Today in Pictures, Aug 16, 2017

Newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador Neymar in Switzerland, the Sziget music festival in Budapest and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 16, 2017, 02:56 PM

Newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Handicap International and Paris Saint-Germain's soccer player Neymar kicks the ball on the "Broken Chair", made by Daniel Berset and symbolizing opposition to land mines and cluster bombs in front of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, August 15, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Participants scatter colour powder paints in front of the main stage at the "Sziget" Island Festival in Budapest on August 15, 2017. The Sziget music festival is one of the biggest festival of Europe, takes place on an island in the middle of the Danube river, in the heart of Budapest. PHOTO: AFP

A firefighting helicopter flies in front of the setting sun as a wildfire burns near the village of Kapandriti, north of Athens, Greece, August 15, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Italian Carabinieri officers ride their horses during the parade before the fifth practices for the Palio of Siena, Italy August 15, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

People wearing protective suits hold hands as they cross a river after a mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone August 15, 2017 in this still image taken from a video. PHOTO: REUTERS

Protesters holding red umbrellas gather in front of city hall during a rally against the deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

A man places a life-size image of Pope Francis at a printing centre in Cali, Colombia, on August 15, 2017. Pope Francis will make a special four-day visit to Colombia, from September 6 to 11, to add his weight to the process of reconciliation between the government and the FARC PHOTO: AFP

Trash left by drug users under a bridge near train tracks in Philadelphia. PHOTO: WASHINGTON POST

Guerrillas of the New People's Army (NPA) in formation in the Sierra Madre mountain range, located east of Manila. Fuelled by one of the world's starkest rich-poor divides, a Maoist rebellion that began months before the first human landed on the moon plods on even though the country now boasts one of the world's fastest-growing economies. PHOTO: AFP

A woman uses a float at the Tumon bay area of Guam on August 15, 2017. The Guam govenor's office said that no changes in tourism figures were anticipated following the threat of a planned North Korean missile strike near the US island territory PHOTO: AFP

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