Pictures of the day: September 7, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk September 07, 2016
A worker cleans the windows of a luxury hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. PHOTO: REUTERS

The International Space Station (ISS) crew members (L to R) Jeff Williams of the U.S., Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Russia, are seen inside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft capsule after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan (Dzhezkazgan), Kazakhstan. PHOTO: REUTERS

The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft capsule carrying International Space Station (ISS) crew, comprised of Jeff Williams of the U.S. and Oleg Skriprochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Russia, descends beneath a parachute near the town of Zhezkazgan (Dzhezkazgan), Kazakhstan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Switzerland's Breel Embolo scores a goal against Portugal's goalkeeper Rui Patricio. PHOTO: REUTERS

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton boards her campaign plane in White Plains, New York, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

People work in the field in Yili, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Participants reenact the 1812 Battle of Borodino between Russia and the invading French army during anniversary celebrations in Moscow region, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of Pakistan's air force march past the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah during Defence Day ceremonies, or Pakistan's Memorial Day, in Karachi, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tiger "Dasha" yawns on September 6, 2016 at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany. PHOTO: AFP

A distressed Gabonese woman reacts at the Libreville Magistrate Court, while she waits with other relatives, to hear about the release of young men arrested during a wave of unrest that followed the announcement of the results of the Presidential election. PHOTO: AFP

Afghan residents look out from broken windows of a building near the site of an attack following a car bomb blast that targeted the CARE International compound at Shar-e-Naw in Kabul. PHOTO: AFP

Spectators watch the wrestling competitions at the World Nomad Games 2016 in Cholpon-Ata on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, some 270 kms outside the capital Bishkek. PHOTO: AFP

A South Korean K1A2 tank fire smoke shells during a live fire demonstration for a media preview of the Defense Expo Korea 2016 at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, 65 kms northeast of Seoul. PHOTO: AFP

People covered in black grease climb on top of eachother during the traditional festivities of the Cascamorras, in Baza, near Granada. PHOTO: AFP

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