Today in Pictures, Aug 16, 2024

A ballet show in Nairobi, a flower carpet in Brussels, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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TOPSHOT - Fans of Nacional cheer for their team in the dark as they hold balloons before the Copa Libertadores round of 16 first leg football match between Uruguay's Nacional and Brazil's Sao Paulo at the Gran Parque Central stadium in Montevideo on August 15, 2024. (Photo by DANTE FERNANDEZ / AFP) — Fans of football team Nacional cheering in the dark before the Copa Libertadores round of 16 first-leg football matches between Uruguay's Nacional and Brazil's Sao Paulo at the Gran Parque Central stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - People gather to watch a military parade in Warsaw on Polish Army Day, August 15, 2024, to commemorate the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Soviet Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) — People watching a military parade in Warsaw on Armed Forces Day on Aug 15, 2024, to commemorate the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Soviet Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - Ballet students from the Kibera based Project Elimu warm up ahead of a public show in Kibera on August 14, 2024. Project Elimu, a community driven non profit organization, provides afterschool art, sport education programs for young people age 3 to 22. During school holidays the center holds street perfomances to encourage more students to join the dance center. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, one of the largest in Africa. (Photo by Gordwin ODHIAMBO / AFP) — Ballet students warming up ahead of a show in Kibera, a neighbourhood of Nairobi in Kenya, on Aug 14, 2024, as part of Project Elimu, a community-driven non-profit organisation that provides after-school art, sport education programmes for those aged three to 22.
PHOTO: AFP

A police officer wears friendship bracelets, on the day of a Taylor Swift concert, following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna because of a planned attack, outside Wembley Stadium in London, Britain, August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — A police officer wearing friendship bracelets on the day of a Taylor Swift concert, following the cancellation of three Swift concerts in Vienna because of a planned attack, outside Wembley Stadium in London, Britain, on Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

TOPSHOT - A general view shows a flower carpet at the Grand-Place during the 23rd edition of the Brussels' Flower Carpet show, in Brussels on August 15, 2024. The 23rd Brussels' Flower Carpet show will run from August 15 to 18, 2024. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) — A view showing a flower carpet at the Grand-Place during the 23rd edition of the Brussels Flower Carpet show, in Brussels, Belgium, on Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - An ederly woman stands in front of the Indies monument on the day of the National Commemoration of the capitulation of Japan on August 15, 1945 in The Hague on August 15, 2024. The National Remembrance Foundation August 15, 1945 annually organizes the commemoration in which victims of the war against Japan and the Japanese occupation of former Dutch East Indies are commemorated. (Photo by Phil Nijhuis / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT — An elderly woman standing in front of the Indies monument on the day of the national commemoration of the capitulation of Japan in The Hague, on Aug 15, 2024. It is held annually to remember the victims of the war against Japan and the Japanese occupation of former Dutch East Indies.
PHOTO: AFP

A Palestinian prepares a grave in a cemetery as death toll surpasses 40,000, according to health ministry, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — A Palestinian in Khan Younis preparing a grave as the death toll surpasses 40,000 amid Israel-Hamas conflict, according to Health Ministry, on Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

TOPSHOT - A Palestinian woman plays with her baby in one of the cells of the Asdaa Central Prison which has become a shelter for displaced people in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 14, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) — A Palestinian woman playing with her baby in one of the cells of the Asdaa Central Prison, which has become a shelter for displaced people in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP

A drone view shows workers on strike from BHP's Escondida copper mine, camping close to 'Coloso' port owned by the copper company, in Antofagasta, Chile August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Cristian Rudolffi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — A drone view showing workers on strike at mining company BHP's Escondida copper mine in Antofagasta, Chile, on Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

TOPSHOT - A passenger (bottom, C) stands at the departure hall of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on August 16, 2024 as Typhoon Ampil barrels towards Japan's capital. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) — Travellers in the departure hall of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Aug 16, 2024, as Typhoon Ampil barrels towards Japan's capital.
PHOTO: AFP

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