys jump into the Mediterranean sea from the ancient wall surrounding the old city of Acre, northern Israel.
03 Agosto 2016
1 Brazilian Navy Academy students sit on a boat's mast during a ceremony marking the arrival of the Olympic flame at their Academy in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
2 Damaged vehicles pile on a damaged roof of a car mechanic service center in Ramousah area southwest of Aleppo, Syria, August 2, 2016.
3 A woman walks past unrooted trees after Typhoon Nida in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, August 2, 2016.
4 Servicemen in festive costumes get ready to perform at the opening ceremony of the International Army Games 2016 at Gvardeisky Range, Kazakhstan, August 2, 2016.
5 Rescue workers search the flooded River Savitri after an old bridge collapsed in Mahad, western Maharashtra state, India. Two buses plunged into the river after the old bridge collapsed, an official said.
6 Victor Yelchin and Irina Yelchina, parents of Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin, who died when he was pinned by a rollaway Jeep Grand Cherokee in the driveway of his Studio City home, stand near a portrait of their late son during a news conference in Los Angeles, California, August 2, 2016.
7 Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27 fighters of Kazakhstan's Air Force drop flares during the opening ceremony of the International Army Games 2016 at Gvardeisky Range, Kazakhstan, August 2, 2016.
8 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in the funeral ceremony of Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Chadash, head of the "Or Alhanan" Jewish Seminary, in Jerusalem.
9 A diver from the U.S is seen underwater during a practice session at the Olympic diving venue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
04 Agosto 2016
1 A painting, created by French artist Saype and said to be the world's largest biodegradable painting, is seen on the Chaux-de-Mont ski slope above the Alp resort of Leysin, Switzerland.
2 An Indian college student has her face painted with emblem of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, in Chennai.
3 A damaged Art Nouveau facade designed by Belgian architect Victor Horta is pictured in a warehouse in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek after it was abandoned to squatters, Belgium, August 3, 2016.
4 An Afghan shopkeeper carries a mannequin after a fire broke out a shopping mall in Kabul.
5 La Paz governor Felix Patz looks on during his tenth day of hunger strike to demand that Bolivian President Evo Morales' government increase La Paz's governorship budget, August 3, 2016.
6 A man takes a fishing boat on a lake in Shi'en, Hubei Province, China.
7 Two girls sit in front of the family house during the wedding party of Palestinian groom Saed Abu Aser, in Gaza City.
8 Various 470 sailing class teams training in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
9 Diaa Bekheet takes this photo of a monarch butterfly snacking on a sunflower in his yard in Virginia.
05 Agosto 2016
1 Chinese women track cycling team trains at the olympic velodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2 A forest fire burns out of control in Las Manchas, on the southwestern part of La Palma island, Spain.
3 Former Brazilian volleyball player Isabel Barroso holds the Olympic torch next to Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
4 Gorilla Kira holds her baby at Moscow's zoo, Russia, August 4, 2016.
5 Fighters of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government fire a rocket at Islamic State fighters in Sirte, August 4, 2016.
6 Secret Service agents push an animal rights activist out of a buffer area as Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 357, union members during a rally at the IBEW union hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 4, 2016.
7 A firefighter stands in front of a cargo plane that exited the runway after sliding onto a local road in Orio al Serio, next to Milan, Italy, in this handout picture provided by Italy's Fire Fighters.
8 A cow stands outside a temple at a lake in Pushkar, in the desert state of Rajasthan, India
9 Fans of Japan's Olympic football team cheer for their team during a group B match of the men's Olympic football tournament between Japan and Nigeria at the Amazonia Arena, in Manaus, Brazil, August 4, 2016.
07 Agosto 2016
1 Turkish people take part in a Democracy and Martyrs' Rally in Istanbul.
2 People walk through a street where cars have piled due to overnight flooding, after storms in the village of Stajkovci, just east of Skopje, Macedonia.
3 Wrestlers practice at a traditional Indian wrestling training center in Allahabad, India.
4 Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk with people whot fled their homes due to clashes between Islamic State fighters and SDF in Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate.
