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AUGUST 2018
Pictures of the day
Aug.20 – Aug. 25
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AUGUST 2018
Pictures of the day
September 17, 2018 Pictures of the day - Aug.20 - Aug.24, 2018 1

Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018,
nuns watch the statue of the
Virgin Mary being carried
through the streets of Rabat
on the island of Gozo in the
Maltese archipelago, during
the feast day of the
Assumption of Mary. (AP
Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018,
priests participate in the
procession of the Virgin Mary
in Rabat on the island of Gozo
in the Maltese archipelago. (AP
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15,
2018, a priest wears a Maltese cross while he
participates in the feast day of the
Assumption of Mary in Rabat on the island of
Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. (AP
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, local
women blow kisses and look at the statue of the Virgin
Mary during a procession on the feast of the
Assumption of Our Lady in Rabat on the island of Gozo
in the Maltese archipelago. (AP Photo/Niranjan
Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, the
Statue of the Virgin Mary is taken out from Gozo
Cathedral in the old Citadel in Rabat on the island of
Gozo in the Maltese archipelago during the feast day of
the Assumption of Mary. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, priests hold
religious icons as they lead a procession during the feast day
of the Assumption of Mary in Rabat on the island of Gozo in
the Maltese archipelago. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, a
man from a local band club plays as he participates
in the feast day of the Assumption of Mary in Rabat
on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago.
(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15,
2018, young children play with paper
confetti during the feast day of the
Assumption of Mary in Rabat on the island
of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. (AP
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug.
15, 2018, priests carry a statue of the
Virgin Mary during a procession on the
feast day of the Assumption of Mary in
Rabat on the island of Gozo in the
Maltese archipelago. (AP
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, a nun
watches the statue of the Virgin Mary being carried
through the streets of Rabat on the island of Gozo in the
Maltese archipelago, during the feast day of the
Assumption of Mary. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, devotees
carry a statue of the Virgin Mary through the streets of
Rabat on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago,
during the feast day of the Assumption of Mary. (AP
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, nuns
offer a prayer as the statue of the Virgin Mary being
carried through the streets of Rabat on the island of
Gozo in the Maltese archipelago, during the feast day of
the Assumption of Mary. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, residents
throw confetti on the statue of the Virgin Mary as it is carried
through the streets of Rabat on the island of Gozo in the Maltese
archipelago, during the feast day of the Assumption of Mary. (AP
Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Aug. 15, 2018

local band club participate in a procession through
the streets of Rabat on the island of Gozo in the
Maltese archipelago, during the feast day of the
Assumption of Mary. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

local band club perform in front of a statue of the
Virgin Mary during the feast day of the Assumption
of Mary in Rabat on the island of Gozo in the
Maltese archipelago. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Aug. 15, 2018

President Trump is silhouetted in a window of the East Room
as he participates in a ceremony awarding a Medal of Honor
posthumously to Air Force Technical Sergeant John A.
Chapman at the White House. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Aug. 15, 2018

Helicopter rescue
Residents are rescued from flooding by a navy helicopter
in India's southern state of Kerala on Aug. 17.
Torrential downpours began hammering Kerala on Aug. 8,
more than two months into the annual monsoon season,
setting off devastating floods that left more than 200
people dead and sent more than 800,000 fleeing for dry
land.
— Sivaram V / Reuters
Aug. 17, 2018

Seattle strife
A man who was protesting with groups supporting gun rights is
treated for an injury during a rally and counter-protest on Aug. 18
near City Hall in Seattle.
The right-wing groups Washington 3 Percenters and Patriot Prayer
were holding the rally to protest an effort to launch a gun-control
initiative that would raise the age in Washington state for people
buying semi-automatic rifles.
Dozens of police kept protesters and counter-protesters separated.
— Ted S. Warren / AP
Aug. 18, 2018

Reuters / Saturday, August 18,
2018
A 2.4 kg chicken is pictured next
to 14,600,000 bolivars, its price
(equivalent of 2.22 USD), at a
mini-market in Caracas,
Venezuela. It was the going price
at an informal market in the low-
income neighborhood of Catia on
August 16th. REUTERS/Carlos
Garcia Rawlins
Aug. 18, 2018

Reuters / Sunday, August 19, 2018
A statuette of the Virgin Mary is
seen inside of a house in front of
Charles Borromeo Parish church,
formerly St. Joseph in Ashland,
Pennsylvania. A grand jury in
Pennsylvania released the findings
of the largest-ever investigation of
sex abuse in the U.S. Church,
finding that 301 priests in the
state had sexually abused minors
over the past 70 years.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Aug. 19, 2018

Ahn Jong-ho speaks to reporters as he
arrives at a hotel and gathering point
ahead of the inter-Korean family
reunion in Sokcho, South Korea, on
Aug. 19, 2018.
About 90 elderly South Koreans,
accompanied by their family
members, will have three days of
meetings with their North Korean
relatives before returning to the South
on Wednesday. A separate round of
reunions from Friday to Sunday will
involve more than 300 other South
Koreans, according to Seoul’s
Unification Ministry.
— Ed Jones / AFP - Getty Images
Aug. 19, 2018

Aug.20, 2018

Making a splash
Aflah Fadlan Prawira of Indonesia
competes in the men's 800-meter
freestyle heats at the 2018 Asian Games
in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 20.
— Christian Bruna / EPA
Aug. 20, 2018

Silent Sam
Demonstrators gather around a toppled
Confederate statue known as "Silent Sam" on
Aug. 20 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Frustrated by the inaction of university leaders
and what they described as their school's
"institutional white supremacy," students at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
toppled the statue with their own hands.
— Julia Wall / Raleigh News and Observer /
Zuma Press
Aug. 20, 2018

Qian Jiarui of China reacts after
defeating Kim Jiyeon of South Korea in
the individual sabre at the Asian
Games. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Aug. 20, 2018

Austria's Foreign Minister Karin
Kneissl is embraced by her groom
Wolfgang Meilinger during their
wedding celebrations as Russia's
President Vladimir Putin looks on
in Gamlitz, Austria. Sputnik/Alexei
Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

A trace of the Perseid meteor is seen in the
moonless night sky over telecommunication
masts in the Siberian Taiga area in Krasnoyarsk
Region, Russia. Picture taken with a fish eye
lens. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
Aug. 20, 2018

A man selected as a participant for a reunion shows
pictures of his deceased mother and little brothers
living in North Korea, at a hotel used as a waiting
place in Sokcho, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiAug. 20, 2018

A Venezuelan migrant waits in line to
register her entry into Ecuador at the
Rumichaca International Bridge in
Tulcan, Ecuador. REUTERS/Luisa
Gonzalez
Aug. 20, 2018

Goats are pictured as their prices are being negotiated by
vendors and buyers at a livestock market where people
buy sacrificial animals ahead of the Eid al-Adha
celebrations in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Aug. 20, 2018

