Pictures of the day: August 12, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

The Gaza power plant is seen during sunset in the central Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS

Bagir, a 5.7 metre-high giraffe, licks a spectator during the Giants of Africa show at the Krasnoyarsk State Circus, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Israeli soldier walks points his weapon toward Palestinian protesters during clashes in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom near Nablus. PHOTO: REUTERS

A balloon flies over rooftops in Bristol during the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in southwest England, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

Blackcap hangs in the net during bird ringing in Vrhnika, Slovenia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Boys cool themselves in a fountain during hot summer day in central Minsk, Belarus. PHOTO: REUTERS

Flowers sway in the wind at the foot of a tree in the Tibetan village of Gaoshinao in Jiuzhaigou county, south of the epicentre of Tuesday's earthquake, Sichuan province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Lightning is seen above buildings during a storm in central Shanghai, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

People crowd into a window to see a wild goat paraded through the town before being crowned King Puck for three days in Killorglin, Ireland, PHOTO: REUTERS

A ship rides on the tracks of the Katy slipway on the Elblag Canal in Katy, Poland. PHOTO: REUTERS

The waning gibbous moon rises behind the dome of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta, during week-long celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta. PHOTO: REUTERS

Mermaid and diving instructor Luciana Fuzetti trains whilst wearing a mermaid tail in the Tijucas Islands in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

The peloton rides during the 156,6 km first stage of the Arctic Race of Norway between Engenes and Narvik in Norway. PHOTO: AFP

An Indian student poses as he looks down the barrel of an 84-MM rocket launcher during an Indian Army exhibition at Panther Stadium in Amritsar. PHOTO: AFP