Pictures of the day: September 5, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

Syrian children play with balloons in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. PHOTO: AFP

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands for food near Balukhali in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS


Participants walk to The Temple burn as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, US. PHOTO: REUTERS


Statues of children are surrounded by Harvey floodwaters in southwestern Houston, Texas US. PHOTO: REUTERS


The La Tuna Canyon fire over Burbank, California, US/ PHOTO: REUTERS


The Soyuz MS-04 capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Jack Fischer, Peggy Annette Whitson of the US and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia lands in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan. PHOTO: REUTERS


Formula One - F1 - Italian Grand Prix 2017 - Monza, Italy - September 3, 2017 The Frecce Tricolori flies over the track before the race REUTERS/Max Rossi. PHOTO: REUTERS


An E-3 Sentry flies over southeast Texas, US after a mid-air refueling. The Sentry was providing command and control for the airspace over Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. PHOTO: REUTERS



Black Rock City, a gathering of approximately 70,000 people that is created annually for the Burning Man arts and music festival, is seen in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, US. PHOTO: REUTERS


Workers sleep on top of vegetables on a wooden cart in Divisoria market in Manila. PHOTO: AFP


Queen Elizabeth II meets school children during the official opening ceremony for the Queensferry Crossing, a new road bridge spanning the Firth of Forth from Queensferry to North Queensferry, in Queensferry, west of Edinburgh. PHOTO: AFP


Indian Hindu devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha for immersion in a temporary pond near Sangam in Allahabad. PHOTO: AFP


Ten thousands of enthusiasts practicing Taichi at the International Exchange Centre of Taichi Culture in Jiaozuo in China's central Henan province. PHOTO: AFP


Syrian children play with balloons in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. PHOTO: AFP


Lights are seen in the North Korean town of Sinuiju, behind the Friendship Bridge (L) which connects Sinuiju and the the Chinese border city of Dandong, and the Broken Bridge (R), in Dandong, in China. PHOTO: AFP
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