Photos of the Day: Giant Figures and Fireworks

Arica, Chile

The Viracocha III reed raft is seen at Chinchorro Beach, during a test launch at sea. The departure of the vessel which will sail 10,000 nautical miles to Sydney, Australia, aims to demonstrate the ancestral migration between the two continents.

Photograph: Patricio Banda/AFP/Getty Images

 

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

A Chelonoidis phantasticus tortoise. Park rangers and Conservationists found the creature, a species that was thought to have become extinct a hundred years ago at the Galapagos National Park in Santa Cruz Island.

Photograph: Andres Morales/AP

 

Nice, France

Giant figures of French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Purin are paraded during the 135th Carnival parade

Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters