Photos of the Day: Wildfires and Empty Shelves

 

Vanderhoof, Canada

Thick smoke from wildfires fills the air and blocks out the sun

Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Honolulu, Hawaii

Madison Flores and Loreal Walls-Jaime, both university students, stand in front of empty shelves in a Walmart store. Stock has been cleared by people preparing for Hurricane Lane

Photograph: Kat Wade/Getty Images

Afrin, Syria

A man plays with a girl dressed in holiday clothes on the second day of Eid al-Adha. They sought refuge in abandoned homes in the traditionally Kurdish town after being displaced from eastern Ghouta

Photograph: Nazeer Al-Khatib/AFP/Getty Images