China’s Victory Day parade, floods in Pakistan, and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
Sept 3
Russian President Vladimir Putin (front row, from left), Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as well as heads of foreign delegations, in Beijing for a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Sept 4
Vehicles moving along a flooded road, following monsoon rains and rising water levels of the Chenab River, in Gujrat, Punjab province, Pakistan.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Sept 3
DF-5C missiles, variants of an intercontinental ballistic missile said to have “global strike range”, being displayed at a parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Sept 4
A woman preparing food inside a makeshift shelter at a relief camp near the overflowing Yamuna River after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi.
PHOTO: AFP
Sept 4
Britain’s Queen Camilla watching a girl slide down an interactive sculpture by artist Harold Offeh during a visit to Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Sept 2
Activists from animal rights group Peta – in prison uniforms and masks depicting endangered pig-tailed macaques – staging a protest outside the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Hong Kong against the alleged abuse of monkeys in Thailand’s coconut industry.
PHOTO: AFP
Sept 5
Palestinians in Gaza City watch as 12-storey Mushtaha Tower is destroyed due to an Israeli military strike after evacuation orders, amid the war with militant group Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
Sept 6
People paying their last respects as designer Giorgio Armani lies in state at the Armani/Teatro, following his death on Sept 4 at the age of 91 in Milan, Italy.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Sept 6
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam waving to spectators from a chariot travelling down Serangoon Road to kick off the annual Deepavali light-up.
ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Sept 6
Devotees carrying a giant statue of Hindu deity Ganesh during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai.
PHOTO: AFP