5 Alessandra Perilli of San Marino competes during the trap women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6 People celebrate the annual Canal Parade during the Gay Pride in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Aug. 6, 2016.
7 Performers dressed as Pikachu, the popular animation Pokemon series character, perform in the Pikachu parade in Yokohama, Japan.
8 Austria's Rene Pranz (L) competes against Brazil's Guilherme Toldo during their men’s individual foil qualifying bout as part of the fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Carioca Arena 3, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
9 An Indian man plays with a snake during the annual Hindu Nag Panchami festival, dedicated to the worship of snakes, in Allahabad, India.
08 Agosto 2016
1 People visit an area of Danxia landform in Zhangye, Gansu province, China.
2 A boy searches for coins offered by devotees during the Bol Bom pilgrimage at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
3 People watch Japanese Emperor Akihito's video address on a large screen in Tokyo.
4 Research scientist Sung-Jin Park displays a tissue-engineered robot on a piece of glass in a laboratory at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusettes. The stingray-shaped robot, capable of paddling in water after exposure to blue light, has a gold skeleton, silicone fins and the heart muscle cells of a rat.
5 Sweden's Nathalie Hagman, not in the picture, scores a penalty past the South Korean defense during the women's preliminary handball match between Sweden and South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6 The installation "Curtain Call" by Israeli designer and artist Ron Arad at the Camden Roundhouse in London
7 Divers play Mahjong underwater during a local contest in Chongqing, China, Aug. 7, 2016.
8 The married American couple Christina Gelsone and Seth Bloom participate in the clown-duo Acrobuffos as part of the Southbank Centre’s Festival of Love, in London.
9 The sun sets behind the cityscape and the "Molecule Men" — a 30-meter-high sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, located in Berlin's Spree river, Germany, Aug.7, 2016.
10 Floral arrangements are seen ahead of an annual flower parade in Medellin, Colombia, Aug. 7, 2016.
11 A Dani tribe man participates in a mock tribal war in Walesi district in Wamena, Papua Province.
09 Agosto 2016
1 Contingents march inside the national stadium during National Day celebrations in Singapore. Singapore celebrated its 51st anniversary as a republic under tight air, sea and land security after the discovery of an Indonesian extremist plot to attack the city-state.
2 Activist Irom Sharmila is taken back to a hospital after a court appearance in Imphal, in the north-eastern state of Manipur, India. The 44-year-old activist, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 16 years to protest against alleged brutality by India's military, ended her fast today.
3 Joana Palacios (ARG) of Argentina competes in the women'ts 63kg weightlifting final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
4 A Palestinian protester sits in front of national security force members during a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
5 Sam Griffiths of Australia competes on Paulank Brockagh in the equestrian event cross country phase at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 8, 2016.
6 Passengers line up at the Delta Airlines check-in counter at Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan. More than 1,000 people spent the night at the airport because of a computer shutdown that halted Delta flights worldwide.
7 People cool off at the water park during the "Circuit" — the international gay festival in Vilassar de Dalt, Spain.
8 Traditionally dressed girls dance as they celebrate the "Teej" festival, which falls in the Hindu holy month of Shravan (July-August) and welcomes the advent of the monsoon in Chandigarh, India.
9 Ostriches wear masks as they are transported by a truck for relocation in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, Aug. 8, 2016.
10 Italy's Marta Menegatti (L) jumps for the ball during the women's beach volleyball qualifying match between Italy and Egypt at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de Janeiro for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
10 Agosto 2016
1 An exiled Tibetan holds a placard as he participates in a protest in Dharmsala, India, against the demolition of buildings in Larung Gar by Chinese authorities. Larung Gar is an area in eastern Tibet housing Buddhist institutions and thousands of monks and nuns.
2 A vendor wears a mask with the colors of the Pakistani flag at a roadside stall in Islamabad as people prepare to celebrate the country's Independence Day on August 14.
3 People sit next to a fountain in central Kyiv, Ukraine.
4 Choe Hyo Sim of North Korea competes in the women's 63kg weightlifting final at the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 9, 2016.
