Pictures of the day: November 19, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk November 19, 2016
Huge waves crash on the San Esteban de Pravia seafront in the northern Spanish region of Asturias. PHOTO: REUTERS

1_ZKN_1_19 Nov A TV cameraman films fire retardant foam blowing in the wind after a fire alarm malfunctioned in a hanger according to local media, near the San Jose airport in Santa Clara, California. PHOTO: REUTERS

2_zkn_2_19-nov A general view of the dried Ajuan Khota dam, a water reserve affected by drought near La Paz, Bolivia. PHOTO: REUTERS

3_zkn_3_19-nov An Iraqi air force helicopter fires missiles during a battle with Islamic State militants at the airport of Tal Afar west of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

5_ZKN_5_19 Nov A view from an Ilyushin Il-96 plane, transporting journalists and officials of the Russian delegation heading for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, shows a Swiss Air Force F/A-18 fighter jet in the airspace above Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS

6_ZKN_7_19 Nov Russia's Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew, France's astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Russia's cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and US astronaut Peggy Whitson, blast off from the launch pad to the International Space Station (ISS). PHOTO: AFP

7_ZKN_9_19 Nov A flower vendor walks along the street in Antigua Guatemala. PHOTO: AFP

8_zkn_10_19-nov A masked man stands next to a barricade during clashes with riot police, following a demonstration in central Athens to commemorate a student uprising that helped bring down a US backed junta in 1974. PHOTO AFP

9_ZKN_11_19 Nov A man looks at a contaminated river in Cangnan county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

10_ZKN_12_19 Nov A person takes a photograph on Westminster Bridge at dusk in central London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

11_ZKN_13_19 Nov Jennifer Lopez performs "Olvidame Y Pega La Vuelta" with Marc Anthony (not pictured) at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

12_zkn_14_19-nov Police officers stand guard in the perimetres of the Museum of the Nation, where the 2016 APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit will take place, in Lima, Peru. PHOTO: REUTERS

13_zkn_15_19-nov People talk outside their houses close to Cardon refinery complex which belongs to the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. PHOTO: REUTERS

14_zkn_16_19-nov Grace Maroura Samoura, an immigrant from Guinea-Conakry who lives at CETI (the short-stay immigrant centre) smiles backstage before taking in a fashion show organised by local Red Cross in Ceuta, Spain's north African enclave. PHOTO: REUTERS

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