Photos of the Day: Demonstrators and Parrots

From locals who play at an amusement park as they celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival to fans who cry outside a hospital after Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, star of the “coupe-décale” and one of the most popular Ivorian artists, died at the age of 33 following a motorcycle accident, these photos of the day will inform you about everything important that occurred today.

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Tokyo, Japan

People enjoy the beach near Enoshima island on the coast of Kanagawa prefecture

Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

Hong Kong

A tourist gives her luggage to security guards as she tries to enter the departures gate during another demonstration by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong’s international airport.

Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images

Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

A long exposure shows stars over a tree during the annual Perseid meteor shower

Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Sydney, Australia

A man is arrested on York Street in the central business district shortly after two women were stabbed, one of whom died

Photograph: Twitter/ @kartiklad

Budapest, Hungary

Participants during a performance entitled It’s Not That Way, It’s This Way by the South Korean-French group Galmae at the Sziget festival

Photograph: Márton Mónus/EPA

Cornwall, England

A view of the controversial new footbridge reconnecting both halves of Tintagel Castle for the first time in 500 years. The site has long been rumored to be the site of King Arthur’s legendary Camelot

Photograph: Keith Mayhew/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

Mexico City, Mexico

Demonstrators kick a glass door outside Mexico City’s attorney general’s office after local media reported that a teenage girl had been raped by four police officers

Photograph: Reuters

Cairo, Egypt

Nada Abdullah is a bird trainer at the city’s parrot academy. The organisation also acts as a hotel for travelling bird owners

Photograph: Mohamed Hossam/EPA

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Fans cry outside a hospital after Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, star of the “coupe-décale” and one of the most popular Ivorian artists, died at the age of 33 following a motorcycle accident.

Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images