5 Smoke from forest fires rises above Funchal, the capital of Portugal's Madeira island, Aug. 9, 2016.
6 Photographers take photos of the men's 100m freestyle semi-finals at Olympic Aquatics Stadium during the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
7 A man sits in his hut at a camp for internally displaced people near Sana'a, Yemen.
8 A building crumbles during a controlled demolition in the city of Datong, Shanxi province, China.
9 Dutch soprano singer Kelly God as 'Floria Tosca' plays during the rehearsal of the opera 'Tosca' by Giacomo Puccini in Erfurt, central Germany, Aug. 9, 2016.
10 A sunflower field at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece
11 Deodoro Olympic Equestrian center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Agosto 2016
1 Rowers warm up prior to competition during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2 Brazil players cheer their teammates during a preliminary women's water polo match against Russia at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3 The burnt neighborhood of Pinchinades in Vitrolles, southern France, following a fire that devastated some 3,300 hectares the night before.
4 Grecia the toucan, who lost most of his upper beak in an attack, eats with his new 3D-printed beak, at Zoo Ave animal sanctuary in Alajuela, Costa Rica, Aug. 10, 2016.
5 A migrant is pulled up onto a vessel by members of the Italian Coast Guard in the central Mediterranean Sea.
6 Pope Francis smiles as he browses through drawings at the Vatican. He had lunch with a group of Syrian refugees who were brought to Italy from the Greek island of Lesbos.
7 A woman carries her child in a basket in Allahabad, India.
8 People receive the local traditional cupping treatment at a clinic in Pujiang county, Chengdu, China, Aug. 10, 2016.
9 A zoo worker feeds five new-born white lion cubs in a private zoo in the village of Demydiv 50 kilometers west of Kyiv, Ukraine.
10 A man repairs a water tank in Mumbai, India.
11 A man watches buffalos crossing a river in Nanchong, Sichuan province, China, Aug. 10, 2016.
12 Agosto 2016
1 A sales assistant poses for photographs with a mealworm cookie in Seoul, South Korea.
2 A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones in Radmilje near Stolac, south of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3 An ethnic Chinese man throws papers at a paper statue of Chinese deity known as "Da Shi Ye," or "Guardian God of Ghosts," during the Ghost festival in Kajang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
4 Two tourists walk between empty beach chairs at the Baltic Sea in Travemuende, northern Germany.
5 Balloonists prepare to inflate their hot air balloons on the second day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, southwest England, on August 12, 2016.
6 Miles Gerek Meinhardt (USA) of USA competes with Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS) of Russia in a foil fencing event at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 Sailors compete under the Christ the Redeemer statue at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
8 Rescuers and medical officers push an injured person on a gurney at the site of a bomb blast in Hua Hin, south of Bangkok.
14 Agosto 2016
1 Villagers gather as wildlife experts attend to an Indian elephant that washed up in a swamp after being caught up in raging floodwaters in Jamalpur district, some 150 kilometers (94 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2 A spectator watches the race the women's marathon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Tisha B'Av. Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, commemorates the date in the Jewish calendar on which it is believed that First and Second Temples were destroyed in Jerusalem.
4 Protesters display umbrellas spelling out "Marcos is no Hero" as they join hundreds of protesters denouncing the planned burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroe's Cemetery) during a protest at a park in metro Manila, Philippines.
5 A woman runs away from a burning house at the small village of Oteiro, near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, Aug. 13, 2016.
6 Flooded homes are seen off of LA-1064 in Hammond, Louisana, after heavy rains inundated the region, Aug. 13, 2016.
7 Ramiro Quintana (ARG) of Argentina riding Appy Cara fails to clear the obstacle during the Equestrian's Show Jumping individual qualification at the Olympic Equestrian Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
8 Residents remove mud that was brought by monsoon rains at an evacuation center swamped by flood in San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines.
