• Military Police from the 8th Battalion patrol on Asian water buffalos in Soure, Marajo Island, Para State, Brazil, on September 5, 2023. The police force has adopted the buffalo as a means of transportation to cross waterlogged areas when needed for operations on the island. The buffalo's hooves allow them to move easily through muddy swamps, and they cope well with the island’s intense tropical heat. The force was nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by a Brazilian magazine in reference to the Bob Marley hit song "Buffalo Soldier". (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)
    Military Police from the 8th Battalion patrol on Asian water buffalos in Soure, Marajo Island, Para State, Brazil, on September 5, 2023. The police force has adopted the buffalo as a means of transportation to cross waterlogged areas when needed for operations on the island. The buffalo's hooves allow them to move easily through muddy swamps, and they cope well with the island’s intense tropical heat. The force was nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by a Brazilian magazine in reference to the Bob Marley hit song "Buffalo Soldier". (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)
  • Muslim worshippers crowd to enter the Cave of Hira atop Jabal Al Noor 'mountain of light' in the holy city of Mecca. AFP
    Muslim worshippers crowd to enter the Cave of Hira atop Jabal Al Noor 'mountain of light' in the holy city of Mecca. AFP
  • School children dressed as Hindu god Krishna, centre, and his consort Radha, centre right, take part in celebrations on the eve of the Janmashtami festival, which marks the birth of Lord Krishna in Amritsar. AFP
    School children dressed as Hindu god Krishna, centre, and his consort Radha, centre right, take part in celebrations on the eve of the Janmashtami festival, which marks the birth of Lord Krishna in Amritsar. AFP
  • Ilias Chatziliadis holds his daughter Georgia after firefighters helped her evacuate a flooded building in Larissa, central Greece. Elis Kousioras
    Ilias Chatziliadis holds his daughter Georgia after firefighters helped her evacuate a flooded building in Larissa, central Greece. Elis Kousioras
  • People with their bodies painted attend the sacred Ngerebeg ritual at the Tegallalang village in Gianyar, Bali. EPA
    People with their bodies painted attend the sacred Ngerebeg ritual at the Tegallalang village in Gianyar, Bali. EPA
  • A fireman works on a road flooded due to the impact of storm Daniel in the city of Volos, Greece. Reuters
    A fireman works on a road flooded due to the impact of storm Daniel in the city of Volos, Greece. Reuters
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken works while traveling by train to Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken works while traveling by train to Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
  • A woman clears debris next to a beached caravan at Arapia camping site near Tsarevo along the Bulgarian Black sea coast. AFP
    A woman clears debris next to a beached caravan at Arapia camping site near Tsarevo along the Bulgarian Black sea coast. AFP
  • Members of the Kenya Police Service Presidential Band wait for the arrival of African leaders to the Africa Climate Summit 2023 in Nairobi. AFP
    Members of the Kenya Police Service Presidential Band wait for the arrival of African leaders to the Africa Climate Summit 2023 in Nairobi. AFP
  • Shiite Muslim devotees reach to receive a blessing from the tomb of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, at the Imam's shrine in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala. AFP
    Shiite Muslim devotees reach to receive a blessing from the tomb of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, at the Imam's shrine in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala. AFP

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September 06, 2023

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