Pictures of the day: September 6, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world


Multimedia Desk September 06, 2016
A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) sits near smoke billowing on the front-line, which they use to take cover, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus. PHOTO: AFP

An Iraqi soldier stands next to a wall with a red cross above a slogan of the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Fallujah. PHOTO: AFP

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France serves against Jack Sock of the US during their 2016 US Open Men s Singles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. PHOTO: AFP

Roman Catholic nuns of the Missionaries of Charity order look on after a service to commemorate the 19th death anniversary of Mother Teresa at the Missionaries of Charity house in Kolkata. PHOTO: AFP

Performers rehearse using a Khean instrument during the 28th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at the National Convention Centre (NCC) in Vientiane. PHOTO: AFP

A pest control worker fumigates a school classroom on the eve of the annual national Primary School Evaluation Test in Kuala Lumpur. PHOTO: AFP

Kyrgyz stuntmen perform during the World Nomad Games 2016 in the Kyrchin (Semenovskoe) gorge, some 300 kms outside the capital Bishkek. PHOTO: AFP

Firefighters fight a wildfire next to a residential area along the coastline near the Spanish resort of Javea, Valencia region. PHOTO: AFP

Employee of ornithological flight support service Nika Ryzhova-Alenicheva holds her hawk, which is used to control fauna to avoid bird strikes during takeoffs and landings, at Domodedovo airport outside Moscow, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

A lifeguard surveys the water where surfers took advantage of the waves at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York on Labor Day despite beach closures due to post-tropical cyclone Hermine which tracked off the east coast of the US. PHOTO: REUTERS

President Barack Obama (R) is welcome by Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith at the Presidential Palace in Vientiane, Laos. PHOTO: REUTERS

A supercell storm system rotates over a house near North Platte, Nebraska. PHOTO: AFP

Nepalese Hindu women recite prayers led by a priest as they sit on the banks of the Bagmati River to mark "Rishi Panchami" in Kathmandu. PHOTO: AFP

A man sit in a mosque ahead of prayers in Bitam on the north of Gabon near the border with Cameroon. PHOTO: AFP

 

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