Pictures of the day: August 21, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

A competitor in the air during the World Championships in belly-flopping at Frognerbadet in Oslo, Norway. PHOTO: REUTERS

A young bull is lifted from the roof of a building with a crane during preparations for Eidul Azha in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

Malnourished Marwan Ahmad Mahyoub, 10, sits at a special care centre where he receives rehabilitation exercises in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man performs a BMX bicycle trick as he jumps into East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

The sun sets over construction site in Rostov-On-Don, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

People gather at an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain. PHOTO: REUTERS

Technicians work on an electricity pylon in the mountains near Mengda village in Shannan Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man walks across London Bridge behind a barrier to prevent traffic mounting the pavement in London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

Runners participate in the annual Colour Run in Centennial Park in Sydney. PHOTO: AFP

Indian policemen and emergency crew stand next to the wrecage of a train carriage after an express train derailed on the evening of August 19 near the town of Khatauli in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. PHOTO: AFP

A competitor falls off the "gostra", a pole covered in lard, during the celebrations for the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, Malta. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cricket fans watch the match between Sri Lanka and India from a tree at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. PHOTO: AFP

A woman dressed up as a zombie participates in a zombie walk, Stockholm, Sweden. PHOTO: AFP