9 Revelers take part in the Monsoon Holi Madrid festival in Madrid, Spain, Aug. 13, 2016.
10 A jockey takes part in a traditional cattle race or "Pacu Jawi", to mark the end of the rice harvest in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Aug. 13, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
15 Agosto 2016
1 A man floats past the reflection of a public sculpture standing by a river in Beijing.
2 A firefighter rescues goats as flames from a wildfire envelope the area in Lower Lake, Calif.
3 A dog shakes off after swimming in the Adriatic sea, on the beach dedicated to dogs in Crikvenica, Croatia.
4 Mohamed Flissi of Algeria competes in a preliminary boxing match at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5 A casket is seen floating in flood waters in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
6 An air tanker drops fire retardant at a containment line northeast of Lower Lake, Calif.
7 Athletes compete in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase final during the athletics competitions at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Indians are photographed infront of a photo of Taj Mahal at a food and culture festival near the India Gate war memorial as part of Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi.
16 Agosto 2016
1 Richard Rossi and his 4 year old great grandson Justice wade through water in search of higher ground after their home took in water in St. Amant, Louisiana.
2 United States' Simone Biles performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3 Glenn O'Shea (AUS) of Australia, Elia Viviani (ITA) of Italy and Park Sang-hoon (KOR) of South Korea crash during a cycling event at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
4 Stones collected and categorized by shape (fish) are seen at the home workshop of Luigi Lineri in Zevio, near Verona, Italy.
5 A truck is seen in a flooded parking lot in Denham Springs, Louisiana.
6 A worker is silhouetted against a computer display showing a live visualization of the online phishing and fraudulent phone calls across China during the 4th China Internet Security Conference in Beijing.
7 A guard stands watch over death row at San Quentin State Prison in California. A pair of November ballot measures will decide the future of the death penalty in that state.
8 Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia and Adham Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim Kahk of Egypt compete in Greco-Roman wrestling in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
17 Agosto 2016
1 A man arranges "Rakhis" or sacred threads as he waits for customers at his roadside stall ahead of the Hindu festival Raksha Bandhan celebrations, in Kolkata, India.
2 Nikki Hamblin (NZL) of New Zealand stops running during the race to help fellow competitor Abbey D'Agostino (USA) of USA after D'Agostino suffered a cramp at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3 A Palestinian man points a plank at Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
4 Lightning illuminates storm clouds over the Philadelphia skyline, Tuesday, August 16, seen from across the Delaware River in Camden, New Jersey.
5 Indonesian youths play drums during a ceremony held to commemorate the country's 71st anniversary of independence at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.
6 Anna-Maria Alexandri (AUT) and Eirini-Marina Alexandri (AUT) of Austria compete perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
7 Smoke fills the skies from the so-called Bluecut Fire in the San Bernardino National Forest in San Bernardino County, California.
8 An aerial view showing boats at Chaka Salt Lake in Haixi, Qinghai Province, China.
18 Agosto 2016
1 Gold medal winner Brianna Rollins, silver medal winner, Nia Ali, and bronze medal winner Kristi Castlin,all from the United States, celebrate with their country's flag during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2 A huge plume of smoke crosses over Interstate 15 during the Blue Cut fire at the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, California.
3 Members of a Chinese honor guard stand at attention during a welcome ceremony for Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
4 A woman carries a rainbow-colored umbrella as she walks during a rain shower in Beijing, China.
5 A Hindu priest, face smeared with color and sacrificial blood, carries a goat over his shoulder for sacrifice during the Deodhani festival at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati, India.
6 A cat is seen as an Asian worker sits at his accommodation in Qadisiya labour camp, Saudi Arabia.
7 Municipal workers install a construction in Independence Square a few days before Independence Day in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine.
8 Syrian refugee girl Housaida rests inside the Spanish rescue vessel Astral after being rescued by the Spanish NGO Proactiva off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea.
19 Agosto 2016
1 Fans of Brazil cheer their team during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games women's bronze medal football match Brazil vs Canada, at the Arena Corinthians Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2 Seen in a long exposure nighttime photograph, a burned van rests in a lot while a wildfire glows on the horizon in Phelan, California, Aug. 18, 2016.
3 A woman steps outside her house in Srinagar as the city remains under curfew following weeks of violence in Kashmir.
4 Ukrainian servicemen take part in military parade rehearsal in the center of Kyiv. Ukraine will mark the 25th anniversary of its Independence on Aug. 24.
