Today in Pictures, Aug 15, 2025
A squirrel appears on a red carpet during India’s Independence Day celebrations, cars burned during a wildfire in Greece, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A squirrel on the red carpet during Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort in Delhi, India, on Aug 15, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Mr Hasan Zwaweh is a 30-year-old man who lost his sight and part of his hand in the Israeli operation that detonated hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah in 2024 in Lebanon. He is attending a mourning ritual in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Karbala on Aug 13, 2025, on the eve of the Arbaeen commemorations that marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein ibn Ali.
PHOTO: AFP
A local walking past a minibus taxi that was set on fire, following local reports of a killing of an e-hailing driver the previous day, amid ongoing violence between online ride-hailing operators and minibus taxi owners, outside Maponya Mall in Soweto, South Africa, on Aug 14, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Burnt cars in a wildfire in Dymi, near Patras, Greece, on Aug 14, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People standing in line, under umbrellas as mist is sprayed, to pray during their visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug 15, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Winner of the dance event from Beijing Dance Academy and Hubei Optics Valley Dongzhi celebrating during the award ceremony at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Aug 15, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
A woman (right) taking a photo next to Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on Aug 14, 2025, as Typhoon Podul weakens to a severe tropical storm.
PHOTO: AFP
A train crossing over a flooded railway bridge during heavy rainfall in Jalandhar, India, on Aug 14, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