Women use an umbrella during heavy rain fall
in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Aug. 20, 2018

People sitting inside a swimming pool play
giant cards at a water park on a hot day in
Chongqing, China. REUTERS/Stringer
Aug. 20, 2018

A woman stands next to the carcass of an
unknown creature that washed ashore near
Pakhachi, Russia. Tolstikova Lyubov/Social
Media/via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

A puppy-shaped ice cream is seen in a
restaurant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher
Aug. 20, 2018

Afghan men who were injured in a recent attack
in Kabul and Ghazni province, receive treatment
at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.
REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Aug. 20, 2018

An Afghan man makes sweets at a small
traditional factory ahead of the Eid al-Adha in
Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Aug. 20, 2018

A Cowboy pushes a herd of cattle in the
municipality of Guadalupe, in the Juarez Valley,
Mexico. REUTERS/Jose Luis GonzalezAug. 20, 2018

Ravi Kumar of India warms up before the
10m air rifle mixed team final at the 2018
Asian Games. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Aug. 20, 2018

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria covers herself from
the water onboard of the Estonian Navy ship
Wambola near Tallinn, Estonia. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
Aug. 20, 2018

Iraqi youths perform a somersault as
they practice parkour in the city of
Najaf, Iraq. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Aug. 20, 2018

MTV Video Music Awards red carpet
Cardi B. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Aug. 20, 2018

Cardi B. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Aug. 20, 2018
Rose Bertram. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Shiyu, or Lion Islet, which is part of Kinmen county, one
of Taiwan's offshore islands, is seen in front of China's
Xiamen, on Lieyu island, Kinmen county, Taiwan August
20, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuAug. 20, 2018

A man in a wartime uniform, poses for a photo
on an abandoned tank at a beach, ahead of the
60th anniversary of Second Taiwan Straits
Crisis against China, in Kinmen, Taiwan.
REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

Reuters / Monday, August 20,
2018
China's banner reading "One
Country, Two Systems, One
Unified China" is seen through a
tourist's binoculars from a former
military fort, ahead of the 60th
anniversary of Second Taiwan
Straits Crisis against China, in
Lieyu island, Kinmen county,
Taiwan. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

Performers take part in a battle
re-enactment at a former military
fort in Kinmen, Taiwan.
REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

Tourists take part in an electronic shooting
game, simulating the 1958 attacks, on Lieyu
island, Kinmen county. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

Tourists pose for a photo before taking part in an electronic shooting game simulating the
1958 attacks, ahead of the 60th anniversary of Second Taiwan Straits Crisis against China, on
Lieyu island, Kinmen county, Taiwan. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

A visitor poses next to an artillery shell-shaped
exhibit at the August 23 Artillery Battle Museum in
Kinmen, Taiwan. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

An oyster farmer walks in front of China's
Xiamen on Lieyu Island, Kinmen County,
Taiwan. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

A tourist takes part in an electronic shooting
game simulating the 1958 attacks in Lieyu
island, Kinmen county, Taiwan.
REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Aug. 20, 2018

Muslim pilgrims walk out after the Friday prayer at the
Grand mosque, August 17, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Aug. 17, 2018
Journey to Mecca
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Reuters / Saturday, August 18, 2018
Muslim pilgrims from Somalia rest
while they climb the Mount Al-Noor,
where Muslims believe Prophet
Mohammad received the first words
of the Koran through Gabriel in the
Hera cave, ahead of annual Haj
pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca,
Saudi Arabia August 18, 2018.
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Aug. 18, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

A Muslim pilgrim takes a
selfie at Mount Al-Noor,
where Muslims believe
Prophet Mohammad received
the first words of the Koran
through Gabriel in the Hera
cave, August 18, 2018.
Aug. 18, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Muslim pilgrims' tents are pictured in
Mina near Mecca, August 19, 2018.
Aug. 19, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Muslim pilgrims arrive to pray outside
Namira Mosque on the plains of Arafat,
August 20, 2018. REUTERS/ Zohra
Bensemra
Aug. 20, 2018

Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira
Mosque on the plains of Arafat, August 20,
2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Aug. 20, 2018

A Palestinian bride applies makeup during a mass
wedding in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Aug. 20, 2018

Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of
Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy
city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Aug. 20, 2018

A whirlwind is seen as elephant and zebras
walk through the Amboseli National Park,
Kenya. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Aug. 20, 2018

Korean families separated by war meet after 65 years
North and South Korean family
members meet during a reunion at
North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort,
near the demilitarized zone separating
the two Koreas. Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

About 90 families from North and South Korea wept
and embraced on Monday as the neighbors held their
first reunion events in three years for relatives
wrenched apart by the Korean War for more than six
decades. Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

Reuters / Monday, August 20, 2018
The brief reunions are set to total just 11 hours over the next
three days in the North's tourist resort of Mount Kumgang
after the neighbors renewed exchanges this year following a
standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and
South Korean President Moon Jae-in
agreed to the reunion events at a
summit in April. Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

About 330 South Koreans from 89 families, many in
wheelchairs, embraced 185 separated relatives from
the North with tears, joy and disbelief. Some struggled
to recognize family not glimpsed in more than 60
years. Yonhap via REUTERSAug. 20, 2018

The separated families are
victims of a decades-long
political gridlock since the 1950-
53 war ended in a truce rather
than a peace treaty, with ties
increasingly strained as
Pyongyang rapidly stepped up
its weapons programs. Yonhap
via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

For years, Seoul has called for regular
meetings between separated families,
including the use of video conferences,
but the program often fell victim to
fragile ties. Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

Buses carrying the South Korean relatives
travel to North Korea in the Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ) on Aug. 20, 2018 in Goseong,
South Korea.
In South Korea, more than half of the
132,600 people who applied for reunions —
including some of those who got to see their
relatives — have died. More than 85 percent
of the surviving applicants are in their 70s or
older. Those who haven’t had a chance are
desperate to reunite with their relatives
before they die.
— Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
Aug. 20, 2018

Reuters / Monday, August 20, 2018
A state funeral of Marshal of the Korean People's
Army Kim Yong Chun, member of the Central
Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, deputy
to the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and
general adviser to the Ministry of the People's
Armed Forces. KCNA via REUTERS
Aug. 20, 2018

Taiwan's Poya Su, left, celebrates after winning
the gold medal during their women's
featherweight 53-kilogram Taekwondo match at
the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia,
Monday, Aug.20, 2018. (AP Photo/Tatan
Syuflana)
Aug. 20, 2018

Aug.21, 2018

China and Hong Kong players in action during
their women's water polo game at the 18th
Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday,
Aug. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Aug. 21, 2018

Singapore's Joseph Schooling spits water out ahead of
his heat in the men's 50m freestyle during the
swimming competition at the 18th Asian Games in
Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. (AP
Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Aug. 21, 2018

