Sri Lanka

Charith, a tsunami survivor, releases newly hatched sea turtles on the beach at sundown.

Photo: Aya Okawa/Rex/Shutterstock

Jakarta, Indonesia

Dancers perform at an Independence Day ceremony at the presidential Merdeka Palace.

Photo: Mast Irham/EPA

Singapore

Projections and light beams illuminate the facade of the national museum during a media preview of the Night festival.

Photo: Wallace Woon/EPA

Norfolk, US

The word ‘shame’ is written on a Confederate monument near a photograph of Heather Heyer. The civil rights activist was killed in a car attack in Charlottesville on Saturday.

Photo: Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pil/AP

Jerash, Jordan

A newborn lion cub squeals in a cage at the al-Ma’wa wildlife reserve.

Photo: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters

Raqqa, Syria

A boy cools off in an irrigation canal on the outskirts of the city.

Photo: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan

Children ride on a swing made from a tyre at Nishi Rokugo Park, also known as Tyre Park, in Ota-Ku. The park features attractions made from thousands of recycled tyres.

Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters