• A man has his face covered with vermilion powder during the Bisket Jatra festival at Thimi, in Kathmandu's Bhaktapur District, Nepal. AFP
    A man has his face covered with vermilion powder during the Bisket Jatra festival at Thimi, in Kathmandu's Bhaktapur District, Nepal. AFP
  • Lightning flashes above Islamabad, Pakistan. AFP
    Lightning flashes above Islamabad, Pakistan. AFP
  • Labourers work on a salt pan in the Little Rann of Kutch region near Kharaghoda, India. AFP
    Labourers work on a salt pan in the Little Rann of Kutch region near Kharaghoda, India. AFP
  • The Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower in Japan's capital city light up, as the 100-day countdown to the Olympics begins. Reuters
    The Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower in Japan's capital city light up, as the 100-day countdown to the Olympics begins. Reuters
  • Protesters hold up a pig's head wearing a police cap on a stick outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, in the US, as protests continue days after former police officer Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright. Reuters
    Protesters hold up a pig's head wearing a police cap on a stick outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, in the US, as protests continue days after former police officer Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright. Reuters
  • Pigeons fly in front of the Gateway of India in Mumbai. AFP
    Pigeons fly in front of the Gateway of India in Mumbai. AFP
  • A young girl undergoes a nasal swab test to detect Covid-19 amid a spike in infections at backpackers' hotspot Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand. EPS
    A young girl undergoes a nasal swab test to detect Covid-19 amid a spike in infections at backpackers' hotspot Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand. EPS
  • US President Joe Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington. Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 – 20 years after the terrorist attacks on the US. AP
    US President Joe Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington. Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 – 20 years after the terrorist attacks on the US. AP
  • Riot police clash with people occupying the land on the Morro Solar during an eviction following a coronavirus outbreak in Chorrillos, Peru. Reuters
    Riot police clash with people occupying the land on the Morro Solar during an eviction following a coronavirus outbreak in Chorrillos, Peru. Reuters
  • Children play near the Roman Marcus Aurelius arch in Tripoli's old city, Libya. AFP
    Children play near the Roman Marcus Aurelius arch in Tripoli's old city, Libya. AFP
  • People walk to the ruins of Ogoz castle on Lake Gruyere, Pont-en-Ogoz, Switzerland. Reuters
    People walk to the ruins of Ogoz castle on Lake Gruyere, Pont-en-Ogoz, Switzerland. Reuters
  • People watch the sunset over the Finnish Gulf coast in St Petersburg, Russia. AP
    People watch the sunset over the Finnish Gulf coast in St Petersburg, Russia. AP

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