Today in Pictures, June 5, 2023
A Vesak Day celebration in Thailand, an attempt for the record of the “world’s biggest dictation” in Paris, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Buddhist devotees releasing lanterns in celebration of Vesak Day at Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, in Indonesia on June 4.
PHOTO: AFP
A man lights a candle during a ceremony commemorating Vesak Day at Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province outside Bangkok, Thailand, on June 3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Participants attempt to beat the record for the "world's biggest dictation" on the famed Champs-Elysees Avenue, which was transformed into a giant classroom, in Paris on June 4.
PHOTO: AFP
A dog wears rainbow wings during the annual LGBTQ Pride parade in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An SPCA officer unsuccessfully reaches for a pig in an attempt to remove animals from an evacuation zone during wildfire evacuations in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A cable car ferrying passengers to Pao de Acucar Mountain (Sugar Loaf Mountain) passes in front of the full moon in June, known as a "strawberry moon", in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A man bathes in the polluted waters of Yamuna River, which is laden with foam, on the eve of World Environment Day in New Delhi, India, on June 4.
PHOTO: AFP
Police detain a woman holding paper flowers on the 34th anniversary of Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, amid a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong, on June 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Relatives of the victims of a massive train collision in Balasore in India's eastern state of Odisha mourn their loved ones as they sat in an autorickshaw outside a temporary mortuary created at a business park, on June 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Protestors light flares during a demonstration in Paris on June 4, organised in memory of Clement Meric, an anti-fascist activist who died in 2013 following a brawl with skinheads.
PHOTO: AFP
