Today in Pictures, Aug 21, 2019

Roof top art installation in Wellington, New Zealand, Vietnam War reenactment in South Dakota, U.S., and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 21, 2019, 11:03 AM

A handout photo made available by City Gallery Wellington shows Ronnie van Hout's 'Quasi' roof top art installation, atop the City Gallery Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand, 19 August 2019. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA EPA-EFE

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds sit on the tarmac while a helicopter picks up a downed pilot amid pyrotechnics simulation during a Vietnam War reenactment at the 2019 Sioux Falls Airshow in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. August 18, 2019. PHOTO: U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD VIA REUTERS

A man waves as he disembarks from the Open Arms rescue ship on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. An Italian prosecutor ordered the seizure of a rescue ship and the immediate evacuation of more than 80 migrants still aboard the vessel. PHOTO: AP

Indian army personnel rescue local residents in a rubber boat following flooding waters in Kang Khurd, some 40 Km from Kapurthala on August 20, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A photo issued on August 20, 2019 shows children attending a film screening as part of the mobile cinema "Komina Film" initiative organised by Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker Shero Hinde, at a school yard in the village of Shaghir Bazar, 55 kilometres southest of Qamishli in the Kurdish-populated areas of northeastern Syria's Hasakeh province, on July 28, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A dog looks at a five-meter-long sperm whale stranded at San Bartolo beach, in Lima, on August 20, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A photo issued on August 21, 2019 shows U.S. Army paratroopers participating in an airborne proficiency jump at Bunker Drop Zone in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Bavaria, Germany, August 14, 2019. PHOTO: U.S. ARMY VIA REUTERS

A visitor uses his mobile phone to take a picture of a robofish at the 2019 World Robot Conference in Beijing on August 20, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Tourists visit the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, an underground church built into a mine that produces salt, 45 km north of Bogota, on August 19, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A visitor gestures in front of a picture of US basketball player Michael Jordan at the NBA exhibition in Beijing on August 19, 2019. The Basketball world cup will be held from August 31 to September 15 2019 in China. PHOTO: AFP

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