Today in Pictures, Aug 25, 2017

Annual Safety at Sea Week organised by MPA, former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra failed to show for verdict, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 25, 2017, 03:32 PM

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) organised the annual Safety at Sea Week from 21 to 25 August 2017. MPA coordinated a full-deployment, multi-agency ferry rescue exercise on Friday, 25 August 2017. PHOTO: ST

The bread section of a Kroger store is empty as people prepare for the possible arrival of Hurricane Harvey on August 24, 2017 in Houston, Texas. PHOTO: AFP

Venus Williams of the USA falls down during her match to world number one tennis player Rafael Nadal of Spain as they participate in the Lotte New York Palace Invitational Badminton Tournament at the Lotte New York Palace in New York August 24, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken on August 23, 2017, shows someone parasailing at sunset in Dubai. PHOTO: AFP

The Switzerland village of Bondo after a landslide struck the day before, sending mud, rocks and dirt flooding down the Piz Cengalo mountain into the outskirts of the village, near the Italian border. Eight hikers are missing after the massive landslide swept away an entire mountainside in the Swiss Alps, ripping apart buildings and forcing the evacuation of a village, police said. About 100 people were evacuated, some airlifted out by helicopters. PHOTO: AFP

A file photo of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greeting her supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court in Bangkok. Thai ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra missed a verdict in a negligence trial on August 25, 2017 that could have seen her jailed, prompting the Supreme Court to issue an arrest warrant fearing she is a flight risk, a judge said. PHOTO: AFP

A handout photo made available by the British Ministry of Defence showing a British Army Air Corps Apache attack helicopter, from the Attack Helicopter Display Team, giving a display, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Army Air Corps and 75th anniversary of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. at Wattisham, eastern England on August 24, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A performer wears a replica of the wardrobe as he waits to perform for a home furnishing advertisement in Beijing, China August 25, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A view of the partially empty Barrios de Luna reservoir, that is at 9.1 percent of its capacity according to the Duero Hydrographic Confederation, in Barrios de Luna, near Leon, north of Spain, August 24, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A child competitor grabs a flag as he falls off the "gostra", a wooden pole covered in lard, during the celebrations for the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, Malta, August 24, 2017. In the traditional "gostra", a game stretching back to the 1800s, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top of the slippery pole and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes. PHOTO: REUTERS

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