• US President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to designate Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, south of Tusayan, Arizona. AFP
    US President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to designate Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, south of Tusayan, Arizona. AFP
  • Pope Francis greets people during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Reuters
    Pope Francis greets people during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Reuters
  • A vendor sells Indian national flags along a roadside in New Delhi ahead of the country's 77th Independence Day. AFP
    A vendor sells Indian national flags along a roadside in New Delhi ahead of the country's 77th Independence Day. AFP
  • A tugboat pulls a timber raft down the Angara River near the settlement of Strelka in the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. Reuters
    A tugboat pulls a timber raft down the Angara River near the settlement of Strelka in the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. Reuters
  • An exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk walks on a mountain path in Dharamshala, India. AP
    An exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk walks on a mountain path in Dharamshala, India. AP
  • A flock of birds flies in front of buildings in the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. AP
    A flock of birds flies in front of buildings in the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. AP
  • Fishermen sell their wares on the street in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA
    Fishermen sell their wares on the street in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA
  • A Buddhist novice monk offers prayers at the Golden Temple near Patan Durbar square in Lalitpur on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)
    A Buddhist novice monk offers prayers at the Golden Temple near Patan Durbar square in Lalitpur on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

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August 09, 2023

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