Today in Pictures, Aug 26, 2024
Orangutan Day celebrations in Jakarta, running of the bulls in Spain, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Environmental activists during a Save Orangutans campaign in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug 25, 2024, to commemorate Orangutan Day. Conservation groups report a dramatic decline in the global orangutan population, which has dropped from 230,000 in the early 1900s to about 45,000 today, with these primates now found only in Borneo and Sumatra.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A partially dried Tuz Golu (Salt Lake) in Turkey's Central Anatolia Region on Aug 25, 2024, reveals a dry patch shaped like a heart.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Participants in the annual Colour Run Latvia enjoying a vibrant 5km race, in Jurmala, on Aug 25, 2024. The event draws thousands of runners who traverse through a series of colourful spray zones.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
"Mozo," or runners, running alongside bulls during the traditional running of the bulls in Cuellar, Spain, on Aug 25, 2024. The festival in Cuellar is renowned as the oldest bull-running event in Spain.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
People affected by the floods taking shelter in a school in Daganbhuiyan, Feni, on Aug 25, 2024. While river waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of devastating floods, disaster officials report that 300,000 people still remain in emergency shelters and require aid.
PHOTO: AFP
A full moon rising behind the cross atop the dome of St Peter's Basilica in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Aug 25, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Israeli air force intercepting a Hezbollah unmanned aerial vehicle over northern Israel on Aug 25, 2024. The Israeli military announced early that day that it was conducting pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon in response to detected preparations for “large-scale” attacks by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
PHOTO: AFP
Rescue teams and residents searching for victims buried in mud following a flash flood that hit the village of Rua, located at the foot of Mount Gamalama in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Aug 25, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
