From the Paralympics closing ceremony to a stunt plane in Turkey, the best of the day - in pictures

  • The closing ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Japan. EPA
    The closing ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Japan. EPA
  • Volunteers, employees and family members move water and mud to the pavement from Goldberg's Famous Deli in Millburn, New Jersey, after it was flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. AP
    Volunteers, employees and family members move water and mud to the pavement from Goldberg's Famous Deli in Millburn, New Jersey, after it was flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. AP
  • Melting glacier ice close to Nuuk, Greenland. Reuters
    Melting glacier ice close to Nuuk, Greenland. Reuters
  • An Egyptian whirling dervish dancer performs "El Tanoura", a traditional Sufi dance, in Cairo. Reuters
    An Egyptian whirling dervish dancer performs "El Tanoura", a traditional Sufi dance, in Cairo. Reuters
  • A Taliban fighter stands guard at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan. AFP
    A Taliban fighter stands guard at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan. AFP
  • Italian pilot Dario Costa flies through the Catalca Tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey. He set a new world record for the longest plane flight through a tunnel - at 1,610 metres. EPA
    Italian pilot Dario Costa flies through the Catalca Tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey. He set a new world record for the longest plane flight through a tunnel - at 1,610 metres. EPA