Pictures of the day: November 4, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk November 04, 2016
A church stands isolated from other buildings in the small town of Rocca Calascio, close to Santo Stefano di Sessanio in the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, inside the national park of the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, Italy. PHOTO: REUTERS

A herd of elephants walk in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. PHOTO: AFP

Class Imoca monohulls are pictured by night in Les Sables-d'Olonne, western France, during the last week before the start of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race. PHOTO: AFP

The Power plant of Schkopau, western Germany is pictured on a cloudy evening in November. PHOTO: AFP

A man takes a photo of his colleague with a mobile phone on the burning oil tanker at the ship breaking yard in Gaddani, Karachi. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy does physical exercises during military training undergone by students of the General Yermolov Cadet School and members of a Cossack community at a boot camp of the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) military patriotic club in the village of Sengileyevskoye in Stavropol region, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tea garden workers gather to weigh tea leaves after plucking them at a tea estate in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

The rising sun lights One World Trade as it stands over the Manhattan borough of New York, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

A male elephant attempts to stand on its feet after it was fitted with an advanced satellite radio tracking collar to monitor their movement and control human-wildlife conflict near Mt. Kilimanjaro at the Amboseli National Park, in Kenya. PHOTO: REUTERS

This photo taken on November 3, 2016 shows the blast trail of China's heavy-lift rocket Long March-5 as it launches from Wenchang, south China's Hainan province. China launched its most powerful rocket ever on November 3, state media said, as the country presses on with a program which has seen it become a major space power. PHOTO: AFP

A man rows a boat with his son on a foggy morning in the Yamuna river in Allahabad, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man cuts wood to prepare charcoal with wood that was left over from damaged trees from Hurricane Matthew in the village of Damassin, in the commune of Coteaux, in the southwestern. At least 546 people were killed when Hurricane Matthew roared ashore one month ago, packing winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour. PHOTO: AFP

A woman carries bamboo logs on the banks of the Brahmaputraiver in Guwahati, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man carries an infant as he walks past a collage of pictures of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej during an exhibition held in his honour at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) in Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS

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