Today in Pictures, Aug 2, 2016

Typhoon Nida hits Hong Kong, international unicycling convention in Spain. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 02, 2016, 12:52 PM

Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that had been shot down in the north of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, Syria, on Aug 1, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Mosquitoes are bred inside Sun Yat-Sen University-Michigan State University Joint Centre of Vector Control for Tropical Disease, the world's largest "mosquito factory" which breeds millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ceremonies commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising in front at the Mound of the Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug 1, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Handout picture provided by the Sailing Mapfre Kings Cup press office shows a ship in action during the first journey of the Sailing King's Cup in Palma Majorca's beach in Balearics islands, Spain. PHOTO: EPA

Italian rider Florian Rabensteiner competes in the muni-elite downhill finals event of the 18th Unicon, (international unicycling convention) in the northern Spanish Basque village of Beasain on Aug 1. PHOTO: AFP

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo flies over the Mojave Desert in California April 29, 2013 shortly before successfully completing a test flight that broke the sound barrier. PHOTO: AFP

People walk on a sightseeing platform in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on Aug 1. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rescue workers attempt to secure bamboo scaffolding that was damaged overnight at the top of a building in Hong Kong on Aug 2, 2016, during a "T8" storm signal raised for Typhoon Nida. PHOTO: AFP

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