 |
People look at the Amiens Cathedral in France, which is lit up on the
eve of a service to mark the centenary of the Battle of Amiens and the
subsequent 'Hundred Days Offensive' which was a decisive point in the
First World War.
Victoria Jones/PA
|
 |
People crowd on the beach as they wait
to be evacuated from Gili Trawangan island to neighbouring Lombok island
a day after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the area. More than
70,000 people left homeless by a deadly earthquake on the Indonesian
island of Lombok were sleeping in makeshift shelters and lack food,
medicine and clean water, officials have said.
Melissa Delport/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
Rod Stewart performs at Madison Square Gardens, New York.
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
|
 |
Estanislao Perez hugs his son Keidin,
who was sent back from detention on Tuesday, after they were separated
at the U.S. border, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Luis Echeverria/Reuters
|
 |
Tourists ride on the camel to visit Crescent Lake in Duhang, Gansu, China.
Costfoto/Barcroft Images
|
 |
Participants compete in the
synchronized swimming contest during the 10th edition of the
international Gay Games at the Maurice Thorez swimming pool in
Montreuil, east of Paris.
Lucas Barioulet/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
North Korean leader Kim Jong
Un inspects the Kumsanpho Fish Pickling Factory with his wife Ri Sol
Ju in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
KCNS
|
 |
A firefighting airplane drops fire
retardant at the Holy Fire near Lake Elsinore, in Orange County,
California. The fire began yesterday afternoon, August 6, in Holy Jim
Canyon and grew to 4,000 acres by the evening.
David McNew/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and
British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson stand for the US National
Anthem as Williamson arrives for meetings at the Pentagon in Washington,
DC.
Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib
Razak waves as he leaves Duta court complex in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia's
former prime minister Najib Razak was hit with new charges on August 8
linked to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that contributed to
his shock election defeat in May.
Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
Buddha statue is seen at a burned home
in Spring Valley, near Clearlake Oaks, northern California. Tens of
thousands of firefighters battled relentless flames ripping across
California, as the death toll from a series of infernos that erupted
last month hit 11.
Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
The Duke of Cambridge and Florence
Parly, France's Minister to the Armed Forces, laying wreaths in the
Chapel of the Allies at Amiens Cathedral, France, during a service to
mark the centenary of the Battle of Amiens and the subsequent 'Hundred
Days Offensive' which was a decisive point in the First World War.
PA
|
 |
Participants wearing plastic rain
covers wait for the start of an event on National Fitness Day to mark
the arrival of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, at Beijing Olympic
Park.
Andy Wong/AP
|
 |
A student holds a portrait of General
Aung San during a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the 8888
uprising in front of city hall in Yangon.
Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
Indonesian army personnel transport an
injured villager to an evacuation centre for treatment at Lapangan
Tanjung in northern Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara province, three days
after the area was struck by an earthquake.
Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images
|
 |
Police officers arrest a man at an
address in Peckham, south London, during a series of raids to tackle an
organised crime network supplying drugs in south London.
Dominic Lipinski/PA
|
 |
Orangutan Linda carries her
five-months-old daughter Lintang as she eats an ice bomb made from
frozen apple sauce in the zoo in Rostock, Germany.
Bernd Wuestneck/AP
|
Orangutan Linda carries her
five-months-old daughter Lintang as she eats an ice bomb made from
frozen apple sauce in the zoo in Rostock, Germany.
Bernd Wuestneck/AP
 |
A rider falls from his horse during the Knights of Libya Festival in Benghazi, Libya.
Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters
|
 |
Athletes dive into the water as they
compete in the Men's 5km final during the open water swimming on Day
seven of the European Championships Glasgow 2018 at Loch Lomond.
Julian Finney/Getty Images
|
 |
The rare flock of Andean flamingos had
unusual parenting instincts triggered by the hot weather spell, causing
six of the birds to lay nine eggs for the first time since 2003.
WWT Slimbridge/SWNS.com
|
 |
Standard-bearers stand near the Menin
Gate as veterans, current members of the armed forces and family members
take part in the British Legion's "One Hundred Days" ceremony in Ypres,
Belgium.
Leon Neal/Getty Images
|
 |
Soldiers take part in a parade for the
commemoration of the 193rd anniversary of the creation of the Bolivian
Armed Forces in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images
|
COMMENTS