Pictures of the day: May 24, 2017

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Bangladeshi youths play in a pool amid rising temperatures in Dhaka. PHOTO: AFP

People attend a vigil for the victims of an attack on concert goers at Manchester Arena, in central Manchester, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS


Displaced Somalis sit after receiving boxes of food distributed by the Turkish Red crescent in a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. PHOTO: REUTERS


Workers stand on the roof of an elevator at the construction site of a new financial district in Beijing, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


US President Donald Trump arrives to participate in a wreath-laying at the Yad Vashem holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. PHOTO: REUTERS


A man paints masks during a protest by non-governmental organisation (NGO) Rio de Paz (Rio of Peace) against political corruption scandals, in front of the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS


Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) fire towards Islamic State militants during a battle in Qairawan, west of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS


A fisherman stitches nets as his child sleeps beside him along the sea coast on the outskirts of Kochi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS



Twin panda cubs, born on April 24 in captivity, are pictured in an incubator at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


A rider rides a motorcycle in the air during a competition at Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


Pakistani children play in an open drain in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP


A surfer arrives for heats Round 1 on May 23, 2027 in Biarritz, southwestern France, during the 2017 ISA World Surfing Games. PHOTO: AFP


Bangladeshi youths play in a pool amid rising temperatures in Dhaka. PHOTO: AFP


An Indonesian man (C), one of two to be publicly caned for having sex, is caned in Banda Aceh. The pair, aged 20 and 23, were found guilty of having broken sharia rules in conservative Aceh province. PHOTO: AFP


An opposition demonstrator argues with a National Guard riot policeman during a health care personnel march in Caracas. PHOTO: AFP
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