Pictures of the day: August 27, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk August 27, 2016
Zimbabwe's opposition supporters set up a burning barricade as they clash with police during a protest for electoral reforms. PHOTO: AFP

People take photos at the Wall Street Bull near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. Stocks fell on Friday after news that the US economy grew at the sluggish rate of 1.1 percent. PHOTO: AFP

Children are fed at a shantytown in Higuerote, 117 km east of Caracas as part of a volunteer program. Thousands of Venezuelan children receive their school meals during holidays in an initiative to address food shortages affecting the country. PHOTO: AFP

Irish band Two Door Cinema Club performs during the Rock-en-Seine music festival in Saint-Cloud near Paris. PHOTO: AFP

Girls parade during the Saint Rose of Lima -patroness of Peru- annual festival in Cusco, Peru. Saint Rose of Lima dedicated her life to caring for the sick and was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. PHOTO: AFP

Members of the Honour Guard and the central military band of the Mongolian armed forces perform during the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" media preview in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Brazil's Senate President Renan Calheiros gestures, as he is reflected in glass, during the final session of debate and voting on suspended President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial in Brasilia, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

A general view shows the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, the third Bosphorus bridge linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, Turkey. PHOTO: REUTERS

An independent miner returns a tear gas capsule during clashes with riot police during a protest against Bolivia's President Evo Morales' government policies, in Panduro south of La Paz, Bolivia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Syrian government troops are seen reflected on the window of a bus carrying people as part of an evacuation from the town of Daraya outside the capital Damascus on August. PHOTO: AFP

Workers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department kill mosquitoes outside a construction site near a residential area in Hong Kong, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Images of the 43 students missing from Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos are seen at a permanent protest camp in front of the Attorney General's Office during the 23-month anniversary of their disappearance in Mexico City, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS

The famous strip is pictured in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

US President Barack Obama is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US before his departure to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. PHOTO: REUTERS

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