Pictures of the day: August 18, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

A labourer rests over a pile of recyclables at a yard in Peshawar, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Dana the lioness, one of thirteen animals transported from a zoo in the Syrian city of Aleppo, is seen in a cage after giving birth to its first cub at Al Ma'wa wildlife reserve in the city of Jerash, near Amman, Jordan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Participants react as they hold on to a greased pole during the "Panjat Pinang" competition during the celebration of Independence Day at Ancol Dreamland Park in Jakarta, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man casts his fishing net in the flood waters next to his partially submerged hut in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

A couple reacts as their colleague wins a bicycle during greased pole competition during the celebration of Independence Day in Jakarta, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy cools off in an irrigation canal on the outskirts of Raqqa, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy from the Rohingya community stands outside a shack in a camp in Delhi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Indonesia Air Force Sukhoi fighter jets fly near a statue over Merdeka Square, during Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Jockey Luigi Bruschelli of the "Bruco" (Caterpillar) parish crashes during the Palio of Siena horse race, Italy. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Hindu pilgrim hangs clothes on iron rods tied to windows of a parked bus to dry on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

An ostrich stands in a field of second corn (winter corn) after near Lucas do Rio Verde in the Mato Grosso state, Brazil. REUTERS

A slack-liner crosses a high wire between two chimneys of the structure housing former foundry Horno Alto No. 3, at Fundidora park in Monterrey, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS