Pictures of the day: June 23, 2016

We look at 12 images from events around the world today


Multimedia Desk June 23, 2016
Thousands gather to bid farewell to famed qawwal Amjad Sabri. PHOTO: AFP

 

A plane drops retardant on a wildfire as it attacks the flames on a hillside in the San Gabriel mountains near Monrovia, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Students read the Quran outdoors by oil lamp to celebrate "Nuzul al-Quran" or "The Revelation of the Quran", on the 17th day of the holy month of Ramazan in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Displaced Iraqis from the embattled city of Fallujah are seen at a camp on June 20, 2016 in Amiriyiah al-Fallujah. PHOTO: AFP

A street vendor stands next to a pile of watermelons in the Damascus' Midan neighbourhood, which is renowned for its sweet delicacies, as people shop prior to breaking their fast during the month of Ramazan. PHOTO: AFP

A Syrian vendor prepares bags of traditional liquorice juice for sale in Damascus' Midan neighbourhood, which is renowned for its sweet delicacies, as people shop prior to breaking their fast. PHOTO: AFP

City workers walk towards St Paul's Cathedral as they cross the Millennium footbridge during sunrise in central London, Britain, January 14, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Malaysian Muslim women read the Quran at a mosque during Ramazan in Kuala Lumpur on June 22, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Egyptian cook Fathi grills chicken outside a restaurant in the Egyptian capital Cairo on June 21, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A Hindu woman prays inside a temple on the first day of Ambubachi festival in Agartala, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Workers hang a giant national flag, ahead of the Euro 2016 soccer match between Ukraine and Poland in Marseille, France, on the Katowicki Spodek building in Katowice, Poland. PHOTO: REUTERS

Resident Davi Souza gives a fish to a "Boto Cor-de-Rosa" (Pink River Dolphin), as he takes part in the Olympic Flame torch relay at Solimoes River in Iranduba city, Amazonas state, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

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