Photos of the Day: The American Flag and Floods

Ashigarh, India

A woman steps off a boat as she carries her child in a flood-affected village. Heavy monsoon rains bring floods to parts of north-eastern India each year, affecting the lives of millions of people

Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China

Women look at their phones near a rocket shaped bench with an American flag used as a marketing gimmick for a US clothes shop. The US has hiked tariffs on Chinese imports, and Beijing said it immediately retaliated

Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Manila, the Philippines

People ride across stagnant floodwaters on a makeshift boat. Health officials have said the surge in leptospirosis cases can be attributed to seasonal flooding. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that can cause bleeding of the lungs, meningitis and kidney failure

Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

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