Sprintern
NBC News intern Cassie Semyon, 21, runs
from the courthouse with the jury
deliberation results in the trial of former
Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul
Manafort in Alexandria, Virginia, on Aug. 21.
Manafort, a fixture in Republican politics for
decades, was convicted of five counts of tax
fraud, one count of failure to file a report of
foreign bank and financial accounts and two
counts of bank fraud. The judge declared a
mistrial on the 10 other charges he faced.
Semyon was a cross-country runner before
college.
— Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Aug. 21 2018

Smoke rises from the site of an attack in Kabul,
Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Aug. 21, 2018

Venezuelan 100 bolivar notes thrown by
people in a trash bin are seen at a gas
station of the Venezuelan state-owned
oil company PDVSA in Caracas,
Venezuela. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Aug. 21, 2018

British tourist Kay Longstaff leaves the
Croatian Coast Guard vessel Cavtat in Pula,
Croatia after being rescued from the Adriatic
Sea. REUTERS/StringerAug. 21, 2018

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's Labour
Party, visits the Alexander Dennis Bus Factory in
Falkirk, Scotland, Britain. REUTERS/Russell
CheyneAug. 21, 2018

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez arrive at the
MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music
Hall in New York. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Aug. 21, 2018

An internally displaced girl plays in the Sudd
Swamp near the town of Nyal, South Sudan.
REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu
Aug. 21, 2018

Russian servicemembers push a bus
along an avenue in Moscow, Russia.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Aug. 21, 2018

Drag queen, Hellena Borgys, poses for
picture backstage at the Miss Gay
Brasil 2018, in Juiz de Fora, Minas
Gerais state, Brazil. REUTERS/Ana
Carolina Fernandes
Aug. 21, 2018

A group of transgenders mourns the death of a
companion, who according to local media was
tortured and killed by unidentified people,
during a protest demanding justice, in Peshawar,
Pakistan. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Aug. 21, 2018

Fireworks explode over Danube River
during Saint Stephen's Day in Budapest,
Hungary. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Aug. 21, 2018

Reuters / Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen in a newly unveiled fighter jet in Tehran, Iran August
21, 2018. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS
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Aug. 21, 2018

People walk in the middle of the Danube river
during the period of low water level near
Esztergom, Hungary. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Aug. 21, 2018

Boys carry tyres past a drive-thru confession box, set
up beside Phoenix Park, ahead of the visit of Pope
Francis to Dublin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Aug. 21, 2018

Brazilian Army soldiers patrol, near grazing
horses, during an operation against drug
gangs in Alemao slums complex in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Aug. 21, 2018

University of North Carolina police surround the toppled
statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed Silent Sam on
the school's campus after a demonstration for its removal in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
Aug. 21, 2018

Celebrating Eid al-Adha
Rohingya refugees gather at a cattle
market ahead of Eid al-Adha in
Kutupaloong Refugee camp in Cox's
Bazar, Bangladesh, August 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Aug. 21, 2018

A Rohingya refugee man returns to the camp after
buying a cow ahead of Eid al-Adha to sacrifice in
Kutupaloong Refugee camp in Cox's Bazar,
August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir
Hossain
Aug. 21, 2018

A Palestinian man throws his child in the air following
morning prayers marking the first day of Eid al-Adha
celebrations, on the compound known to Muslims as
al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in
Jerusalem's Old City August 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Aug. 21, 2018

Traders stands next to a goat for sale that is being
weighed inside a livestock market on the eve of the
Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Chennai, India August
21, 2018. REUTERS/P.Ravikumar
Aug. 21, 2018

Traders sleep at a livestock market
ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid
al-Adha in Kolkata, India.
REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Aug. 21, 2018

Muslims gather at a fairground set
up to celebrate Eid Al-Adha in
Burgess Park, south London,
Britain August 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Henry NichollsAug. 21, 2018

A trader sleeps amidst his goats at a
livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha
festival in the old quarters of Delhi, India
August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Aug. 21, 2018

Muslims purchase balloons at a fairground set up
to celebrate Eid Al-Adha in Burgess Park, south
London, Britain August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Henry
Nicholls
Aug. 21, 2018

Historic floods in Kerala
Flood victims unload food and relief material
from an Indian Air force helicopter at
Nelliyampathy Village, in the southern state
of Kerala, August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Amit
Dave
Aug. 21, 2018

Flood victims carry relief material as they
walk through a damaged area after floods, at
Nelliyampathy Village in the southern state
of Kerala, August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Amit
Dave
Aug. 21, 2018

A Public Works Department (PWD)
machine repairs a collapsed bridge after
floods at Nelliyampathy Village, in the
southern state of Kerala, August 21,
2018. REUTERS/Amit DaveAug. 21, 2018

A woman cleans the mud from the entrance of
her house following floods in Paravur in the
southern state of Kerala, India.
REUTERS/Sivaram V
Aug. 21, 2018

People ride a motorbike past the rubble of a
small restaurant which collapsed due to
floods in Paravur in the southern state of
Kerala, August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Sivaram V
Aug. 21, 2018

A Public Works Department (PWD) machine
removes collapsed trees from a damaged road
after floods at Nelliyampathy Village, in the
southern state of Kerala, August 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Amit Dave
Aug. 21, 2018

Best of the Asian Games
Soyoka Hanawa of Japan in action on
the balance beam. REUTERS/Cathal
Mcnaughton
Aug. 21, 2018

Gold medalist Jong Myong Suk of North Korea
listens to the national anthem during the Women's
Freestyle 57 kg Medal Ceremony. REUTERS/Willy
KurniawanAug. 21, 2018

Zul Bahrin Mat Asri of Malaysia in action
on the horizontal bar during qualification.
REUTERS/Cathal Mcnaughton
Aug. 21, 2018

Jeon Hee Sook of South Korea in action with Sera
Azuma of Japan at the Asian Games.
REUTERS/Beawiharta
Aug. 21, 2018

Shunsuke Terui of Japan riding Alias Max reacts at
the Asian Games. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
Aug. 21, 2018

Van Vinh Trinh of Vietnam drops the
barbell during the Men's 62kg Group A.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
Aug. 21, 2018

Zhu Yuxiang, Hu Mingda and Deng
Tingfeng of China in action during
the Taekwondo Men s Team
Poomsae, Final. REUTERS/Willy
Kurniawan
Aug. 21, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a question
during an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office of
the White House. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Aug. 21, 2018

On the eve of her visit to North Korea, Moon
Hyun-sook sits on her hotel bed in Sokcho,
South Korea.
Once a single country, North and South
Korea were divided into a U.S.-backed,
capitalistic South and a Soviet-supported,
socialist North at the end of World War II in
1945. After the Korean War, the world’s most
heavily militarized border formally divided
the Korean Peninsula, separating millions.
— Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
Aug. 21, 2018
Korean families divided by war meet for
heart-wrenching reunions
For the first time in three years, elderly North and
South Korean relatives separated during the chaos
of the 1950-53 Korean War gathered Monday at the
North's scenic Diamond Mountain, where they
embraced their loved ones after decades apart.

