Today in Pictures, Aug 11, 2016

Children at a swimming class in China, fires in France and more from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 11, 2016, 04:48 PM

Children attend a swim training session at Hangzhou Chen Jinglun Sport school Natatorium, where Chinese Olympic swimmer Sun Yang and Fu Yuanhui also trained, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Smoke hangs low as it fills the sky while fires burn north of Marseille, France, on Aug 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

USA's Michael Phelps competes in the men's 200m Individual Medley semi-finals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 10, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Mojtaba Abedini (left) of Iran in action against Daryl Homer of the USA in the men's sabre individual semi-finals of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug 10, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Sara Ahmed of Egypt during the women's 69kg weightlifting finals of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug 10, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman is reflected in building windows as she bungee jumps in downtown Rio de Janeiro, on Aug 10, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS

Zoo staff caring for a giraffe at the zoo in Taipei, on Aug 10, 2016. A seven-year-old male giraffe has died from anxiety on a trip from a Taiwan zoo to a special breeding programme, the latest animal death to spark angry calls for tougher laws on protection. PHOTO: AFP

Rescue team members search for victims in a destroyed car after a mudslide in Cuacuila caused by Tropical Storm Earl over the weekend in Puebla, Mexico, on Aug 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Zambian policeman stands guard as supporters of the Zambian ruling party Patriotic Front and incumbent president Edward Lungu cheer at his presidential campaign closing rally, on Aug 10, 2016, in Lusaka. PHOTO: AFP

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at the BB&T Centre in Sunrise, Florida, on Aug 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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