Today in Pictures, Sept 16, 2016

Singapore swimmer Yip Pin Xiu bags another gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil, guests attend "Diner en Blanc" (Dinner in White) in New York, US, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Sep 16, 2016, 11:26 AM

Singapore swimmer Yip Pin Xiu bags her second gold in the women's 50m Backstroke at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Students at Bendemeer Secondary School, where para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu is an alumni, cheer as Yip races in the 2016 Rio Paralympics 50m backstroke final, September 16, 2016. She won gold for the event. PHOTO/STRAITS TIMES/NG SOR LUAN

A man wears a Star Wars Helmet as he attends the "Diner en Blanc" (Dinner in White) in Battery park New York on September 15, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Model plane builder Otto Dieffenbach III makes his remote control plane resembling U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump release fake money as it flies over the beach next to a similar plane resembling Hillary Clinton in Carlsbad, California, U.S. September 15, 2016. PHOTO" REUTERS

A demonstrator with her face painted in green, sits on a traffic light as French riot police secure the area during a protest against the controversial labour reforms of the French government in Paris on September 15, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

British Prime Minister Theresa May's cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, Larry, sits next to a handbag on Downing Street whilst guests arrive for the London Fashion Week reception, in London, Britain, September 15, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A man rows an inflatable raft after heavy rains flooded downtown of Aviles, Spain, September 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A devotee carrying an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, jumps into the Sabarmati river to immerse the idol on the last day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, India, September 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

An artist performs with a lion during the presentation of the new international show 'Extreme arena' at the Ukrainian National Circus in Kiev, Ukraine, September 15, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Australia's Scott Reardon (R), Denmark's Daniel Wagner (L) and the UK's Richard Whitehead compete in the 100M during the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 15, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Marcel Hug of Switzerland (R) competes en route to a gold medal finish in the men's 800m - T54 final during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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