Pictures of the day: September 28, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk September 28, 2016
A salt lake which is separated by a road, shows parts of it in different colours due to the algae in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Participants of a 'swim accross the canal ' race swim through the 6,346-metre long Corinth canal, near the city of Corinth. PHOTO: AFP

A Bangladeshi child walks along a dusty road in Dhaka. PHOTO: AFP

A man poses as he gathers with others at Bogota's Bolivar main square to celebrate the historic peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). PHOTO: AFP

A man sifts through trash at a massive garbage site in New Delhi. Polluted air is a "public health emergency", the World Health Organisation said September 27, adding nine out of 10 people globally breathe bad air that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. And the WHO warned that nearly 90-percent of air pollution-related deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. PHOTO: AFP

Tourists pose in front of the illuminated Eiffel Tower during an event to mark the Breast Cancer Awareness month in October in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

A girl dressed in a traditional costume rehearses before going on stage to perform during a presentation of the "Capoeira for Peace" project in Kinshasa. PHOTO: AFP

An oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), also known as the little spotted cat, tigrina, tigrillo, or tiger cat, is pictured at the National Zoo of El Salvador in San Salvador. PHOTO: AFP

A CalFire firefighter sprays water on a ridge as he battles the Loma Fire near Santa Cruz, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, receive gifts from aboriginal children during ceremony at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. PHOTO: REUTERS

Head cook Fabian Martinez poses with pizza's decorated with the images of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Giordano's Pizzeria in Chicago, Illinois, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Israeli border policeman holds his weapon as he guards the area from above while his comrades patrol at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aircraft flies past The Shard skyscraper in London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

Philanthropist Maurice Ostro looks through his Ostro stone, the largest known blue topaz stone, for media at the Natural History Museum in London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

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