South Koreans leave for North Korea from
the CIQ office in Goseong.
— Yonhap / via AP
Aug. 21, 2018

Lee Chun-ja, 88, holds a copy of
her wedding picture.
The two Koreas have occasionally
allowed separated family
members to reunite when the
rivals’ ties have been good. Before
this week’s reunions, about 23,500
Koreans attended reunions, some
19,800 in person and the others by
video, since 2000. The latest
reunions stem from
rapprochement agreements that
the leaders of the Koreas struck
during a landmark summit in April.
— Jeon Heon-Kyun / EPA
Aug. 21, 2018

A medic visits Jang Hae-won, 89,
on the eve of his departure for
North Korea to see two nephews
he last saw during the Korean war.
South Korea wants reunions to
take place regularly, but North
Korea often uses them as a
bargaining chip in negotiations.
Experts say the North worries that
too many reunions would
enlighten its citizens about the
economically affluent South, and
eventually weaken Pyongyang’s
grip on power.
— Ed Jones / AFP - Getty Images
Aug. 21, 2018

North Koreans arrive to attend a dinner with
their South Korean family members.
— Lee Ji-eun / Yonhap via AP
Aug. 21, 2018

Han Shin-ja, right, a 99-year-old South Korean
woman, was at a loss for words after she reunited
with her two North Korean daughters, Kim Kyong
Sil, 72, and Kim Kim Kyong Yong, 71, center.
Not knowing their separation would be permanent,
she left them behind in the North during the war
while fleeing south with her third and youngest
daughter.
She could only say “Ah” and “When I fled …” before
choking up with tears.
— Lee Ji-eun / Yonhap via AP
Aug. 21, 2018

South Korean Jo Kwon-Hyung, second
left, 80, toasts with his North Korean
relatives, right, during a dinner.
— Yonhap / AFP - Getty Images
Aug. 21, 2018

South Korean Lee Moon-Hyuk, 95,
right, talks to his North Korean
nephew.
— O Jong-Chan / Korea Pool via
Getty Images
Aug. 21, 2018

Lee Gang-seon, left, weeps while
sitting at the table with his father Lee
Gi-soon, 91, right.
— Yonhap / EPA
Aug. 21, 2018

South Korean Cho Hye-do, 86, center, hugs
her North Korean sister Cho Sun Do, 89.
Relatives are typically given three days to
meet before parting again. None of the past
participants have been given a second
chance to reunite with relatives from the
other side.
— Lee Ji-eun / AP
Aug. 21, 2018

Tearful reunions for separated Korean families
North and South Korean family members meet during a
reunion at Mount Kumgang resort, North Korea. Yonhap
via REUTERS
Aug. 21, 2018

North and South Korean family members
react as they meet during a reunion at
Mount Kumgang resort, North Korea.
Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 21, 2018

A South Korean woman cries as she
bids farewell to her North Korean
family members as they leave after a
reunion at Mount Kumgang resort,
North Korea. Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 21, 2018

A North Korean holds a photograph
showing her North and South Korean
separated family members that had been
taken during a reunion at Mount Kumgang
resort, North Korea. Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 21, 2018

Muslim pilgrims perform Tawaf al-Ifada after
Arafat day during the annual haj pilgrimage
at the grand Mosque in the holy city of
Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 21, 2018.
Aug. 21, 2018
Journey to Mecca

A Muslim pilgrim has his head shaved after
casting seven stones at a pillar that
symbolizes Satan, August 21, 2018.
Aug. 21, 2018

Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar
that symbolizes Satan, August 21, 2018.
Aug. 21, 2018

Aug.22, 2018

South Korea team members celebrate after defeating China
during their women's sabre team finals fencing match at the
18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 22,
2018. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Aug. 22, 2018

India's Sajan Prakash swims in his heat of the
men's 100m butterfly during the swimming
competition at the 18th Asian Games in
Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Aug. 22, 2018

South Korea's Jeong Mira clears her rifle
barrels during the shoots in the final round
of the 50m rifle 3 positions women's
shooting event during the 18th Asian Games
in Palembang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug.
22, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Aug. 22, 2018

China's Yuqi Shi, right, comes
over to Indonesia's Anthony
Ginting, left, after he retired
and cannot continue due to
injury during their men's
team badminton finals at the
18th Asian Games in Jakarta,
Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug.
22, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron
Favila)
Aug. 22, 2018

Venezuelan exodus
Venezuelan migrants on their way to Peru
sleep along the Pan-American Highway
between Tulcan and Ibarra in Ecuador,
after entering the country from Colombia,
on Aug. 22.
Officials from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
will meet in Bogota next week to seek a
solution to a growing exodus of migrants
overwhelming South American countries
as they flee a devastating economic crisis
in Venezuela.
— Luis Robayo / AFP - Getty Images
Aug. 22, 2018

Canada wildfires
Thick smoke from wildfires fills the
air and blocks the sun as horses
stand on a ranch in Vanderhoof,
British Columbia, on Aug. 22.
Smoke from fires in British Columbia
drifted into Washington and Idaho
causing causing air quality alerts.
— Darryl Dyck / Canadian Press via
AP
Aug. 22, 2018

A visitor lies in a coffin to try it out at the
ENDEX JAPAN 2018 funeral and cemetery show
in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Aug. 22, 2018

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a
residential building in Mumbai, India.
REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Aug. 22, 2018

Suspects are arrested after violent clashes with
Brazilian Army soldiers after taking a family
hostage in Alemao slums complex in Rio de
Aug. 22, 2018

Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at
the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in
the old quarters of Delhi, India.
REUTERS/Adnan AbidiAug. 22, 2018

President Trump's former campaign chairman
Paul Manafort stands before Judge T.S. Ellis as
he was found guilty of eight of the 18 charges
he faced in a case of bank and tax fraud at U.S.
District Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia.
REUTERS/Bill Hennessy
Aug. 22, 2018

Fu Yuanhui of China competes at the
Asian Games. REUTERS/Jeremy Lee
Aug. 22, 2018

Reuters / Wednesday, August 22,
2018
A combo shows Venezuelan
women posing at a maternity
hospital in Boa Vista, Roraima
state, Brazil. Expecting Venezuelan
women are leaving their country
due to lack of prenatal care,
medicine and diapers and giving
birth across the border in Brazil,
where three Venezuelan babies are
born every day. REUTERS/Nacho
Doce
Aug. 22, 2018

A man controls a cow to slaughter in celebration of
Eid al-Adha, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Faisal
Mahmood
Aug. 22, 2018

A North Korean woman bids farewell to her
South Korean family members as they leave
after a reunion at Mount Kumgang resort,
North Korea. Yonhap via REUTERS
Aug. 22, 2018

