Pictures of the day: July 28, 2019

11 photos from around the world

A surfer rides waves at Caplina beach in Lima. It was the ancient inhabitants of Peru the first to ride waves. PHOTO: AFP

People light candles in front of the Romanian Ministry of Interior in Bucharest to commemorate Alexandra, the 15-year-old girl who has been murdered after she telephoned three times to report her own kidnapping. PHOTO: AFP

Protesters burn tyres during a demonstration against a report of the Attorney-General on the dissolution of the sit-in protest in Khartoum, Sudan. PHOTO: Reuters

Tourists stroll near Hallstaettersee lake in the alpine village of Hallstatt, Austria. PHOTO: Reuters

Members of the Guardia di Finanza alpine rescue look on as Mount Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano, erupts in Sicily, Italy. PHOTO: Reuters

Clergymen of Orthodox Church of Ukraine take part in a ceremony marking the 1031st anniversary of the Christianisation of the country, which was then known as Kievan Rus', in Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: Reuters

Guatemala's Ana Irene Palacios performs on the vault at the XVIII Pan American Games. PHOTO: Reuters

Hindu pilgrims trek through mountains to reach the holy Amarnath cave shrine, where they worship an ice stalagmite that Hindus believe to be the symbol of Lord Shiva, near Pahalgam in the Kashmir region. PHOTO: Reuters

People dance as North Korea commemorates the 66th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. PHOTO: Reuters

A lieutenant of Stavropol Branch of the Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs salutes during a graduation ceremony in Stavropol, Russia. PHOTO: Reuters