5 Mike Wroten (L) and Matt Wroten throw a waterlogged couch out of the house as they clear Mike's home out after floodwaters inundated it in St. Amant, Louisiana. Last week the southern U.S. state was overwhelmed with floodwater causing at least 13 deaths and damage to thousands of homes.
6 Members of the LGBT community participate in Nepal's Gay Pride parade in Kathmandu. Scores of gays, lesbians, transvestites and transsexuals from across the country took part in the rally to spread their campaign for sexual rights in the country.
7 Motorcyclists ride in heavy rain caused by typhoon Dianmu in Hanoi, Vietnam.
8 In this photo taken with multiple exposures, Germany's Jana Berezko-Marggrander performs in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
9 A Nepalese Hindu boy in festival attire walks in a procession during "Gai Jatra," or Cow Festival in Kathmandu. Members of the Newar Community celebrate the festival in memory of their family members who died the preceding year, believing that the cow will guide them in their journey to heaven.
10 Men work on building a greenhouse in the town of Al Wazzani, near the Lebanese-Israeli border in southern Lebanon.
11 A camel trader stands next to his camel at the Tejaji Cattle Fair in the village Parbatsar, in the desert state of Rajasthan, India.
12 People play inside giant plastic balls, called Zorbs, on the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic.
21 Agosto 2016
1 A boy climbs a partially submerged electric pole as he plays with others on the flooded banks of Ganga river, in Allahabad, India.
2 A doctor holds a baby as migrants disembark from Italian Navy ship Sirio in the Sicilian harbor of Augusta, Italy.
3 The world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge is seen above a valley in Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan Province.
4 Grave holes are prepared as family members and friends attend the funeral of victims of a suicide bombing at a wedding celebration in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep.
5 Kurdish Peshmerga forces help people from Sunni Muslims, who fled the Islamic State's strongholds of Hawija, as they arrive on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.
6 Members of a family ride on a motorcycle as they flee an area in the northeastern city of Hasaka, Syria, Aug. 20, 2016.
7 Acehnese men, dressed in woman's clothing, play football to mark the 71st Indonesian Independence Day in Banda Aceh.
8 Runners participate in the annual Color Run in Centennial Park in Sydney, Australia.
9 Female white lion named Ivanna yawns in a private zoo in the village of Demydiv 50 kilometers west of Kyiv, Ukraine.
10 A waitress is silhouetted against an advertisement board as she carries jugs of beer during Taedonggang Beer Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea.
11 Israel's team compete in the group all-around final event of the Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12 Participants hold smoke flares as they slide down along a chute to cross a pool of water and foam during the "Letniy Gornoluzhnik" (Summer mountain puddle rider) festival at the Bobroviy Log Fun Park near the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
22 Agosto 2016
1 In a handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defense via their Defense News Imagery website, Nils Olav the penguin inspects the Guard of Honor formed by His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
2 Iraqi security forces detain a boy after removing a suicide vest from him in Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug. 21, 2016.
3 A Kashmiri demonstrator throws a tear smoke shell on government forces to protest against the Sunday's killing of a young man in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
4 Brazilian singer Mariene de Castro sings as rain extinguishes the Olympic flame during the closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 21, 2016.
5 Anti-China demonstrators are stopped by police as Sha Hailin, a member of Shanghai’s Communist Party standing committee, arrives for a forum at Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan.
6 A soldier shares a tender moment with his girlfriend while other soldiers rest during a rehearsal of a military parade a few days before the Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine.
7 U.S. President Barack Obama's dog Sunny dashes aboard Air Force One at Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, Aug. 21, 2016.
8 Women perform yoga on a dried river bank in Yunyang county, Chongqing Municipality, China, Aug. 21, 2016.
23 Agosto 2016
1 German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen (C) attends the burial of the remains of 71 German soldiers who died in World War II during a commemoration ceremony organized by the German War Graves Commission in Halbe, eastern Germany.
2 One-year-old female giant panda cub Nuan Nuan reacts inside her enclosure during joint birthday celebrations for the panda and its 10-year-old mother Liang Liang at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3 Workers carry a lantern figurine of matchmaker Yue Xia Lao Ren (Old Man under the moon) in preparation for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at Garden by the Bay in Singapore.
