Pictures of the day: November 9, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Afghan passengers ride a motorcycle along a road in Bamiyan. PHOTO: AFP

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


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


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


Indian pedestrians walk near the India Gate monument amid heavy smog in New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP


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


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



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


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


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


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


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


A woman walks dogs through morning mist in Quorn, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS


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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