Pictures of the day: November 15, 2016

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

People release thousands of paper lanterns to mark the annual Yi Peng festival in the popular tourist city of Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand on November 14, 2016. Tourist arrivals to Thailand have not been hit by a strict mourning period for late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, authorities said, as curbs on entertainment and celebration imposed since his death one month ago were eased. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistani and Indian Sikh devotees gather around a bus carrying the Sikh holy book, The Guru Granth Sahib, during a ritual procession at a shrine in Nankana Sahib, some 75 kms west of Lahore. PHOTO: AFP

The "supermoon" rise above the valley in Kathmandu, Nepal. PHOTO: REUTERS

Russian Navy's large landing ship Caesar Kunikov sails in the Bosphorus towards the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey. PHOTO: REUTERS

A supermoon rises behind the Riesenrad (Giant Ferris Wheel) landmark in Vienna, Austria. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman carries a child as they return with others to the town of Hisha, after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the area from Islamic State militants, in the northern Raqqa countryside, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS

A dirt road is illuminated by the supermoon at night at the Sierra de las Nieves (Mountain range of Snows) nature park and biosphere reserve in Parauta, southern Spain. PHOTO: REUTERS

Participants row their boat in front of the Royal Palace during the annual Water Festival on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. PHOTO: REUTERS

A squirrel sits on a tree at the Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP

A man dressed as the Sesame Street character Big Bird sits on a bench waiting to take pictures with people walking through Central Park in New York US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents of Hisha return to their town, after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the area from Islamic State militants, in the northern Raqqa countryside, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS

A girl, who according to her parents is showing symptoms of Leishmaniasis, returns with others to their town of Hisha, after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the area from Islamic State militants, in the northern Raqqa countryside, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS

A view of the shrine of Hazrat Shah Abdul Lateef Bhittai decorated with lights in connection with his 273rd Urs celebrations starting Tuesday. PHOTO: ONLINE