Pictures of the day: November 9, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk November 09, 2016
Afghan passengers ride a motorcycle along a road in Bamiyan. PHOTO: AFP

1_ZKN_1_2016-11-09 Libyan bikers, known as Libya's youth for motorbikes, use a smart-phone to take a selfie during a gathering in the eastern city of Benghazi. PHOTO: AFP

2_zkn_2_2016-11-09 French skipper Sebastien Josse sails his Class Imoca monohull "Edmond de Rothschild" after the start of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race. PHOTO: AFP

4_zkn_4_2016-11-09 Iraqis and Iraqi forces members bathe in a sulphur pond in the Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Mosul. PHOTO: AFP

5_zkn_5_2016-11-09 Indian pedestrians walk near the India Gate monument amid heavy smog in New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP

6_zkn_6_2016-11-09 An employee walks behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow. PHOTO: AFP

7_zkn_7_2016-11-09 A Palestinian boy stands amidst the ruins of a building destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants during the summer of 2014 in Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip. PHOTO: AFP

8_zkn_8_2016-11-09 Cranes place 'Viracocha III', a boat made only from totora reeds, on a trailer truck during preparations for the boat to cross the Pacific Ocean, from Chile to Australia. PHOTO: REUTERS

9_zkn_9_2016-11-09 Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe Rakher Upabash, in Narayangonj near Dhaka, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS

10_zkn_10_2016-11-09 Giant fried eggs art installation are seen as part of "Hecho en Casa" (Made at home) urban artwork festival in downtown Santiago, Chile. PHOTO: REUTERS

11_zkn_13_2016-11-09 Sparrows wash themselves and drink water from a puddle in the village of Vits, Belarus. PHOTO: REUTERS

12_ZKN_14_2016-11-09 Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) registrar Kathy Smeaton, from San Rafael, helps unpack the Yoda puppet used in the original movies, at the Star Wars Id TPX. PHOTO: REUTERS

13_zkn_15_2016-11-09 A woman walks dogs through morning mist in Quorn, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

14_ZKN_16_2016-11-09 A window of a migrant accommodation facility is seen though hole in a 13ft-high (4 m) stone wall which is being built to separate a residents housing development from potential refugees, in Neuperlach outside Munich. PHOTO: REUTERS

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