Photos of the Day: Lotus Flowers and Elephants

London, UK

Leading body paint artist Carolyn Roper camouflages the model Daisy Lowe to showcase a feature on the latest Samsung television. The work took eight hours to complete

Photograph: Matt Alexander/PA

Lakeport, US

A firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant in an effort to contain a wildfire as it burns through a canyon in California. The fire, almost 40% of which is contained, according to the authorities, has burned through 10,900 hectares (27,000 acres) of land and has destroyed seven homes

Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Tancheng, China

People harvest seed pods of lotus flowers from a pond in Shandong province

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