Pictures of the day: August 30, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk August 30, 2016
A farmer checks hot peppers laid out on a road to dry under the sun before selling them to factories producing pepper products in Kilis province, Turkey. PHOTO: REUTERS

Heavy rain clouds move over the central business district in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP

Performers in costume pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London. PHOTO: AFP

Indian security forces watch Kashmiri protestors in Srinagar. PHOTO: AFP

The picture shows the burnt car used to ram raid the National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (INCC-NICC) overnight in Neder-Over-Heembeek. An explosion "of criminal origin" at Belgium's national criminology institute in Brussels early on August 29, 2016, caused a fire and major damage but no casualties, officials said. PHOTO: AFP

People and traditional Mexican mariachis perform around the statue of Mexican singer and composer "Juan Gabriel" at the Plaza Garibaldi. PHOTO: AFP

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan during their 2016 US Open Men's Single Match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. PHOTO: AFP

An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in the Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province. PHOTO: AFP

Police fire tear gas grenades at supporters of suspendend president Dilma Rousseff holding a demonstration during her impeachment trial in Sao Paulo, Brazil. PHOTO: AFP

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff attends the final session of debate and voting on Rousseff's impeachment trial in Brasilia, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

The Apple logo is pictured behind the clock at Grand Central Terminal in the Manhattan borough of New York. PHOTO: REUTERS

Fire rises from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State militants before fleeing the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq, which has been recaptured by Iraqi forces. PHOTO: REUTERS

Libyan forces pray as they prepare for next advance against Islamic State holdouts in Sirte, Libya. PHOTO: REUTERS

A paramotor flies over the Geenpeace's Rainbow Warrior ship during a regional campaign to raise awareness on the use of solar energy, on the coast of Jounieh, Lebanon. PHOTO: REUTERS

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