Today in Pictures, Aug 5, 2025
Abandoned cruise ship off Athens, heatwave in Tokyo, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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The MS Mediterranean Sky, an abandoned cruise ship off the Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens, on Aug 4, 2025. The vessel capsized in 2003 and has remained half-submerged for over 20 years.
PHOTO: AFP
Children cooling off at a park fountain in Tokyo as the Japanese government issued a heatstroke alert in the capital and other prefectures during a heatwave, on Aug 4, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Poznan residents taking part in the 30th Bamberg Festival, held as part of the Poznan Traditions Festival to mark the 306th anniversary of the arrival of settlers from Bamberg, Germany, in Poznan, Poland, on Aug 3, 2025.
PHOTO: EPA
Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng arriving at Singapore's State Courts on Aug 4, 2025, for his hearing, where he pleaded guilty to abetting the obstruction of justice in a case linked to former transport minister S. Iswaran.
ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
A cow standing in a flooded street after heavy monsoon rain raised the water level of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, on Aug 4, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
A devotee bathing in the Bagmati River before offering prayers to the Hindu god Shiva at the Pashupatinath Temple during Shravan festivities, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on Aug 4, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
Palestinians climbing onto a truck as they scramble for aid supplies in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Aug 4, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
