Today in Pictures, July 16, 2024
Eruption at Mount Etna, the Rwandan general elections, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A person looking on as lava and plumes of smoke rise from a crater of Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, on July 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman casting her ballot during the 2024 Rwandan general elections at a polling station in Kigali on July 15, 2024. Millions of Rwandans headed to the polls on July 15, with veteran President Paul Kagame set to cruise to an easy victory over his two approved challengers and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years.
PHOTO: AFP
Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump walking on stage on day one of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Activist Nathan Edwards from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals resting after taking part in a demonstration on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A visitor dressed up as an anime character attending the Festival Kamen 2024 at the National Stadium in San Jose on July 14, 2024. Festival Kamen is the most important event for pop culture fans in Costa Rica.
PHOTO: AFP
A member of San Fermin's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the giants and the big heads) kissing a giant's head during a farewell ceremony at the town hall square on the last day of the festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 14, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An artillerist of the 24th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces firing a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine, In a photo released on July 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Torchbearers posing with the Olympic flame and dancers outside The Moulin Rouge in Paris, France, on July 15, 2024. The 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place in the country from July 26 to Aug 11.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Shi'ite Muslims gathering ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Najaf, Iraq, on July 15, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
