Pictures of the day: July 12, 2016

We look at 13 pictures of events from around the world


Multimedia Desk July 12, 2016
People hold a candle light vigil to mourn the death of philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, in Lahore. PHOTO: REUTERS

An airport firefighter's unit spray water in the national colours over the aircraft carrying Portugal's national football team members during a welcome at Lisbon airport. PHOTO: AFP

An Iraqi man holds a picture of victims of the Karrada suicide bomb attack at the site where the incident took place in Baghdad, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

Solar Impulse2, a solar powered plane piloted by Swiss aviator Andre Boschberg, flies over the Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant in Seville, Spain after taking off towards Cairo, Egypt, from the San Pablo airport. PHOTO: REUTERS

People rest next to stacked sacks of onions at a wholesale vegetable market in New Delhi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man and woman use their mobile phones as commuters walk past the columns of the Bank of England in the City of London. PHOTO: REUTERS

People standing on the edge of the crater while watching the eruption of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents walk on a bridge after Typhoon Nepartak in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

The balloon of Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov is seen after it lifted off in his attempt to break the world record for a solo hot-air balloon flight around the globe near Perth, Australia. PHOTO: REUTERS

The sun sets over Manhattan, aligned exactly with the streets in a phenomenon known as "Manhattanhenge", in New York City. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy holds a Union Jack flag in front of a bonfire burning in the Shankill Road area ahead of the Twelfth of July celebrations held by members of the Orange Order in Belfast, Northern Ireland. PHOTO: REUTERS

This file photo taken on September 16, 2010, shows the Mont-Blanc in the French Alps with, at right, the Mont Maudit and the Dome du Gouter. PHOTO: AFP

People walk along the Red Square with St Basil's Cathedral in the background in Moscow. PHOTO: AFP

The new multihull "Groupama Team France" is inaugurated on July 11, 2016 in Lorient, western France. PHOTO: AFP

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