**********************Photos of the day – August 16****************

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  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets school children after addressing the nation from the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi, India August 15, 2017. 
 <p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets school children after addressing the nation from the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi, India August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY </p>

  •  Curd spills as Indian devotees form a human pyramid and break the “Dahi handi”, an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami in Mumbai, India.
 <p>Curd spills as Indian devotees form a human pyramid and break the “Dahi handi”, an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami in Mumbai, India. </p>

  • Indian youth prepare to form a human pyramid to break the “Dahi handi,” an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai.
 
<p>Indian youth prepare to form a human pyramid to break the “Dahi handi,” an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai. </p>

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  •  A Girl gets her face painted in the colours of India’s national flag, as she takes part in India’s Independence Day celebrations inside a college in Chennai, India, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar 
 <p>A girl gets her face painted in the colours of India’s national flag, as she takes part in India’s Independence Day celebrations inside a college in Chennai, India, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar </p>

  • Forest guards chase away a rhino that strayed into a residential area after floods forced animals to escape the Kaziranga National park in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika 
 <p>Forest guards chase away a rhino that strayed into a residential area after floods forced animals to escape the Kaziranga National park in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika </p>

  • Indigenous people perform a ritual dance outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Brazil’s indigenous are protesting one day before the Supreme Court deliberates on the legality of President Michel Temer’s plan to restrict land titles to indigenous communities. The plan would only consider giving legal title to land that was being used by indigenous communities on or before Oct. 5, 1988, the date Brazil’s current constitution was adopted. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
 <p>Indigenous people perform a ritual dance outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Brazil’s indigenous are protesting one day before the Supreme Court deliberates on the legality of President Michel Temer’s plan to restrict land titles to indigenous communities. The plan would only consider giving legal title to land that was being used by indigenous communities on or before Oct. 5, 1988, the date Brazil’s current constitution was adopted. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) </p>

  • A fire fighting helicopter flies amid smoke as the sun sets during a forest fire near Kapandriti north of Athens, Tuesday Aug. 15, 2017. Some 350 firefighters and soldiers assisted by water-dropping planes and dozens of fire trucks struggled to contain a large wildfire raging for three days through pine forests north of Athens, which left a smoky haze and ash drifting over much of the capital. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 
 
<p>A fire fighting helicopter flies amid smoke as the sun sets during a forest fire near Kapandriti north of Athens, Tuesday Aug. 15, 2017. Some 350 firefighters and soldiers assisted by water-dropping planes and dozens of fire trucks struggled to contain a large wildfire raging for three days through pine forests north of Athens, which left a smoky haze and ash drifting over much of the capital. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) </p>

  • People fly kites from roof tops in Old Delhi as they celebrate Independence Day, India, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton 
 <p>People fly kites from roof tops in Old Delhi as they celebrate Independence Day, India, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton </p>

  • Paris Saint Germain, PSG, soccer team Brazilian striker Neymar Jr kicks a ball on the top of the “Broken Chair” sculpture, a symbol for victims of the anti-person mines created in 1997 for Handicap International, during his presentation as new goodwill ambassador of Handicap International, in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations, UN, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. The Brazilian football player is the new goodwill ambassador of Handicap International which supports people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations living in conflict and disaster zones and in situations of exclusion and extreme poverty. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP).
 <p>Paris Saint Germain, PSG, soccer team Brazilian striker Neymar Jr kicks a ball on the top of the “Broken Chair” sculpture, a symbol for victims of the anti-person mines created in 1997 for Handicap International, during his presentation as new goodwill ambassador of Handicap International, in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations, UN, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. The Brazilian football player is the new goodwill ambassador of Handicap International which supports people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations living in conflict and disaster zones and in situations of exclusion and extreme poverty. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) </p>

  • India Independence Day 2017: Colourful displays of national pride on 70th birthday 
 <p>India Independence Day 2017: Colourful displays of national pride on 70th birthday </p>

  • India Independence Day 2017: Colourful displays of national pride on 70th birthday.
 <p>India Independence Day 2017: Colourful displays of national pride on 70th birthday </p>

  • Flood affected villagers carry relief material in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern state of Assam, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that killed hundreds of people in recent days and displaced millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh. Deadly landslides and flooding are common across South Asia during the summer monsoon season that stretches from June to September. 
 <p>Flood affected villagers carry relief material in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern state of Assam, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that killed hundreds of people in recent days and displaced millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh. Deadly landslides and flooding are common across South Asia during the summer monsoon season that stretches from June to September. </p>

  • A Flood affected villager prepares food in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern state of Assam, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that killed hundreds of people in recent days and displaced millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh. Deadly landslides and flooding are common across South Asia during the summer monsoon season that stretches from June to September .
 <p>A Flood affected villager prepares food in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern state of Assam, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that killed hundreds of people in recent days and displaced millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh. Deadly landslides and flooding are common across South Asia during the summer monsoon season that stretches from June to September </p>

  • A Kashmiri woman crosses a temporary check point during a curfew in Srinagar. Government forces imposed curfew-like restrictions in many parts Kashmir ahead of India’s Independence Day in Srinagar to stop anti-Indian protests. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) .
 <p>A Kashmiri woman crosses a temporary check point during a curfew in Srinagar. Government forces imposed curfew-like restrictions in many parts Kashmir ahead of India’s Independence Day in Srinagar to stop anti-Indian protests. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) </p> 

  • Zoo keeper Eva Ravagni holding the 2.5-month old Borneo Orangutan baby “Hujan” in her arms in Krefeld, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. The 3.6 kg heavy baby was abandoned by its mother and has to be fed with a baby bottle. Orangutans are an endangered species. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP).
 <p>Zoo keeper Eva Ravagni holding the 2.5-month old Borneo Orangutan baby “Hujan” in her arms in Krefeld, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. The 3.6 kg heavy baby was abandoned by its mother and has to be fed with a baby bottle. Orangutans are an endangered species. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP) </p> 

  • French soldier stands in the middle of clergy men during a catholic procession in front of Notre Dame cathedral as part of the Assumption of Mary celebration in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) 
 <p>French soldier stands in the middle of clergy men during a catholic procession in front of Notre Dame cathedral as part of the Assumption of Mary celebration in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) </p> 

  • A member of the daredevil team of Jammu and Kashmir Police displays skills during an Independence Day parade in Srinagar, Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Authorities imposed curfew in some parts of the disputed region’s main city in anticipation of anti-India protests as separatists fighting against Indian rule called for a strike to mark the country’s independence day as ‘black day’. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) .
 <p>A member of the daredevil team of Jammu and Kashmir Police displays skills during an Independence Day parade in Srinagar, Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Authorities imposed curfew in some parts of the disputed region’s main city in anticipation of anti-India protests as separatists fighting against Indian rule called for a strike to mark the country’s independence day as ‘black day’. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) </p> 

  • A protester kicks the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier after it was pulled down in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP).
 <p>A protester kicks the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier after it was pulled down in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP) </p> 


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