Today in Pictures, Aug 14, 2024
Northern Lights and Perseid meteor shower in Russia, bullet trains in China and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Bullet trains parked at Nanjing south railway station in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A surfer rides a wave on the Eisbach River in the English Garden park in Munich, Germany, on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A boy carries pots at a pottery workshop as Palestinians try to respond to an increase in demand for clay pots used to cool water due to power cuts and hot weather amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza City on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Tourists visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, the US, on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People relax during hot weather at the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, southern Britain, on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A view from an abandoned military airbase shows the night sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower in the region of Kakheti, Georgia, on Aug 12, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
The aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, illuminating the sky as people gather to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower near the village of Borodinka in the Omsk region, Russia, on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Taliban personnel stand guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Aug 13, 2024, on the eve of the third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.
PHOTO: AFP
Children reading in a bookstore in Zixing, in central China's Hunan Province, on Aug 12, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
