Today in Pictures, Sept 18, 2026

A women’s basketball match at the Asian Games in Nagoya, a camouflage-clad robotic dog in San Salvador, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Asian Games - Aichi-Nagoya 2026 - Basketball - Women's - Group A - Indonesia v Thailand - Aichi International Arena, Nagoya, Japan - September 17, 2026 Thailand's Chosita Sakaret in action with Indonesia's Lea Kahol REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — Thailand's Chosita Sakaret and Indonesia's Lea Kahol vying for the ball during a women's Asian Games basketball match between both nations at the Aichi International Arena, Nagoya, Japan, on Sept 17.
PHOTO: REUTERS

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of Jordan's King Abdullah II for a bilateral meeting ahead of the opening of the "Aqaba Process" meeting in support of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France, September 17, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — French President Emmanuel Macron waiting for the arrival of Jordan's King Abdullah II for a bilateral meeting ahead of the opening of the Aqaba Process meeting in support of the Lebanese Armed Forces at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France, Sept 17.
PHOTO: REUTERS

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men perform the Tashlich ritual of symbolically casting away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Netanya, Israel, September 17, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men performing the Tashlich ritual of symbolically casting away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Netanya, Israel, Sept 17.
PHOTO: REUTERS

People on motorbikes ride past a portrait of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, set up in protest against rising fuel prices amid the U.S.-Iran conflict, ahead of the nationwide rollout of a government scheme offering a Rs100-per-litre subsidy to eligible motorcycles, rickshaws and vehicles up to 800cc, in Karachi, Pakistan, September 16, 2026. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — People on motorbikes in Karachi riding past a portrait of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, set up in protest against rising fuel prices amid the US-Iran conflict on Sept 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS

epa13245060 A thunderstorm over the town of Sant Elm, Majorca Island, eastern Spain, 17 September 2006. Heavy rainfall hit eastern Spain. EPA/CATI CLADERA — Lightning streaking across the sky during a thunderstorm over the town of Sant Elm, Majorca Island in eastern Spain, on Sept 17.
PHOTO: EPA

TOPSHOT - Soldiers take part in the Rupt'Hure joint military exercise involving French and Belgian troops in Plombieres, eastern Belgium, on September 17, 2026. (Photo by ERIC LALMAND / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT — Soldiers taking part in the Rupt'Hure joint military exercise involving French and Belgian troops in Plombieres, eastern Belgium, on Sept 17.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - This handout image released by the El Salvador's Presidency Press Office shows a camouflage-clad robotic dog of the Salvadoran Armed Forces during a military parade marking the 205th anniversary of El Salvador's independence in San Salvador on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Handout / EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS — A camouflage-clad robotic dog of the Salvadoran Armed Forces makes an appearance during a military parade marking the 205th anniversary of El Salvador's independence in San Salvador on Sept 15.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - A mahout watches over a tame Sumatran elephant playing, surrounded by haze caused by forest and land fires, at the Buluh Cina Nature Tourism Park in Kampar, Riau, on September 17, 2026. Critically endangered Sumatran elephants are pushed further to the brink as wildfires razed hundreds of hectares of their habitat on the western Indonesian island, wildlife NGO Geopix told AFP on September 16, 2026. (Photo by WAHYUDI / AFP) — A mahout watching over a tame Sumatran elephant playing, surrounded by haze caused by forest and land fires, at the Buluh Cina Nature Tourism Park in Kampar, Riau, Indonesia, on Sept 17.
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