Refugees from Ghana and Guinea search
for food at a garbage dump in Fnideq,
Morocco, close to the Spanish enclave
Ceuta. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Aug. 22, 2018

A child hangs from a seat during a Make
America Great Again rally at the Civic Center
in Charleston, West Virginia. REUTERS/Leah
Millis
Aug. 22, 2018

Musician Drake visits kids at Lurie
Children's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Lurie Children's Hospital/via REUTERS
Aug. 22, 2018

Nuns look at a Skoda car with a stained glass
windscreen at the Papal Congress at the World
Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland.
REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Aug. 22, 2018

A Brazilian soldier patrols outside the cemetery
ahead the burial of Corporal Fabiano de Oliveira
Santos, who was shot dead during an operation
against drug gangs in Alemao slums complex, in
Japeri, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Aug. 22, 2018

People eat hotpot at a table set up in a
creek, inside a tourist attraction on a hot day
in Chongqing, China. REUTERS/Stringer
Aug. 22, 2018

After Islamic State killed her sons, Iraqi
grandmother fends for 22 children
Reuters / Wednesday, August 22, 2018
An Iraqi woman Sana Ibrahim al-Taee, 64, whose five sons were killed by Islamic State
militants, is seen with her grandchildren at her home in Mosul, Iraq July 30, 2018.
Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her
22 grandchildren after Islamic State killed their fathers - her sons - a struggle in a
cramped flat with little help from the state. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Aug. 22, 2018

Reuters / Wednesday, August
22, 2018
Sana Ibrahim al-Taee prepares
food with grandchildren at her
home in Mosul, Iraq July 30,
2018. Al-Taee and her husband,
who has Alzheimer s, share
their four-room apartment in
eastern Mosul with the
children, aged between two
and 16, their daughter and two
of their sons widows. Rent,
food, clothes and schooling
depend on donations and
charity handouts. REUTERS/Ari
Jalal
Aug. 22, 2018

Sana Ibrahim al-Taee pray with grandchildren at her home in
Mosul, Iraq July 30, 2018. Al-Taee is waiting to hear if the
government will provide pensions of 500,000 dinars ($420) a
month for her sons, who worked in the military and police.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Aug. 22, 2018

Sana Ibrahim al-Taee buys fruits in
Mosul, Iraq August 6, 2018. I hope that
the authorities will give pensions and
housing for those orphans, because I
am not going to live for 100 years, the
60-year-old told Reuters. Al-Taee, who
is in poor health with vocal cord
paralysis, has provided death
certificates for three sons but said the
other two were buried in mass,
unmarked graves and she has not been
able to find their bodies. That means
they are classed as missing rather than
dead so she has no death certificates
for them and cannot apply for their
pensions - a common problem for
families in the north and west of the
country where Islamic State controlled
vast swaths of territory in 2014.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Aug. 22, 2018

Sana Ibrahim al-Taee carries fruit with her
grandchildren in Mosul, Iraq August 6, 2018.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Aug. 6, 2018
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Sana Ibrahim al-Taee carries grape leaves
to prepare food at her home in Mosul, Iraq
July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
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Sana Ibrahim al-Taee prepares food at her
home in Mosul, Iraq July 30, 2018.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
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Sana Ibrahim al-Taee receives aid and
distributes it to her grandchildren at her
home in Mosul, Iraq August 6, 2018.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Aug. 6, 2018
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Sana Ibrahim al-Taee plays with her
grandchildren at her home in Mosul,
Iraq July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
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Nurlan Myrzabayev of Kazakhstan in action with
Lee Hwajun of South Korea during the Men 80
kg, Semifinal. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
Aug. 22, 2018

Kenta Chiba of Japan in action on the rings during
the Men s Team, Final. REUTERS/Cathal
Mcnaughton
Aug. 22, 2018

Akzhol Makhmudov of Kyrgyzstan in
action with Mohammadali Geraei of Iran
during the Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg
Gold Medal Final. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Aug. 22, 2018

Anuwat Chaichana of Thailand and
Muhamad Norhaffizi Abd Razak of Malaysia
in action during the Men's Team Regu Gold
Medal Match. REUTERS/Edgar SuAug. 22, 2018

People watch elephants from a local circus taking
a regular bath in the waters of the Black Sea on a
hot summer day in Yevpatoria, Crimea.
REUTERS/Pavel RebrovAug. 22, 2018

Bernie Byrne looks out from his shop in the town of Knock.
23 JUL 2018. KNOCK, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYNE
Bernie (pictured below) and
Tom Byrne can barely conceal
their excitement as they
prepare for a visit to Ireland by
Pope Francis that they hope
will bring back the young
believers that have deserted
the Catholic church after
decades of scandal.
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A statue of the Virgin Mary looks out from a shop in the town of Knock.
23 JUL 2018. KNOCK, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYNE
Their grandfather Dominic was one
of at least twenty-two people that
claimed to see Mary, Joseph and
John the Evangelist hovering near
the gable end of the local church in
the western Irish village of Knock on
a rainy evening in August 1879.
Francis will pray at the Knock shrine
as part of his two-day visit to
Ireland this week, the first by a Pope
in almost 40 years that have
transformed the once staunchly
Catholic country into a far more
secular and liberal society.
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A religious grotto featuring a statue of the Virgin
Mary stands in the Connemara village of Letterfrack.
24 JUL 2018. LETTERFRACK, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYN
"Houses are being painted and
streets are being scrubbed...
trying to get everything ready
for him, even though it's only a
short visit," said Bernie, 74, who
like his brother Tom, runs a
small shop selling religious
goods to the 1.5 million pilgrims
that come to Knock each year.
"Because he is such a humble
man, and a nice man, everybody
is dying to have a look at him."
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A child cycles past a religious sign.
23 JUL 2018. TUAM, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYNE
Religion is still deeply embedded in
the face of the Irish countryside -
roadside grottos with statues of the
Virgin Mary are a feature of almost
every Irish town and village, with
most erected in 1954 when the
Vatican called for a Marian year of
celebration and devotion.
Like many practicing Catholics
across the country, the Byrne
brothers hope the papal visit will
bring back those that abandoned
the church after its standing and
influence collapsed over a string of
clerical child sex abuse scandals.
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Phoenix Park in Dublin.
13 AUG 2018. DUBLIN, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYN
"A lot of the youngsters are not going to church
now at all, with all the scandal," said Tom.
"The church would have to change to
accommodate younger people. Possibly, more
than likely, they will have to ordain women
priests because they have no priests at the
moment to succeed the older priests that are
here."
Pope Francis will be the second pope to visit
Knock after Pope John Paul II said mass to a
crowd of around 450,000 there in 1979.
Organisers are expecting a crowd of around
45,000 for Francis.
The proportion of Catholics fell to 78 percent in
the most recent census of 2016 from a peak of
95 percent in 1961. Many of those no longer
practice, as seen by dwindling mass attendances
and the fact that only half of all marriages last
year were Catholic ceremonies compared to over
90 percent 20 years ago.
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Joe Towell sits with his mother at his home in Dublin.
18 JUL 2018. DUBLIN, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYNE
Still, another 500,000 people
are expected to watch Pope
Francis say mass in Dublin's
Phoenix Park on Sunday,
including Joe Towell who
remembers the "euphoric"
scenes in the park 39 years
ago when Pope John Paul II
prayed there.
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Towell, 68, lives with his mother by the nearby O'Devaney
gardens flats where he tends to the 1950's complex's statue of
Mary. While some locals' cars have been stolen and homes
broken into, nobody touches Mary, he says.
Excited about the visit of "another extraordinary type of pope",
he sees Francis as bridging a generational gap that has opened
between the conservative and liberal wings of the church.
"He's still preaching the same gospel as they've all been
preaching. He's just got a little more understanding of the
present way people are feeling," Towell said.

