Pictures of the day: August 24, 2017

13 photos from events around the world
Multimedia Desk | August 24, 2017

The first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets receives a water cannon statue upon its landing at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel. PHOTO: REUTERS

The statue of Christ the King is seen during sunset in Zouk Mosbeh in northern Beirut, Lebanon. PHOTO: REUTERS


Peter Whitehead swims at sunset during a 70 km relay across Lake Leman from Montreux to Geneva, near Evian-les-Bains, France, near Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS


Koh Dong-jin, president of Samsung Electronics' Mobile Communications introduces the Galaxy Note 8 smartphone during a launch event in New York City, US. PHOTO: REUTERS


The first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets receives a water cannon statue upon its landing at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel. PHOTO: REUTERS


A baby suffering from dehydration cries after being rescued from a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


A worker works at a solar power plant by Superblock, Southeast Asia's biggest producer of solar power in Phetchaburi province, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS


Workers hold a tranquillised rhino after it was dehorned in an effort to deter the poaching of one of the world's endangered species, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, in the north west province, South Africa. PHOTO: REUTERS



A sunset is seen in the harbour of Saint-Malo, northwestern France. PHOTO: AFP


A Pakistani man checks the teeth of a camel at an animal market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP


An Indian man removes nasturtium from a pond in preparations ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival where Ganesh idols will be immersed near Sangam, in Allahabad. PHOTO: AFP


Displaced children from the Islamic State (IS) group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, pose for a photo behind a fence at a camp in Ain Issa. PHOTO: AFP


A displaced child from the Islamic State (IS) group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, runs along to top of water containers at a camp in Ain Issa. PHOTO: AFP


A woman sunbaths next to two thousands kilograms of fish salted on the stones of El Cotillo harbour, in La Oliva, on the Spanish Canary island of Fuerteventura during the village fair in honour of Our Lady of Good Travel. PHOTO: AFP


A photo shows the Mamayev Kurgan WWII memorial complex with The Motherland Calls statue in Volgograd. Volgograd will host several games of the FIFA World Cup. PHOTO: AFP
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