Pictures of the day: November 16, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

A firefighter sprays water onto trees to fight the air pollution in Delhi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rohingya refugees are spotted on an improvised raft after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS

Protesters burn an effigy of US President Donald Trump, who is attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings in Manila, Philippines. PHOTO: REUTERS

A balloon shaped in the famous 'Christ the Redeemer' statue that overlooks the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro floats at sunrise as part of an advertisement campaign for an online betting company above the Australian city of Sydney. PHOTO: REUTERS

Three F/A-18E Super Hornets fly in formation over the aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as they transit the Western Pacific. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Iranian boy rides a bicycle through the rubble past damaged buildings in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's western Kermanshah province near the border with Iraq. PHOTO: AFP

This aerial picture shows villagers looking at two dead sperm whales on a beach in Aceh Besar. PHOTO: AFP

A boat escorting a stranded humpback whale back to deeper waters in Qidong in China's eastern Jiangsu province. PHOTO: AFP

Chinese police pour water on a stranded humpback whale to keep it cool in Qidong in China's eastern Jiangsu province. PHOTO: AFP

A Rohingya refugee woman sews blankets at Thankhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia distric. PHOTO: AFP

Indian schoolgirls are covered in a sheet in an effort to protect themselves from heavy smog as they are driven to school on a scooter after three days off due to the air pollution in Amritsar. PHOTO: AFP

Children play at an elementary school as the Mount Sinabung volcano spews smoke in Karo. PHOTO: AFP

A dead whale is seen on the shore of the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS