Today in Pictures, Nov 15, 2016

Supermoon phenomena, earthquake in New Zealand, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Nov 15, 2016, 09:33 AM

People release floating lanterns during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai in Thailand on Nov 14, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A couple take a selfie inside a skybox (300m above sea level) in Kuala Lumpur during the supermoon night at Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia on Nov 14, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

An aerial photo shows earthquake damage to New Zealand's State Highway One near Ohau Point on the South Island's east coast on Nov 14, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

People gather at the grave of 15-year-old Ziad Rihani, who was killed from shelling, after his burial in the rebel-held besieged Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, on Nov 14, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman runs from waves break over the Kalk Bay Harbour wall in Cape Town, South Africa, November 14, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A carcass of a wild elephant, which forest officials say died from electrocution by low-tension electric wires, is pushed into a grave at a tea estate in Nagaon district in the north-eastern state of Assam, India, on Nov 14, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Yemeni fisherman carries a sail fish to the fish market in Aden after catching it off the coast of the southern port city on Nov 14, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Four Israeli Sikorsky CH-53K helicopters fly over Tel Aviv on Nov 14, 2016, during sunset. PHOTO: AFP

A man dressed as the Sesame Street character Big Bird sits on a bench waiting to take pictures with people walking through Central Park in New York on Nov 14, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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