4 People reach for free fruit that Rio Negro producers are giving away in protest, in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The producers seek to draw attention to their economic crisis by giving away 10 tons of apples and pears, demanding that President Mauricio Macri's policies ensure them greater profit.
5 Garbage pickers collect recyclable materials at a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq.
6 Singapore's national flag hangs at half mast to mourn the passing of former president S.R. Nathan at the parliament house.
7 The Comma buttefly is perched on a flower as a wasp flies by, in Popielarze village, near Warsaw, Poland.
8 A salesperson demonstrates a model AK-47 assault rifle at the newly opened Gunmaker Kalashnikov souvenir store in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Russia, Aug. 22, 2016.
9 A person walks in the rain through the Olympic Park a day after the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 22, 2016.
10 South Korean army soldiers stand as women watch during an anti-terror drill as part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, at Yoido Subway Station in Seoul.
11 Indian students who got their faces painted in blue take a selfie ahead of Janmashtami celebrations at a college in Mumbai.
24 Agosto 2016
1 This aerial photo shows the damaged buildings in the town of Amatrice, central Italy, after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake killed at least 73 people. The mayor of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, said, "Three quarters of the town is not there anymore.''
2 People hold photos of their relatives, who were killed in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the country's east, as they attend a rally for Independence Day in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
3 A man walks his dog near an Ombu tree along the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 23, 2016.
4 People participate in the annual public Lake Zurich crossing swimming event in Zurich, Switzerland.
5 Two men take a series of selfies as they sit on the ledge of a high-rise building in an activity called "rooftopping" in Hong Kong, Aug. 23, 2016.
6 Congolese soldiers arrest a civilian protesting against the government's failure to stop the killings and inter-ethnic tensions in the town of Butembo, in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
7 A villager pushes a bicycle as he crosses a flooded road at Naraha on the outskirts of Allahabad, India.
8 This picture, taken from the Turkish-Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, shows Turkish army tanks and pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters moving two kilometers west from the Syrian Turkish border town of Jarabulus. Turkey's army backed by international coalition air strikes launched an operation to drive Islamic State jihadists out of a key Syrian border town.
9 A model displays creations by Ka-Sha during the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India.
10 The Wadi al-Salam cemetery, Arabic for "Peace Valley," in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq.
11 A visitor of the "Suedbad" public open-air swimming pool slides down into the refreshing water in Hameln, northern Germany.
12 Children reach out to each other while they ride the SeaGlass Carousel in New York's Battery Park, Aug. 23, 2016.
13 The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in Erikslund village at Vaesternorrland County in Sweden, Aug. 23, 2016 .
25 Agosto 2016
1 A line of tanks from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force flare up a smokescreen during an annual live- firing exercise at Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo.
2 Rescuers make their way through destroyed houses following Wednesday's earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.
3 Devotees form a human pyramid to celebrate the festival of Janmashtami, marking the birth anniversary of Hindu Lord Krishna, in Mumbai, India.
4 Flood-affected villagers receive relief supplies distributed by defense personnel from an Indian Air Force helicopter, near Allahabad.
5 A photographer walks outside a collapsed pagoda after an earthquake in Bagan, Myanmar.
6 A fishmonger carries a shark on his motorcycle, in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
7 Orthodox Christian nuns take part in an annual procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City. An icon of the Virgin Mary is carried from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to a church at the foot of the Mount of Olives, the location believed by Christians to be that of the tomb of the Virgin Mary.
8 A man carries the body of a dead child after an airstrike in the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria.
9 Marcel Hug of Switzerland competes in the men's 1,500m wheelchair competition at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland.
10 Australian rainbow lorikeets (parrots), cool off in a sprinkler at the zoo of Pessac near Bordeaux, France, as temperatures soar across the country.
11 Journalists walk through cardboard cutouts showing where attendees will sit for the upcoming 2016 MTV VMA awards in New York.
12 A parent of one of the abducted Chibok school girls cries after the police prevented the parents from seeing President Muhammadu Buhari during a rally in Abuja, Nigeria.
13 People create a giant, living National Park Service arrowhead, using brown, green and white umbrellas, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the agency.
