Today in Pictures, Aug 31, 2021

SMRT rolls out first batch of electric taxis, Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana, US, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 31, 2021, 11:58 AM

SMRT rolls out first batch of fully electric cabs as seen in a media launch on August 30, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ONG WEE JIN

Dartanian Stovall looks at the house that collapsed with him inside during the height of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, August 30, 2021.
PHOTO: USA TODAY NETWORK VIA REUTERS

A man plays his violin while stuck in traffic after mandatory evacuations are put into place in South Lake Tahoe, California, USA, August 30, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Flames consume multiple homes as the Caldor fire pushes into South Lake Tahoe, California, on August 30, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

A photo released on August 30, 2021, shows a view of the Red Beach, so named due to the suaeda salsa plant which grows across the marshland landscape, in Panjin, China's northeastern Liaoning province, August 27, 2021 . PHOTO: AFP

Artists dressed in costumes of Hindu deity lord Krishna and his mythological accomplices wait before they perform as a part of ‘Janmashtami’ festival to mark the birth of Lord Krishna in Kolkata on August 30, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Heavy showers in Chinatown this morning, August 31, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GIN TAY

Kyrgyz berkutchi (eagle hunters) hold their birds, golden eagles, during the Solburun national hunt festival in the Kyrchyn gorge near Lake Issyk-Kul, 350 km from the country's capital of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, August 30, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A Middle Eastern woman takes a photo of her ice cream in Lviv, some 540 km west of Kiev on August 13, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

A man walks past human shaped cardboards displayed to mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Pristina, Kosovo, on August 30, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

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