Pictures of the day: September 14, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

An elephant walks along at sunset in Addo Elephant Game Reserve near Port Elizabeth in South Africa. PHOTO: AFP

A chair is pictured outside a collapsed coastal house after Hurricane Irma passed the area in Vilano Beach, Florida, US. PHOTO: REUTERS


Farmers display skulls which they claim are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding good rates for their crops and crop insurance scheme from the government, in New Delhi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


A man lights a cigarette from a smouldering barricade during a second day of protests over fishing and land issues in Hout Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. PHOTO: REUTERS


Palestinians gather atop a damaged building as they wait for the return of their relatives after performing the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, at Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS


Students use red scarves to make a flag of the Communist Party of China, ahead of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party, at a primary school in Linyi, Shandong province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. PHOTO: REUTERS



The sun rises over mountain summits in the Austrian village of Absam, Austria. PHOTO: REUTERS


Two baby Sumatran orangutans rescued by border officials who foiled a bid to smuggle them into Thailand play after arriving at a wildlife center at Ratchaburi province in Thailand . PHOTO: REUTERS


Two sheep fight as people watch during a local sheep-fighting event in a village in Liaocheng, Shandong province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


A dead grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) washed ashore at Maria Martha beach is seen on September 12, 2017, in Rosarito, Baja California state, Northwestern Mexico. PHOTO: AFP


A man rides a wakeboard in a giant pool set next to the Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow. PHOTO: AFP


Lightning strikes over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. PHOTO: AFP


An elephant walks along at sunset in Addo Elephant Game Reserve near Port Elizabeth in South Africa. PHOTO: AFP
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