Today in Pictures, Aug 29, 2025
Protesters clashing with police in Jakarta, devotees celebrating the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in India, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A protester overcome with emotion as he is comforted by military personnel after clashing with police outside the Mobile Brigade Police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug 29, 2025. Hundreds of protesters and motorbike-hailing drivers staged a protest following the death of a ride-hailing motorbike rider during an earlier demonstration against the housing allowance for members of parliament.
PHOTO: EPA
A demonstrator running through tear gas during a labour union protest for improving working conditions, near the Parliament in Jakarta on Aug 28, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
Displaced Palestinians making their way as they flee from one area to another within Gaza City, amid an Israeli military operation, in Gaza City, on Aug 28, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A volunteer carrying an idol of the Hindu diety Ganesh for immersion in an artificial pond during the 10-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, on Aug 28, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Workers transporting wood for funeral rites of a deceased in a flooded lane at the Manikarnika Ghat, after the water level of Ganges River rose on Aug 28, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
Residents using a tractor to rescue victims stuck in a flooded area after a rise in water level of the Ravi river following heavy rains at a village near Ramdas, India, on Aug 28, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
A woman looking on as Iraqi nationals prepare to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in Syria ahead of their return to Iraq, on Aug 28, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
