Today in Pictures, Aug 8, 2019

Singaporean freediver Lim Anqi competes in the recent Caribbean Cup in Honduras, protest in Texas, U.S., and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Aug 08, 2019, 10:33 AM

A photo released on August 8, 2019 shows Singaporean freediver Lim Anqi competing in the recent Caribbean Cup in Honduras. She came in third in the constant weight no fins discipline, diving to a depth of 47m and breaking her previous 45m record. PHOTO: COURTESY OF LAURA BABAHEKIAN

Demonstrators stand at a protest against President Trump's visit following a mass shooting, which left at least 22 people dead, on August 7, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Protesters focus the laser pointers to a newspaper as they try to burn it, during a rally to demonstrate against the arrests of people caught in possession of laser pointers that police classified as offensive weapons because of their ability to harm the eyes in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. PHOTO: AP

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, flanked by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and UN Assistant SecretaryGeneral for Legal Affairs Stephen Mathias, with signatories and heads of delegations after the signing of the Singapore Convention on Mediation, August 7, 2019. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/MARK CHEONG

A police officer asks a woman not to sit on the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, August 7, 2019 as sitting on the famous steps is now banned. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Spectators watch as British lightship Gannet, which was built in 1954 and operated as a lighthouse off South Rock in the Irish Sea until the end of 2009, is lifted out of the Rhine River in Basel, Switzerland August 6, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Turkish-backed Syrian fighter crosses into a building through a hole in the wall in Tadef, near the city of al-Bab, in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province on August 6, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Mexico's Alvaro Beltran lies on the ground after breaking a glass panel of the racquetball court during his Gold Medal Match against Mexico's Rodrigo Montoya at the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima, Peru on August 7, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Asian labourers cross a pedestrian bridge in Dubai on August 7, 2019, as they head to work at a vegetable market. PHOTO: AFP

Pilots fly their paragliders during 16th FAI Paragliding World Championship in Krusevo, North Macedonia August 7, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Naomi Osaka of Japan interacts with fans following a second round match victory over Tatjana Maria of Germany on Day 5 of the Rogers Cup at Aviva Centre on August 7, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

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