Today in pictures, Aug 23, 2016

The hearse of former Singapore president S R Nathan, destruction by Typhoon Mindulle and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 23, 2016, 05:47 PM
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Aug 23, 2016, 04:40 PM
The hearse of former president S R Nathan arriving at his home on Aug 23, 2016. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
A derailed train in a landslide on the Seibu Tamako line in Higashimurayama, western Tokyo after Typhoon Mindulle struck near Tokyo. PHOTO: AFP
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (centre), French President Francois Hollande (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) during a press conference at the end of their meeting on the Italian military ship 'Garibaldi' near Ventotene Island, Tirreno sea, Italy, on Aug 22, 2016. PHOTO: EPA
Traditional horse riders compete during the 'Race for the Jewel' in the village of Pinedo, near Valencia, Spain, on Aug 22, 2016. PHOTO: EPA
Local resident Eluanda Caelaneo dos Santos (centre) reacts with joy while watching the passing parade held in honor of Rio 2016 Olympics judo gold medalist Rafaela Silva, on Aug 22, 2016. PHOTO: EPA
A staff lies in a casket next an altar decorated with flowers and balloons as she demonstrates Okuribito funeral's funeral service at the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug 22, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
Mahvish (second from right), the sister of Kashmiri Irfan Ahmed, who was killed by a teargas shell, breaks down as local residents visit the family to offer their condolences in Srinagar's Fatah Kadal area on Aug 22, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
Fiji's Rio Olympics rugby sevens gold medalists enter in a stadium in Suva upon their arrival from Brazil on Aug 22, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
Penguin Nils Olav inspects the Guard of Honour formed by His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard on Aug 22, 2016 at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. PHOTO: AFP
Riders hold the Russian national flag in Moscow on Aug 22, 2016, during celebrations of the National Flag Day. PHOTO: AFP

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