Today in Pictures, Aug 15, 2024
A memorial service marking Japan’s surrender in World War II, the Taliban commemorating their takeover of Afghanistan, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walking off stage after placing a flower, during a memorial service ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Revellers taking part in the Nit de l'Alba (Night of Dawn) traditional festivities in the city of Elche, Spain, on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
People cheering as they take part in a welcoming parade for Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo, who won gold medals in men's floor exercise and men's vault at the Olympics, along with other Filipino athletes who competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics, in Manila on Aug 14, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Taliban security personnel showing their skills as they ride a military vehicle during a parade to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in Khost on Aug 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
India's Border Security Force taking part in the Beating Retreat ceremony on the occasion of Pakistan's Independence Day and eve of India's Independence Day at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35km from Amritsar, on Aug 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
An aerial view of school students carrying a large Indian national flag during the "Har Ghar Tiranga" campaign on the eve of the country's Independence Day celebrations in Vijayawada on Aug 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Shiite Muslim pilgrims marching with banners towards the shrine city of Karbala ahead of the Arbaeen commemorations that mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh century killing of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein ibn Ali, in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq on Aug 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
People paying their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill as North Korea marks its 79th National Liberation Day, commemorating the end of Japanese colonial rule at the end of World War II, in Pyongyang on Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Palestinians, mostly children, holding out their plates towards a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Palestinian toddler Rim Abu Hayya, the sole survivor from her family after they were killed by reported Israeli bombardment that hit their house in the east of Khan Yunis, is carried by her aunt Ayat in a tent shelter west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug 13, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Palestinian children sitting on a window sill at the Asdaa central prison facility, which has become a shelter for displaced people, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug 14, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
PHOTO: AFP