14 Indonesian police display one of the 657 dead and frozen pangolins in Surabaya, East Java, after thwarting the smuggling operations. The pangolins were smuggled out of their natural habitat in Badas village, in Jombang district to China and Taiwan for their meat, skin and scales, according to the police.
15 A man inspects a Ferris wheel at a public park in Sardaryab, Charsadda, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan.
26 Agosto 2016
1 An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard during curfew in downtown Srinagar. Indian-administered Kashmir has been in the grip of almost daily anti-India protests and rolling curfews.
2 A Virgin Mary statue is seen in a damaged cemetery following an earthquake at Sant' Angelo near Amatrice, central Italy.
3 Zimbabwe's opposition supporters set up a burning barricade as they clash with police during a protest for electoral reforms in Harare.
4 Artists from Sao Paulo's Deviation Collective group take part in a performance called "Cegos" or Blind, in front of the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 25, 2016. "Cegos" is defined by the group as an open work of different readings; "reducing our existence to the productive function and consumption, overwork, imprisonment and the petrification of life."
5 A model displays a creation of Priyadarshini Rao during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India.
6 Women cover their faces with masks as haze shrouds Singapore's central business district.
7 Zebras play in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
8 Red and white balloons are released during the opening ceremony of the newly built Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge, the third bridge over the Bosphorus linking the city's European and Asian sides in Istanbul, Turkey.
9 Pokeburgs, hamburgers in the form of Pokemon characters, are seen at a Down N' Out Burger restaurant in Sydney, Australia. The restaurant sells a limited number of Pokeburgs per day, capitalizing on fans' appetite for Pokemon Go, the location-based augmented reality game.
10 A pink flamingo puts its beak in the water at the Menagerie of the Jardin des plantes (the small zoo of the Garden of Plants) in Paris, during a heatwave in France.
11 Mexican regional dancers perform in front of a mosaic made with Mexican traditional hats, during a Guinness record ceremony for the world's largest mosaic made with hats, in Guadalajara. The mosaic was made with more than 1,000 hats and measures 10 meters high.
12 A steampunk enthusiast attends the first day of 'The Asylum Steampunk Festival' in Lincoln, northern England. Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.
28 Agosto 2016
1 A cross made with ladders and firefighter helmets is placed inside a tent during a Mass celebrated by Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole, in Arquata Del Tronto, near Amatrice, central Italy. The tent was set up as a temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors.
2 Alphorn players take part during a mass performance of 300 alphorn blowers in Nesselwang, southern Germany.
3 Former Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia drinks champagne from the shoe of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo of Australia (L) while Mercedes' Nico Rosberg of Germany (R) looks on after the Belgian F1 Grand Prix.
4 A child tries to grab a flag on the "gostra", a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, outside Valletta, Malta, Aug. 27, 2016.
5 Jack Hawksworth, front, of England and Mikhail Aleshin, rear, of Russia, crash in Turn 4 late in the IndyCar auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 27, 2016.
6 Sri Lankan cricket fans watch Tillakaratne Dilshan, foreground, from elevated positions during the third one day international cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
7 Military bands from different countries perform during the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 27, 2016.
8 Swiss Alpine wrestlers Bruno Gisler (L) and Thomas Sempach fight during the first round of the Federal Alpine Wrestling Festival in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland, Aug. 27, 2016.
9 People navigate along the Lielupe river as they participate in the Milk Carton Boat Race in Jelgava, Latvia, Aug. 27, 2016.
10 Farmer Franz Schaller rides on an ox called Napoleon during a traditional ox race in the southern Bavarian village of Muensing near Lake Starnberg, Germany.
11 A competitor takes part in the 31st World Bog Snorkelling Championships, held annually at Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales, Britain.
29 Agosto 2016
1 Lightning strikes close to wind turbines in a wind energy park during a thunderstorm near Sieversdorf in eastern Germany.
2 Performers in costume pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
3 Dead wild reindeer are seen on Hardangervidda in Norway, after lightning struck the central mountain plateau and killed more than 300 of them.
4 Heavy rain clouds move over the central business district in Bangkok.
5 A man holds himself on the side of a boat after jumping into the sea from a crowded wooden boat during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya.
