Today in pictures, Aug 29, 2016

Forest fires in Riau province, Sumatra, a traditional ox race in Germany and Palestinian schoolgirls in the Gaza strip. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 29, 2016, 01:50 PM

Police and a firefighter from a local forestry company try to extinguish a forest fire in the village in Rokan Hulu regency, Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Palestinian schoolgirls sit in front of a mural on the first day of a new school year, at a United Nations-run school in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A competitor takes part in the 31st World Bog Snorkelling Championships, in Wales, Britain on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Performers participate in the children's day parade at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A dog sits on its handler as she looks at her camera during a dog show in Brussels, Belgium, on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Britney Spears performs during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, US, on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Farmer Franz Schaller rides on an ox called Napoleon during a traditional ox race in the southern Bavarian village of Muensing near Lake Starnberg, Germany on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Philippine Scene of the Crime Operatives work at the scene where two suspects were shot dead following an encounter and shootout with police at a checkpoint along a highway in Manila on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A woman washes her foot with water streaming out of a pipe as catholic nuns leave the St Michel Church in Libreville on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Mexico's Jonathan Paredes diving from the 27-metre-high platform during the first competition day of the fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Polignano a Mare on Aug 28, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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