A pilgrim is blessed by Father Gerard Quirke after
Mass at the summit of Croagh Patrick holy mountain.
29 JUL 2018. LECANVEY, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYNE
For other Catholics, the visit provides a boost to the
faithful who are struggling with a social landscape
changed beyond recognition by votes in recent years to
remove constitutional blocks to abortion and gay
marriage.
Ireland became the first country to adopt same-sex
marriage by popular vote in a landslide 2015
referendum and last year ended one of the world's
strictest abortion regimes by an even larger majority of
66 percent.
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Pilgrims climb Croagh Patrick holy mountain during an annual Catholic pilgrimage.
29 JUL 2018. LECANVEY, IRELAND. REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYNE
"A lot of Catholics have gone a-
la-carte, but being Catholic is
very serious," said Marie
Campbell, who joined thousands
of pilgrims who scale Croagh
Patrick in the western County
Mayo every July in honour of
Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron
saint.
"Our Catholic faith stands for
life. It's the very centre of being
Catholic. We cherish life, life is
sacred, and a lot of Catholics
need to be reminded of these
things."
WRITING BY GRAHAM FAHY
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Aug. 22, 2018

A vendor uses a crane to bring a bull
down from the rooftop of his house
so he can sell him at a livestock
market set up for the upcoming
Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, in
Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 12,
2018. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of
Sacrifice, Islam's most important
holiday marks the willingness of the
Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to
Christians and Jews) to sacrifice his
son. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Aug. 12, 2018
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Vendors bring their animals to a cattle market set up for
the upcoming Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Karachi,
Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of
Sacrifice, the most important Islamic holiday, marks the
willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians
and Jews) to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Aug. 17, 2018
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A man inspects an animal offered for sale at an animal
market during preparations for the upcoming Muslim
holiday of Eid al-Adha or Feast of the Sacrifice, in Izmir,
Turkey, Sunday Aug. 19, 2018. Muslims traditionally
slaughter an animal in sacrifice, and distribute part of
the meat as aid to the poor. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
Aug. 19, 2018
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People have their knives sharpened for the upcoming
Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday,
Aug. 20, 2018. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, is the most
important Islamic holiday and marks the willingness of the
Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians and Jews) to
sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Aug. 20, 2018
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Chechen Muslims pray in a mosque during
the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha in
Chechen regional capital of Grozny, Russia,
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Eid al-Adha or the
Feast of Sacrifice is marked with prayers
and the slaughter of goats and cows and
their meat being given to the poor. (AP
Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
Aug. 21, 2018
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Muslim worshipers gather on the field for morning prayers Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium, in
Minneapolis. The four-hour prayer service is hosted by Super Eid Inc., a group of local Muslim organizations
that celebrate the holiday together every year in Minneapolis, according to one of the event organizers. The
annual event has been held at the Minneapolis Convention Center for the past decade. This is the first year the
prayer will take place at the stadium. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)Aug. 21, 2018
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A girl joins a prayer to mark the first day of
Eid al-Adha in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 21,
2018. During the Eid al-Adha, or Feast of
Sacrifice, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle
to distribute portions of the meat to the
poor. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Aug. 21, 2018
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A clown sprays foam towards
a group of children on the
first day of Eid al-Adha near
the Dome of the Rock
Mosque in the Al Aqsa
Mosque compound in
Jerusalem's old city, Tuesday,
Aug. 21, 2018. During the Eid
al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice,
Muslims slaughter sheep or
cattle to distribute portions of
the meat to the poor. (AP
Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Aug. 21, 2018
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Russian police officers help Muslim believers cross a
street following the annual celebration of Eid al-Adha,
or Kurban-Bairam, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug.
21, 2018. Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is
marked with prayers and the slaughter of goats and
cows and their meat being given to the poor. (AP
Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Aug. 21, 2018
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Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers outside al-Seddik
mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.
During the holiday, which in most places lasts four
days, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle, distribute
part of the meat to the poor and eat the rest. (AP
Photo/Amr Nabil)
Aug. 21, 2018
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Girls hold hands as they arrive
for Eid al-Adha prayers, held in a
sports hall in Bucharest,
Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 21,
2018. Muslims worldwide are
celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the
Feast of the Sacrifice, which
commemorates the biblical story
of Abraham and his readiness to
sacrifice his son as an act of
obedience to God, by sacrificial
killing of sheep, goats, cows or
camels. (AP Photo/Vadim
Ghirda)
Aug. 21, 2018
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Rohingya refugee boys greet
each other as girls ride in a
ferris wheel, specially brought
in to the camps for Eid al Adha
celebrations at the Kutupalong
refugee camp, Bangladesh,
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.
Hundreds of thousands of
Rohingya refugees are
celebrating Eid al-Adha in
sprawling Bangladeshi camps
where they have been living
amid uncertainty over their
future after they fled Myanmar
to escape violence and a
massive crackdown. (AP
Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Aug. 22, 2018

People prepare to slaughter an animal on the occasion of the Eid
al-Adha holiday in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of
the Sacrifice, that marks the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim
(Abraham to Christians and Jews) to sacrifice his son. During the
holiday, which in most places lasts four days, Muslims slaughter
sheep or cattle, distribute part of the meat to the poor and eat
the rest. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Aug. 22, 2018

Muslims offer Eid al-Adha
prayers at Jama Mosque in
Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday,
Aug. 22, 2018. Muslims around
the world celebrate Eid al-Adha,
or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by
sacrificing animals to
commemorate the prophet
Ibrahim's faith in being willing
to sacrifice his son. (AP
Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Aug. 22, 2018

Youths in festive dresses greet each other on the occasion of
the Eid al-Adha prayers, in Lahore Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug.
22, 2018. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, or
the Feast of the Sacrifice, that marks the willingness of the
Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians and Jews) to sacrifice
his son. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Aug. 22, 2018

Pigeons fly past as Muslims gather to offer Eid al-Adha
prayers at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India,
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Muslims around the world
celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by
sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet
Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP
Photo/Manish Swarup)
Aug. 22, 2018

