Pictures of the day: November 5, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk November 05, 2016
Flames and smoke rise from oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTER

1_zkn_1_pod-11th-nov An Iraqi woman, who fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against Islamic State group militants to retake the city of Mosul, sits in a car driving through the village of Gogjali. PHOTO: AFP

2_zkn_2_pod-11th-nov Ceramic figurines, called "caganers" (poopies), representing US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (R) and US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) are displayed at a factory in Torroella de montgri. PHOTO: AFP

3_zkn_3_pod-11th-nov Turkish riot police officers use tear gas and arrest demonstrators during a protest against the arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers, in Ankara. PHOTO: AFP

4_zkn_4_pod-11th-nov A man wearing a face mask visits a park near the Forbidden City during heavy smog in Beijing. PHOTO: AFP

5_zkn_6_pod-11th-nov A boy plays on a beached damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in the commune of Port-a-Piment, in the southwestern Haiti. PHOTO: AFP

6_zkn_7_pod-11th-nov France's Lucas Pouille arrives on court for his third round tennis match against Britain's Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 indoor tournament in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

7_zkn_8_pod-11th-nov Beyonce performs at a campaign concert for US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Cleveland, Ohio, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

8_zkn_9_pod-11th-nov The Eiffel tower is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done", to celebrate the Paris U.N. COP21 Climate Change agreement in Paris, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

9_zkn_10_pod-11th-nov A man that went by the name "Pocket", a member of the Patriots Guard Riders (PGR), poses outside a rally for US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Toledo, Ohio US. PHOTO: REUTERS

11_zkn_12_pod-11th-nov Somali fishermen carry a fish from their vessels on the shores of the Indian Ocean on Liido beach, in Mogadishu, Somalia. PHOTO: REUTERS

12_zkn_13_pod-11th-nov People make traditional side dish 'Kimchi' during the Seoul Kimchi Festival in central Seoul, South Korea. PHOTO: REUTERS

13_zkn_14_pod-11th-nov School children wearing padded hoods to protect them from falling debris gather in an evacuation shelter on a hill during a tsunami simulation drill ahead of World Tsunami Awareness Day at Futaba elementary school in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS

14_zkn_15_pod-11th-nov Members of the Oath Keepers and others, not affiliated with organised groups, fire blank rounds while defending a position during a tactical training session in western Montana, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

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