• An elephant decorated for the Esala Perahera festival is led past the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka's ancient capital of Kandy. AFP
    An elephant decorated for the Esala Perahera festival is led past the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka's ancient capital of Kandy. AFP
  • India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd during a ceremony to celebrate country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the of the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi. AFP
    India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd during a ceremony to celebrate country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the of the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi. AFP
  • People gather during the Marian procession in the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes during the annual Catholic pilgrimage to France. AFP
    People gather during the Marian procession in the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes during the annual Catholic pilgrimage to France. AFP
  • Indian Army soldiers from the Daredevils team take part in a display during a ceremony to celebrate the country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the end of British colonial rule, in Amritsar. AFP
    Indian Army soldiers from the Daredevils team take part in a display during a ceremony to celebrate the country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the end of British colonial rule, in Amritsar. AFP
  • Patrouille de France jets perform as they trail smoke in the colours of the French national flag during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the WWII Allied landings in Provence, in Saint-Raphael, France. AP
    Patrouille de France jets perform as they trail smoke in the colours of the French national flag during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the WWII Allied landings in Provence, in Saint-Raphael, France. AP
  • People walk around a shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP
    People walk around a shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP
  • Actors dressed in period costumes take part in a reconstitution of the Austerlitz battle, in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, to mark the 250th anniversary of Napoleon's birth. AFP
    Actors dressed in period costumes take part in a reconstitution of the Austerlitz battle, in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, to mark the 250th anniversary of Napoleon's birth. AFP
  • Children play at sunset in Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, Los Angeles, California, US. EPA
    Children play at sunset in Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, Los Angeles, California, US. EPA
  • Matador David Galvan fights a bull during the second day of Begona Bullfighting Fair at El Bibio bullring in Gijon, Spain. EPA
    Matador David Galvan fights a bull during the second day of Begona Bullfighting Fair at El Bibio bullring in Gijon, Spain. EPA
  • A couple are reflected in a glass wall as they walk beside CaixaForum cultural centre in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
    A couple are reflected in a glass wall as they walk beside CaixaForum cultural centre in Madrid, Spain. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for August 15, 2019

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Akeed

Based: Muscat

Launch year: 2018

Number of employees: 40

Sector: Online food delivery

Funding: Raised $3.2m since inception 

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Profile of Udrive

Date started: March 2016

Founder: Hasib Khan

Based: Dubai

Employees: 40

Amount raised (to date): $3.25m – $750,000 seed funding in 2017 and a Seed round of $2.5m last year. Raised $1.3m from Eureeca investors in January 2021 as part of a Series A round with a $5m target.

Abu Dhabi traffic facts

Drivers in Abu Dhabi spend 10 per cent longer in congested conditions than they would on a free-flowing road

The highest volume of traffic on the roads is found between 7am and 8am on a Sunday.

Travelling before 7am on a Sunday could save up to four hours per year on a 30-minute commute.

The day was the least congestion in Abu Dhabi in 2019 was Tuesday, August 13.

The highest levels of traffic were found on Sunday, November 10.

Drivers in Abu Dhabi lost 41 hours spent in traffic jams in rush hour during 2019

 

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Man of the match Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen)

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