Photos of the Day: A Proof of Love and US Flags
From protesters who wave US flags as they march from Chater Garden to the US consulate (they are calling on the US to put pressure on Beijing to meet their demands and for Congress to pass a recently proposed bill expressing support for the protest movement) to a tour boat at the end of a glacier in the Kenai mountains, these highlights will give you the information you need about everything interesting that happened today around the world.
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Great Abaco, Bahamas
Residents of Great Abaco board a cargo ship for evacuation to Nassau, the archipelago’s capital, after Hurricane Dorian devastated their island
Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Sydney, Australia
A kite in the shape of a humpback whale is flown during the Festival of the Winds at Bondi beach
Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
Srinagar, India
A Kashmiri Shia Muslim shouts slogans from an Indian police vehicle after he was detained during a Muharram procession. Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to prevent Shias from taking part in mourning processions on the eighth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram
Photograph: Farooq Khan/EPA
Antananarivo, Madagascar
A woman takes holy communion as Pope Francis leads an open-air mass attended by an estimated 1 million people in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo
Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
Badalona, Spain
People swim in the sea around floating letters forming the word ‘freedom’ in Catalan during a pro-independence gathering
Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images
Hai Phong, Vietnam
A farmer kisses his buffalo after victory in the annual buffalo fighting festival
Photograph: Nguyen Huy Kham/Reuters
Havana, Cuba
A man takes a nap on a tricycle
Photograph: Fernando Medina/Reuters
Washington, US
Stan Riebold drives a team of six Percheron mules in Colfax as his grandson holds on for the ride during an annual demonstration by the Palouse Empire Threshing Bee Association, a group dedicated to preserving old farm machinery and methods
Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP
Venice, Italy
Elizabeth Debicki walks along the red carpet at the premiere of the The Burnt Orange Heresy during the 76th Venice film festival
Photograph: Maria Moratti/Getty Images
Alaska, US
A tour boat at the end of a glacier in the Kenai mountains. A US Geological Survey study showed that global heating is causing glaciers in North America to melt faster than new snow and ice can accumulate
Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images