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Photos of the Day: A Mercury Capsule and Canine Stars

From a woman on a bike who is silhouetted against the smoke of burning hay in Laatzen to a girl with painted hands and face who participates in a peace rally to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, these photos of the day will give you a clue about what happened this day around the world.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

Hannover, Germany

A woman on a bike is silhouetted against the smoke of burning hay in Laatzen.

Photograph: Julian Stratenschulte/AP

Prague, Czech Republic

A wary western lowland gorilla eats ice-cream in its enclosure at Prague zoo.

Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters

Palembang, Indonesia

A visitor looks at pages of the Qur’an that have been beautifully carved on to large panels of Tembesu wood at the Bayt al-Qur’an al-Akbar Museum.

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Alabama, USA

A visitor tries her hand at the controls of a Mercury capsule at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, where the tourism industry is rooted in the space programme.

Photograph: Vasha Hunt/AP

Hasankeyf, Turkey

The Artuklu Hamamı, a centuries-old bath house weighing 1,600 tonnes, trundles along atop a wheeled platform to a new location to avoid being engulfed by floodwaters from a controversial dam project.

Photograph: Ilyas Akengin/AFP/Getty Images

California, USA

Some of the canine stars of the film Dog Days attend the world premiere in Los Angeles.

Photograph: Eric Charbonneau/Rex/Shutterstock

Tbilisi, Georgia

Georgian soldiers take part in a drill during the Noble Partner 2018 multinational exercises at Vaziani military base.

Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters

London, UK

Activists from Amnesty International posing as Theresa May and victims of torture stage a demonstration in Whitehall outside Downing Street.

Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Mumbai, India

A girl with painted hands and face participates in a peace rally to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

 

 

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