Pictures of the day: August 9, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es of events from around the world

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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