Pictures of the day: November 16, 2016

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world


Multimedia Desk November 16, 2016
Environmental activists take part in "The Dead Sea Swim Challenge", swimming from the Jordanian to Israeli shore, to draw attention to the ecological threats facing the Dead Sea, in Kibbutz Ein Gedi, Israel. PHOTO: REUTERS

1_zkn_1_16-nov A golden pheasant is seen at Hangzhou Safari Park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. PHOTO: REUTERS

14_zkn_16_16-novA Pakistani man carries a rooster as he walks past a mural on the wall of a government girls' school in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP

2_zkn_2_16-nov A fishing boat is seen near a container terminal in Tanjung Priok, north Jakarta Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

3_zkn_5_16-nov Construction Manager Shane Gallagher leads members of the media on a tour of the rebuilt cast-iron dome of the US Capitol, which was formally completed on Tuesday on time for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, in Washington, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

5_zkn_7_16-nov An assortment of 5250 illicit firearms and small weapons, recovered during various security operations burns during its destruction in Ngong hills near Kenya's capital Nairobi. PHOTO: REUTERS

6_zkn_8_16-nov Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe Rakher Upabash for the last day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS

7_zkn_9_16-nov A man walks through a garden on an autumn day in Srinagar, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

8_zkn_10_16-nov The supermoon rises behind "El Pensador" (The Thinker) in Dos Hermanas, near Seville, southern Spain. PHOTO: REUTERS

9_zkn_11_16-nov A model train travels past a scaled model of New York's Grand Central Station built entirely with plant parts during a media preview of the 25th annual Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York City, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

10_zkn_12_16-nov French cyclist and AG2R Team leader Romain Bardet walks in the snow during a training session. PHOTO: AFP

11_zkn_13_16-nov View of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's shadows as she addresses guests at a meeting of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA - Bundesvereinigung der Deutsche Arbeitgeberverbaende) in Berlin. PHOTO: AFP

12_zkn_3_16-nov Omro Al Midani of Syria (bottom) fights for the ball with Ashkan Dejagah of Iran (top) during the 2018 World Cup qualifying football match between Syria and Iran at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Seremban. PHOTO: AFP

13_zkn_15_16-nov A girl looks out the window of a house destroyed by Saudi-led coalition air strikes two days earlier on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. PHOTO: REUTERS

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