Eid tapestry
Muslims attend a prayer service to celebrate Eid al-Adha in Labuhan
Lombok village, on Indonesia's Lombok island on Aug. 22.
The picturesque island of Lombok, situated next to holiday hotspot
Bali, was hit by two deadly quakes on July 29 and Aug. 5. On Aug. 19
it was shaken again by a string of fresh tremors and aftershocks, with
the strongest measuring 6.9 magnitude.
— Fred Dufour / AFP - Getty Images
Aug. 22, 2018

Swamp, undrained
A bench is surrounded by water after heavy rains
caused the Tidal Basin in Washington to
overflow its banks on Aug. 22.
— J. David Ake / AP
Aug. 22, 2018

Aug.23, 2018

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Illustration showing the van navigating a crowd in the
Rohingya refugee camp. (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
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Illustration of Rohingya children playing along a
refugee camp trail. (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
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Rohingya children play next to a river in the Kutupalong refugee camp
in Bangladesh on Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Rohingya refugees walk on a muddy road in the rain
through the Jamtoli refugee camp in Bangladesh on
Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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A photo taken from the International Space Station
by astronaut Ricky Arnold shows Hurricane Lane in
the early morning hours near Hawaii. Courtesy
@astro_ricky/NASA/via REUTERSAug. 23, 2018

A Brazilian soldier strip searches youths during
a patrol near Alemao slums complex in Rio de
Aug. 23, 2018

Carcasses of hunted Pilot whales lay on
the quay in Jatnavegur, Faroe Islands.
Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau
Scanpix/via REUTERSAug. 23, 2018

Actor Gina Gershon plays Melania Trump in a
preview for the off-Broadway show 'Trump
Family Special' in New York City.
REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Aug. 23, 2018

A Brazilian woman (front) embraces his son Eduardo as
Osmail, a Venezuelan man, looks at them in the hallway
of a public hospital in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil.
REUTERS/Nacho DoceAug. 23, 2018

Juan Pablo Bulich and Rocio Garcia Liendo,
representing the city of Buenos Aires, perform
during the Stage style final round at the Tango
World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
REUTERS/Marcos BrindicciAug. 23, 2018

Japanese Ground Self-Defense
Force tanks, armoured vehicles
and helicopters take part in an
annual training session near
Mount Fuji at Higashifuji training
field in Gotemba, west of Tokyo,
Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-
Hoon
Aug. 23, 2018

Migrants rest in a dorm destroyed during the
Bosnian 1992-1995 war, in Bihac, Bosnia and
Herzegovina. REUTERS/Igor Pavicevic
Aug. 23, 2018

A priest carries incense during mass at the
Pastoral Congress at the World Meeting of
Families in Dublin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh
KilcoyneAug. 23, 2018

A bride and groom pose for photographs on
the Millennium Bridge with St Paul's
Cathedral as a backdrop in London, Britain.
REUTERS/Phil NobleAug. 23, 2018

Migrants wait to disembark from the
Italian coast guard vessel Diciotti at the
port of Catania, Italy.
REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello
Aug. 23, 2018

Former Argentine President and senator
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner attends a
session at the Senate in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. REUTERS/Marcos BrindicciAug. 23, 2018

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko poses for a
picture with servicemen during a rehearsal for the
Independence Day military parade in central Kiev,
Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Aug. 23, 2018

Men play soccer on Ipanema beach in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
Aug. 23, 2018

Inside Russia's military expo
A Russian T-80 U tank drives.
Aug. 23, 2018

A woman poses for a photo next to
statues depicting Russian servicemen.
Aug. 23, 2018

A Russian TOS-1A Solntsepek multiple rocket
launcher drives. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Aug. 23, 2018

Russian MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers fire during
a demonstration. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Aug. 23, 2018

Military vehicles and cannons are on display.
Aug. 23, 2018

Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lane
A bodysurfer walks along a jetty wall to swim out
as Hurricane Lane approaches Honolulu, Hawaii,
August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry
Aug. 23, 2018

A surfer rides on a strong wave as Hurricane
Lane approaches Maui. @bigdart/Social Media
via REUTERS
Aug. 23, 2018

Paul Akamine fills propane tanks as
customers line up as Hurricane Lane
approaches Honolulu. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry
Aug. 23, 2018

Luke Yamanuha loads plywood into his
truck as Hurricane Lane approaches
Honolulu. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry
Aug. 23, 2018

Geoffrey Seidman, owner of Honolulu
Beerworks, boards up his brewery as
Hurricane Lane approaches Honolulu, August
23, 2018. REUTERS/Hugh GentryAug. 23, 2018

Mike Gonsalves gathers sand from a beach to fill
sandbags as Hurricane Lane approaches
Honolulu, August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hugh
Gentry
Aug. 23, 2018

Hurricane Lane, with a well-defined
eye, is shown positioned about 300
miles south of Hawaii's Big Island at
2 p.m. ET on August 22, 2018.
NOAA/Goes-East Imagery/Handout
via REUTERS
Aug. 23, 2018

President Trump's former
lawyer, Michael Cohen, leaves
the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States Court House in
lower Manhattan.
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Aug. 23, 2018

Simone Biles competes on the balance beam at
the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Boston.
REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Aug. 23, 2018

Pyon Rye Yong of North Korea in action
during the Women s Vault, Final.
REUTERS/Cathal Mcnaughton
Aug. 23, 2018

Muhamad Norhaffizi Abd Razak of Malaysia
and Anuwat Chaichana of Thailand in action at
the Asian Games. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Aug. 23, 2018

Suzuka Hasegawa of Japan competes in the
Asian Games. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Aug. 23, 2018

Cho Hyo Chul of South Korea in action with Xiao Di
of China at the Asian Games. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Aug. 23, 2018

Xu Jiayu of China reacts after winning gold in
the Men's 200m Backstroke. REUTERS/Athit
Perawongmetha
Aug. 23, 2018

Reza Alipour of Iran and Sabri Sabri of Indonesia react
during the Men's Speed, Semifinals. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Aug. 23, 2018

Singapore and Hong Kong celebrate during the
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay. REUTERS/Athit
Perawongmetha
Aug. 23, 2018

In the ashes of Greece's wildfires
Reuters / Thursday, August 23, 2018
A burned car in seen in the village of Neos
Voutzas, near Athens, Greece, August 22, 2018. It
has been one month since Greece's deadliest
wildfire ravaged the now deserted seaside town
of Mati, killing 96 people, and life here is still far
from normal. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Aug. 23, 2018

Reuters / Thursday, August 23,
2018
Eleni Anagnostaki, 85, sits in
the yard of her destroyed
house in the village of Mati.
Funeral notices are plastered
on electricity poles. The smell
of burned pine still lingers in
the air, along with a metallic
odor from melted cars and
other objects. A few people
wander the streets, wearing
surgical masks. REUTERS/Alkis
Konstantinidis
Aug. 23, 2018

