Pictures of the day: November 12, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk November 12, 2016
An Emirati child practices a traditional dance during the third edition of the Souq al-Qattara festival in al-Ain, on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. PHOTO: AFP

 

This picture shows participants preparing for the release of a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. PHOTO: AFP This picture shows participants preparing for the release of a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. PHOTO: AFP

Protesters hold a banner against the constitutional amendment (PEC) 55, previously called 241, which limits budget increases to the rate of inflation for the next 20 years, during the nation-wide demonstration againt Temer's government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: AFP Protesters hold a banner against the constitutional amendment (PEC) 55, previously called 241, which limits budget increases to the rate of inflation for the next 20 years, during the nation-wide demonstration againt Temer's government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: AFP

Cambodian dragon boat rowers rehearse on the eve of the Water Festival in Phnom Penh. PHOTO: AFP Cambodian dragon boat rowers rehearse on the eve of the Water Festival in Phnom Penh. PHOTO: AFP

Indian Sikhs devotees arrive in the early morning at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. PHOTO: AFP Indian Sikhs devotees arrive in the early morning at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. PHOTO: AFP

The moon is pictured over a statue of the first Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome. PHOTO: AFP The moon is pictured over a statue of the first Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome. PHOTO: AFP

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) sits onboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster as it leaves the McMurdo station in Antarctica for New Zealand. PHOTO: AFP US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) sits onboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster as it leaves the McMurdo station in Antarctica for New Zealand. PHOTO: AFP

Items are left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC, on Veterans Day November 11, 2016 in Washington, DC. PHOTO: AFP Items are left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC, on Veterans Day November 11, 2016 in Washington, DC. PHOTO: AFP

A Polish fan takes a selfie with Romanian riot police officers during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification football match between Romania and Poland. PHOTO: AFP A Polish fan takes a selfie with Romanian riot police officers during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification football match between Romania and Poland. PHOTO: AFP

People take part in a rally calling for President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea. PHOTO: REUTERS People take part in a rally calling for President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea. PHOTO: REUTERS

Wooden crosses, in memory of migrants who died crossing to the US, lean on the border fence between Mexico and the US in Nogales, in Sonora state, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS Wooden crosses, in memory of migrants who died crossing to the US, lean on the border fence between Mexico and the US in Nogales, in Sonora state, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man from the Muskogee tribe looks at the Oceti Sakowin shrouded in mist during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, US. PHOTO: REUTERS A man from the Muskogee tribe looks at the Oceti Sakowin shrouded in mist during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock dives to take a catch to dismiss Australia's Nathan Lyon. PHOTO: REUTERS South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock dives to take a catch to dismiss Australia's Nathan Lyon. PHOTO: REUTERS

French soldiers taking part in a military parade are reflected in pools of rainwater in a street of Lyon, central eastern France, during the Armistice Day ceremony marking the 98th anniversary of the end of World War I. PHOTO: AFP French soldiers taking part in a military parade are reflected in pools of rainwater in a street of Lyon, central eastern France, during the Armistice Day ceremony marking the 98th anniversary of the end of World War I. PHOTO: AFP

 

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