Pictures of the day: August 9, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es of events from around the world


Multimedia Desk August 09, 2016
A digital light show called "Deep Time" is beamed onto Edinburgh Castle to mark the start of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man baths from a tap at the flooded banks of river Ganga after heavy rains in Allahabad, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Iranian servicemen pray during International Army Games 2016 outside Novorossiysk, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Passengers wait in line to check in after Delta Air Lines computer systems crashed leaving passengers stranded at airports around the globe as flights were grounded at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

A view of debris after heavy floods in Singelic near Skopje, Macedonia. PHOTO: REUTERS

David Boudia (USA) and Steele Johnson (USA) of USA compete. PHOTO: REUTERS

Oscar Figueroa (COL) of Colombia reacts after winning the gold medal. PHOTO: REUTERS

Serena Williams (USA) of USA reacts during her match against Alize Cornet (FRA) of France. PHOTO: REUTERS

Divers play Mahjong underwater during a local contest in Chongqing, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Turkish special force police officers stand guard as people wawe Turkish national flags. PHOTO: AFP

People queue outside of a newly opened duty free shop in Shanghai, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Trucks operate in the open-pit mine of PT Freeport's Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern region of Papua, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with supporters during a campaign rally in Kissimmee, Florida. PHOTO: REUTERS

Digvijay Nath Tiwari, the commander of a Hindu nationalist vigilante group established to protect cows, is pictured with animals he claimed to have saved from slaughter, in Agra, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

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