6 An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in the Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province.
7 A farmer checks hot peppers laid out on a road to dry under the sun before selling them to factories in Kilis province, Turkey.
8 Police and a firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire in a village in Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia.
9 Heavy machinery line up to demolish a bridge in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China, August 26.
10 Oil wells on the edge of Qaraya Sunday August 28, 2016 burn days after the key town south of was retaken from the Islamic State group by Iraqi ground forces backed by U.S.-led coalition airpower.
11 Indian government forces remove road blocks set by protesters during a clash after curfew was lifted in some parts of Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir
12 King Mswati III of Swaziland arrives at the annual royal Reed Dance at the Ludzidzini Royal palace in Lobamba, Swaziland.
30 Agosto 2016
1 An Iranian swimming in Urmia Lake near Urmia, northwestern Iran.
2 A supporter of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff throws a traffic barrier to make a burning barricade to block a main avenue next to Arena Sao Paulo stadium, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
3 An injured displaced woman from Qayyara poses for a picture in Qayyara, Iraq.
4 Safari keeper Guy Pear gets a kiss from a five-day-old reticulated giraffe, at an enclosure at the Safari Zoo in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel.
5 Children play on pontoons as clouds gather over the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India.
6 A bee flies over a sunflower on a field near Frankfurt, Germany.
7 A Cambodian farmer rides her oxcart after her day's work in the rice farm at Samroang Teav village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
8 Civil Protection operators carry a casket ahead of a state funeral for some of the victims of last Wednesday's earthquake, in Amatrice, central Italy,
9 A demonstrator waves a red banner next to a burning barricade during a protest against Brazil's acting President Michel Temer, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 A general view of the Cave Cathedral or St. Sama'ans Church on the Mokattam hills overlooking Cairo, Egypt.
31 Agosto 2016
1 A man steers a wooden boat through dead fish in a breeding pond at the Maninjau Lake in Agam regency, West Sumatra province, Indonesia.
2 A reveler is pelted with tomato pulp during the annual "tomatina" festivities in the village of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain.
3 A nun belonging to the global Missionaries of Charity tends to a patient at Nirmal Hriday in Kolkata, India, a home for the destitute and old, founded by Mother Teresa ahead of Mother Teresa's canonization ceremony.
4 The dome of St Paul's Cathedral is lit up with a fiery projection during a rehearsal of artist Martin Firrell's "Fires of London: Fires Ancient" ahead of the London's Burning festival commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.
5 German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Italian Premier Matteo Renzi pat Leo, the black Labrador retriever who helped pull out 4-year-old Giorgia Rinaldo from under the rubble of the town of Pescara del Tronto following an earthquake, in Maranello, Italy.
6 Malaysian schoolchildren perform during the 59th National Day celebrations at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur.
7 Gabonese soldiers run to take position as supporters of opposition leader Jean Ping protest in front of security forces blocking the electoral commission in Librevill.
8 The island of Hawaii rarely takes a direct hit from a hurricane. This week, two Pacific storms are lining up to change that. At 11 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time on Aug. 30, Madeline was centered 370 miles east-southeast of Hilo and had sustained wind speeds of 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour. At the same time, Lester’s wind speed was 120 mph (195 kmph) and its position was 1,300 miles east of Hilo. (Image: NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen)
9 A person dressed as a movie costume walks near Saint Rose's Church during celebrations of the anniversary of Santa Rosa de Lima (Saint Rose of Lima), patroness of Latin America and the Philippines, in Lima, Peru, Aug. 30, 2016.
10 Jody Friedman and Jeff Montgomery sit in front of the Playa TV as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gather for the 30th annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, USA, Aug. 30, 2016.
11 Recreational boaters cruise along the Potomac River at sunset near the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 2016.
12 People try shelter from heavy rain during Pope Francis's general audience in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Aug. 31, 2016..
13 Mount Sinabung volcano spews thick volcanic ash in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia.
14 An inflatable pig from the band Pink Floyd floats over the Victoria and Albert Museum to promote "The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains", which will open in May 2017, in London, Britain.
