Pictures of the day: November 21, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Shia Muslim pilgrims carry flags as they arrive at the entrance to the central Iraqi city of Karbala, 120 kilometres south of the capital Baghdad. PHOTO: AFP

John Legend performs "Love Me Now" at the 2016 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man with a mask poses for a portrait as he takes part in festivities in honour of patron saint San Jeronimo in Masaya city, Nicaragua. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy walks past a snow covered car after a heavy snowfall in Almaty, Kazakhstan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Actors Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt pose at a premiere of the film "Allied" in Paris, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

A young Indian boy walks on a foggy field in New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP

Indian rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a train that derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur district. PHOTO: AFP

Bishops and cardinals attend a holy mass for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy, at St Peter's square in Vatican. PHOTO: AFP

People admire illuminations featuring the theme of "Canyon d'Azur" (Blue Canyon) at Caretta Illumination in Tokyo. PHOTO: AFP

A sheperd tends to his blackened flock of sheep as oil wells, set ablaze by retreating Islamic State (IS) militants, burn in the background, in the town of Qayyarah, Mosul. PHOTO: AFP

Women mourn during the funeral of suspected militant Rayees Ahmad Dar, who according to local media was killed in an encounter with the Indian armed forces in Pulwama district on Saturday afternoon, in Kakapora village, south of Kashmir. PHOTO: REUTERS

Participants take a selfie after a nocturnal 5K color glow party run in Monterrey, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) female fighter's braid is pictured while she is carrying her weapon in Tal Samin village, north of Raqqa city, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS