Today in Pictures, Aug 30, 2024
Yip Pin Xiu wins gold at the Paralympic Games in Paris, a sinkhole swallows a car in Seoul, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Singapore’s Yip Pin Xiu is all smiles after winning the gold medal in the S2 100m backstroke final at the Paris Paralympic Games on Aug 29, 2024.
PHOTO: SPORT SINGAPORE/ENG CHIN AN
Firefighters preparing to retrieve a car from a sinkhole that emerged in a road in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug 29, 2024. Two people were injured, with one in critical condition.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Flames and smoke rising from Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea in this picture released on Aug 29, 2024. The tanker was earlier attacked by Houthi rebels.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Rosa de Marco of Italy holding a shuttlecock during her match with Thulasimathi Murugesan of India in the badminton women's singles SU5 group stage at the Paris Paralympic Games on Aug 29, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A boy walking near Church of Saint Lazarus, a popular tourist destination, in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Aug 29, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
App-based motorcycle taxi drivers taking part in a demonstration held as part of a strike to protest against what they call an inhumane profit-sharing system in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug 29, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A vehicle travelling in a flooded road next to the Sakai River (right) that overflowed because of Typhoon Shanshan in Tamana city, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, on Aug 29, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A green and golden bell frog hiding between bricks inside a sauna at the research centre of Macquarie University in Sydney on Aug 13, 2024. Hundreds of this endangered species of frogs are huddling inside the sauna for protection from Australia's winter chill.
PHOTO: AFP
A tourist taking a selfie in front of people walking and sitting at Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach on a winter day on Aug 30, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