Reuters / Thursday, August
23, 2018
Theodoros Kouris, 43, stands
in front of his destroyed shop
and house, in the village of
Mati. Kouris, his wife and
their three children now live
with relatives in Athens and
hope to qualify for relief
measures announced by the
government, including
financial assistance. "We're
hearing a lot of talk," he said.
"I hope that even a third of
what they say materializes, so
that we can rebuild and make
a fresh start." REUTERS/Alkis
Konstantinidis
Aug. 23, 2018

2018
A view of a field where 26 people's
bodies were found following a
wildfire in the village of Mati. Mati,
a heavily wooded area which sits
on the coast east of Athens
overlooking the sparkling sea, was
popular with pensioners and
children at summer camps. Now
scorched, it resembles a ghost
town. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Aug. 23, 2018

2018
Maria and her daughter Katerina
gather debris inside their
destroyed house in the village of
Mati. "The area has become
desolate," a 50-year-old woman
who gave her name as Maria
said, as she and her daughter
filled bags of wreckage cleared
out from a summer home built
by her grandfather. Even those
whose houses were not
destroyed have left the area, not
only over a lack of electricity
and water but because, Maria
said, "the atmosphere is heavy."
REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Aug. 23, 2018

Maria stands at the yard of
her destroyed house in the
village of Mati. "I believe it
will take years before we can
return to normal
circumstances," she said.
REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Aug. 23, 2018

2018
A shrine is seen inside the yard of a
destroyed house in the village of
Mati. Sitting in the blackened yard,
Maria's 85-year-old mother was
there to bid farewell to the house
in the event it was torn down.
"The house burned down but my
memories have not," Maria said.
"Houses can be rebuilt. People
don't come back." REUTERS/Alkis
Konstantinidis
Aug. 23, 2018

Aug. 23, 2018

Aug. 20, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Ibtissam Al Assiri collects stones in Muzdalifa to cast a pillar that symbolises Satan.
20 AUG 2018. MENA, SAUDI ARABIA. REUTERS/ZOHRA BENSEMRA
Aug. 20, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Samah, 27, a Muslim pilgrim from Syria, walking on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat,
said: "It's my first haj. I am fulfilling the last pillar of Islam, I am honoured by God to be here."
20 AUG 2017. MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA. REUTERS/ZOHRA BENSEMRA
Aug. 20, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Aug. 21, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan
Aug. 21, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Djumhuriya sits in a wheelchair after casting her stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan
Aug. 21, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Muslim pilgrims touch the wall of the Kaaba during Tawaf al- Ifada after
Arafat day during the annual haj pilgrimage at the Grand Mosque.
Aug. 21, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Sanjeeda Bagam is wheeled by her son after they
cast their stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan
Aug. 21, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Muslim pilgrims perform Tawaf al- Ifada during the annual haj pilgrimage at the Grand Mosque.
Aug. 23, 2018

Muslim pilgrims walk to cast their stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan.
Aug. 23, 2018

Typhoon approaches
A huge wave hits a breakwater in Aki City in
western Japan as a Typhoon Cimaron approached
the area on Aug. 23.
The typhoon was expected to cross western Japan
on Thursday night. Japan's weather agency warned
of strong gusts, high waves and heavy rain.
— Chika Oshima / Kyodo News via AP
Aug. 23, 2018

Papal wax
A wax figure of Pope Francis is carried at the
National Wax Museum Plus in Dublin ahead
of the pope's visit to Ireland on Aug. 23.
— Brian Lawless / PA via AP
Aug. 23, 2018

Aug.24, 2018

Reuters / Friday, August 24, 2018
A Venezuelan migrant is helped
after crossing the border of Peru
with Ecuador, in Aguas Verdes,
Tumbes, Peru August 24, 2018.
Venezuela is in the grip of a severe
economic crisis, with people going
short of food, medicines and other
essentials, and periodic waves of
protests against the country's
leftist president, Nicolas Maduro.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees
from Venezuela have fled a severe
economic and political crisis over
the past 18 months, U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations
Nikki Haley said in Colombia on
August 8. REUTERS/Douglas Juarez
Aug. 24, 2018

Anyi Gomez, 19, a pregnant
Venezuelan woman from
Monagas state, is pictured
between cars as she washes
car windows at a traffic light in
Boa Vista, Roraima state,
Brazil August 24, 2018.
REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Aug. 24, 2018

Venezuelan migrants wait to pass the
Binational Border Service Center of
Peru at the border with Ecuador, in
REUTERS/Douglas Juarez
Aug. 24, 2018

A Venezuelan migrant receives
vaccination at the Binational
Border Service Center of Peru
at the border with Ecuador, in
REUTERS/Douglas Juarez
Aug. 24, 2018

Roraima State police
officers frisk Venezuelan
men, during a police
security operation on a
street at Caimbe
neighbourhood in Boa
Vista, Roraima state, Brazil
August 22, 2018.
REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Aug. 24, 2018

Venezuelan migrants are seen in a makeshift
camp near a bus station in Quito, Ecuador
August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia
Aug. 24, 2018

A Roraima State police officer approaches to search the bags of
Venezuelan women, during a police security operation on a street at
Caimbe neighbourhood in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil August
22, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho DoceAug. 24, 2018

Venezuelan migrants walk along the Ecuadorean
highway to Peru before new rules requiring they
hold a valid passport kick in, at Tulcan, Ecuador
August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Andres Rojas
Aug. 24, 2018

Talib Alkirbi of United Arab Emirates and Torokan
Bagynbai Uulu of Kyrgyzstan in action during the
Men s Newaza 69kg, Gold Medal Match.
REUTERS/Issei Kato
Aug. 24, 2018

Wu Ronghua of China competes during the
Runabout Limited Final. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Aug. 24, 2018

Kakeru Tanigawa of Japan in action during
the Men s Floor Exercise, Final.
REUTERS/Cathal Mcnaughto
Aug. 24, 2018

Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lane
Nina Roberts shops for last minute supplies while
shelves remain empty as Hurricane Lane
approaches Honolulu. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry
Aug. 24, 2018

People look at heavy flooding in Hilo,
Hawaii. Ace Norton/via REUTERS
Aug. 24, 2018

A gas station remains closed after
running out of gas in Honolulu.
REUTERS/Hugh Gentry
Aug. 24, 2018

Kayak Hanalei shop is closed as
employees boarded up the building and
secured kayaks and other equipment in
Hanalei, on the north shore of Kauai.
REUTERS/Sue Horton
Aug. 24, 2018

Honolulu police officer Chad Asuncion
monitors the water and warns surfers about
the conditions. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry
Aug. 24, 2018

Incoming waves tower over bystanders
in Kona, Hawaii. Ryan Leinback/via
REUTERS
Aug. 24, 2018
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