Pictures of the day: July 3, 2016

We look at 13 pictures of events around the world


Multimedia Desk July 03, 2016
Worshippers pray at the Faisall masjid during Ramazan, on Laylatul Qadr in Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS

Women arrive during Laylatul Qadr, or the 'Night of Power', the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed, at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP

Children play in the courtyard of an abandoned school used by volunteers for hosting Syrian and Afghan refugees in Athens. PHOTO: AFP

Men pray at the new Camlica mosque in Istanbul on July 1, 2016. Istanbul's towering Camlica mosque received its first worshippers, as Turkey unveils the latest grand project emblematic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's big ambitions. PHOTO: AFP

A general view shows the Piazza del Campo during a pre-race trial of the historical Italian horse race of the Palio of Siena. PHOTO: AFP

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team fly past the Peace Tower during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 1, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy reacts as Kuwaiti men pray at the Sunni Grand Mosque in Kuwait City during the Laylatul Qadr, or Night of Destiny. PHOTO: AFP

A ferry carries passengers headed for Java island from the port of Gilimanuk in Jembrana on the majority Hindu island of Bali on July 2, 2016. Millions of Indonesians have started heading to their hometowns to celebrate Eidul Fitr. PHOTO: AFP

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk and children walk through a market to buy clothes for the upcoming Eidul Fitr festivities at a local market in Jalalabad on July 3, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A Belarussian guard of honour stands as he takes part in a military parade during celebrations marking Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus. PHOTO: REUTERS

The jockeys of the "Contrada of Giraffa " (R) and "Contrada of Chiocciola " fall during the historical Italian horse race of the Palio of Siena. PHOTO: AFP

Iraqi women walk past a damaged building at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on July 3, 2016 in Baghdad's central Karrada district. PHOTO: AFP

This picture taken on July 2, 2016 shows people crossing a flooded street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. PHOTO: AFP

A Pakistani girl prays on the night of Laylatul Qadr in a mosque in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

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