Today in Pictures, Aug 30, 2023
National Sports Day in India, Taiwan’s Hungry Ghost Festival and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Students and sport enthusiasts performing yoga as they mark National Sports Day in Bangalore, India on Aug 29. National Sports Day in India is celebrated on Aug 29 every year and celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Pilgrims taking part in the Hungry Ghost Festival in Keelung, Taiwan, on Aug 29.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Italian actress Caterina Murino posing for photographers at the Lido Beach ahead of the 80th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy on Aug 29.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Residents cleaning up flood waters from their homes in Havana, Cuba on Aug 29. The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported winds of up to 133kmh and accumulated water levels of more than 100mm in several of the areas affected by Hurricane Idalia in western Cuba.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The US Commerce Secretary, Ms Gina Raimondo, talking to Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining during a meeting, in Shanghai, on Aug 30.
PHOTO: AFP
People walking through the Lychakiv cemetery as they pay tribute to fallen soldiers in the struggle for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine during the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine, in Lviv, on Aug 29, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
PHOTO: AFP
Ballerinas posing on Magere Brug bridge over the Amstel river in Amsterdam, on Aug 29. A total of 48 dancers from China will return after six years to perform the largest Swan Lake in the world at the Royal Theatre Carre in Amsterdam from Aug 30.
PHOTO: AFP
A young man walking past the official poster of 80th Venice Film Festival on the eve of its opening on Aug 29, at Lido di Venezia, in Venice, Italy.
PHOTO: AFP