Photos of the Day: A World War II Veteran and Hundreds of Pilgrims
This is a selection of photos that will inform you about everything important that happened today around the world. From ballet dancers to firefighters, these highlights will impress you, so scroll down to discover more!
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Lima, Peru
A dog looks at a beached five meter long sperm whale at San Bartolo beach. Police and surfers saved the injured cetacean which had remained stranded for some hours.
Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images
Moscow, Russia
World War II veteran Lev Yatsevich, 92, salutes as he waits for other participants of an event marking the anniversary of the failed August 1991 hard-line coup outside the former Russian parliament building.
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
California, US
Two girls try out a paddle board on the clear waters of Lake Tahoe near the site of the 23rd annual Lake Tahoe Summit.
Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Istanbul, Turkey
Police with shields during a demonstration against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities. The Turkish government removed the mayors from office over alleged links to Kurdish militants.
Photograph: Yasin Akgül/AFP/Getty Images
Chengdu, China
People sit by a table with a duck on it at an animal-themed cafe. The cafe owns four ducks and two pigs
Photograph: China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
Beijing, China
A robot Fish-Miro developed by Hi-Techpia Technology (Shenzhen) goes on display at the world robot conference
Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex/Shutterstock
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Laundrymen, known locally as fanico, wash clothes in a stream in Banco National Park
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/via Getty Images
Rila Mountain, Bulgaria
Members of an international religious movement called the Great White Brotherhood perform a ritual dance. Hundreds of pilgrims converge on the mountain to mark the spiritual new year with a collective meditative dance that they believe connects them to cosmic rhythms
Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images
İzmir, Turkey
Firefighters are battling a series of wildfires that have consumed about 500 hectares of land along the Aegean coast
Photograph: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images