Today in Pictures, Sept 4, 2019

Device helps young Singaporean woman with cerebral palsy to paint, Singapore national striker Ikhsan Fandi returns for World Cup qualifiers, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Sep 04, 2019, 09:55 AM

Ms Elaine Eng, who loves to paint, using the GovTech designed and built E-Canvas device that works by voice command, Sept 2, 2019. The 19-year-old, who has spastic-dystonic quadriplegia and is unable to use her arms, legs and body, paints by wielding a brush in her mouth. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

National striker Ikhsan Fandi (center) headed straight for Lions training at the Geylang Lorong 12 field after an 18-hour journey from Oslo, Norway, September 3, 2019. The 20-year-old, the only Singapore international playing professionally in Europe, was wanted at national team training by coach Tatsuma Yoshida ahead of the Lions’ World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign that starts tomorrow (Sep 5) against Yemen. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

A family is escorted to a safe zone after they were rescued as Hurricane Dorian continues to rain in Freeport, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. PHOTO: AP

Brazilian soldiers put out fires at the Nova Fronteira region in Novo Progresso, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sent the military to help extinguish some fires. PHOTO: AP

Plainclothes members of the South African Police Service patrol the Johannesburg township of Alexandra on September 3, 2019 after South Africa's financial capital was hit by a new wave of anti-foreigner violence. PHOTO: AFP

A truck is seen in a flood near the River Nile in Khartoum localities, Sudan September 2, 2019. PHOTOH: REUTERS

New undelivered Mercedes-Benz AG automobiles, manufactured by Daimler AG, sit stored on an airfield runway flanked by solar panels in this aerial photograph at the former Ahlhorn airport near Bremen, Germany, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates match point against Marin Cilic of Croatia in the fourth round on day eight of the 2019 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Sept 2, 2019 in Flushing, NY, USA. PHOTO: USA TODAY SPORTS

Taylor Townsend of the United States is hit by a shot against Bianca Andreescu of Canada (not pictured) in the fourth round on day eight of the 2019 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Sep 2, 2019 in Flushing, NY, USA. PHOTO: USA TODAY SPORTS

Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo (C) tries to handle the ball through Brazil's Alex Garcia (L) and Brazil's Vitor Benite during the Basketball World Cup Group F game between Brazil and Greece in Nanjing on September 3, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

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