Pictures of the day: November 24, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Members of the Australian Army participate in the Tri-service Herculean Challenge, which involves teams of Australian Defence Force personnel pulling a C-130J Hercules aircraft weighing over 40 tonnes over a distance of ten metres in the fastest time, at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base in Richmond, located west of Sydney, Australia. PHOTO: REUTERS

A tourist is seen during the first November snowfall in 54 years in Tokyo, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the Macy's Inflation Team work on the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger balloon ahead of the 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan, New York, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tourists walk near a statue of former Prime Minister Gorg Borg Olivier (C) who won Malta its independence in 1964, at Castille Place in Valletta, Malta. PHOTO: REUTERS

US President Barack Obama reacts after pardoning the National Thanksgiving turkey during the 69th annual presentation of the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Inhabitants of El Alto march down to La Paz to protest for the shortage of water in both cities in La Paz, Bolivia. PHOTO: AFP

A man bicycles down a flooded street with empty cooking oil containers during a rain storm in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PHOTO: AFP

Charcoal burner Zygmunt Furdygiel loads wood into a charcoal furnace at a charcoal making site, in the forest of Bieszczady Mountains, near the village of Baligrod, Poland. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Afghan child shepherd walks under the changing leaves of trees on the outskirts of Jalalabad. PHOTO: AFP

Electricity pylons of high-tension electricity power lines are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

An oil worker gestures in front of oilfields burned by Islamic State fighters in Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

 

A woman paints the floor of a pond as her child pulls at her saree in Delhi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Demonstrators scuffle with riot police officers during a protest against home auctions outside a Bank of Greece branch in Thessaloniki, Greece. PHOTO: REUTERS