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Photos of the Day: An Erupting Volcano and a Huge Reclining Buddha

Bali, Indonesia

Tourists take photos as Mount Agung spews a huge ash cloud. After a series of volcanic eruptions, authorities have issued the highest-level warning on Monday and closed the international airport, stranding thousands of visitors
Photograph: Made Nagi/EPA

Bali, Indonesia

Mount Agung volcano erupting at night. Up to 40,000 people have been evacuated but a further 60,000 also need to vacate the area
Photograph: Firdia Lisnawati/AP

Ningguo, China

Aerial view of pond cypress at Qinglongwan Forest Park
Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex/Shutterstock

Melbourne, Australia

Eternity-Buddha in Nirvana by the Chinese artist Xu Zhen is being installed at the National Gallery of Victoria. The statue is a 16-metre replica of a reclining Buddha surrounded by 3D-scanned and cast Greco-Roman sculptures
Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images

Las Vegas, US

Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, 22, from South Africa, cries after winning the Miss Universe beauty pageant
Photograph: John Locher/AP

Wernigerode, Germany

A Harz Narrow Gauge Railways steam train arrives at a snow-covered Brocken station
Photograph: Lino Mirgeler/AFP/Getty Images

Yangon, Myanmar

Ethnic Kachin Catholic devotees gather along a road to see Pope Francis during his six-day visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh
Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Ottawa, Canada

Argonauts run on to a snowy field before the start of the Grey Cup in Ottawa against the Calgary Stampeders
Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters

Berlin, Germany

People walk past concrete security barriers at a Christmas market in Breitscheidplatz square. Almost one year ago, a truck was deliberately driven into shoppers at the attraction, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured
Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images

Mumbai, India

Washing hangs from the windows of a residential building
Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Harare, Zimbabwe

Street vendors wait for customers in Mbare township. Zimbabweans are waiting to see what the rule of the new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, will bring
Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

 

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