Photos of the day - September 3, 2016

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A municipal worker fumigates an alley.

A municipal worker fumigates an alley of an impoverished colony to check the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in New Delhi, India, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Manish Swarup/AP)

 
 
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Leopard cub gets first vaccination.

A Persian leopard cub seen ahead of receiving its first vaccination at the Persian Leopard Reintroduction Centre in Sochi National Park, Sept. 2, 2016 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo: Lebedev Artur/TASS via ZUMA Press) 


 
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The Catacomb of Veils is burned in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, U.S.

The Catacomb of Veils is burned as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gather for the 30th annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Jim Urquhart/Reuters) 

  
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Czech Hot Air Balloon Championships 2016

A hot air balloon flies over the city of Uherske Hradiste during an early flight as part of the Czech Hot Air Balloon Championships 2016 on Sept. 2, 2016 in Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic. Now in its 20th year the championship attracts .

 

 

 

 

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2016 IFA Consumer Electronics Trade Fair

A visitor passing the display wall from Samsung at the 2016 IFA consumer electronics trade fair on Sept. 2, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. IFA is among the world’s largest trade fairs for consumer electronics and home appliances and runs from Sept. 2-7. (Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images) 

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Debris and boats are scattered across the road

Debris and boats are scattered across the road after Hurricane Hermine passed the area, Sept. 2, 2016 in Steinhatchee, Fla. (Photo: Matt Stamey/The Gainesville Sun via AP) 

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Kennebunkport sunrise

Paul Lavoie of Derry, N.H., and Mike Suprin, of Rollinsford, N.H., dig clams at dawn, Sept. 2, 2016, at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport, Maine. The friends made an early-morning drive to Maine to catch the low tide. (Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/AP) 




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Black Lives Matter scuffle

Jerry Lambert, left, a supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and Asa Khalif with Black Lives Matter scuffle, after Khalif took Lambert’s sign, outside the location where Trump is to meet with African American business and civic leaders in Philadelphia, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Matt Rourke/AP)

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An inmate sits on his bed

An inmate sits on his bed at ‘Nirmal Hriday Kalighat, Mother Teresa’s home for the dying and destitute in Kolkata, India, Sept. 2, 2016. Missionaries of Charity, the order set up by Mother Teresa, has hundreds of shelters that care for some of the world’s neediest, people she described as the “poorest of the poor.” (Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP)

 
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A lonely motorcyclist drives on a long road in Frankfurt

A lonely motorcyclist drives on a long road in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Michael Probst/AP)

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First installation anniversary celebrations of the Sikh holy book in Amritsar, India

A Sikh man lights lamps at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, to pay obeisance on the occasion to mark the 412th first installation anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhs at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, Sept. 2, 2016. Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, installed Guru Granth Sahib for the first time at the Golden Temple in the year 1604. The day is celebrated with religious sentiments and respect by the devotees. (Photo: RAMINDER PAL SINGH/EPA)

 
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A woman cooks next to makeshift tents

A woman cooks next to makeshift tents at the premises of the old Athens’ International airport in Athens, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Yorgos Karahalis/AP)

 
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Bread and Butter trend show in Berlin

A visitor to the fashion fair ‘Bread and Butter’ is reflected in a kaleidoscope of an exhibitor at the Arena in Berlin Treptow, Germany, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: JENS KALAENE/EPA)

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A street is blocked from debris washed up from the tidal surge of Hurricane Hermine

A street is blocked from debris washed up from the tidal surge of Hurricane Hermine, Sept. 2, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall. (Photo: John Raoux/AP)

 
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A Kashmiri protester holds a Pakistani flag

A Kashmiri protester holds a Pakistani flag as government forces watch from a distance in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 2, 2016. Protesters seeking end of Indian rule clashed with government forces at several places in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday. The disputed Himalayan region has remained under security lockdown and separatist sponsored shutdown after some of the largest protests in recent years were sparked by the killing of a popular rebel commander on July 8. (Photo: Mukhtar Khan/AP)

 
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Men gather under a ceiling with blood stains in Mardan, Pakistan

Men gather under a ceiling with blood stain, after twin bomb attack occurred at a court, in Mardan, Pakistan, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Khuram Parvez/Reuters)

 
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Britain’s Lewis Hamilton steers his Mercedes during the second practice

Britain’s Lewis Hamilton steers his Mercedes during the second practice session for Sunday’s Formula One Italian Grand Prix, at the Monza racetrack, Italy, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Luca Bruno/AP)

 
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President Barack Obama greets members of the military

President Barack Obama greets members of the military on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, adjacent to Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 2, 2016, en route to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, in Hangzhou, China. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

 
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Winds and rain from Hurricane Hermine approach Highway 80 that leads to Tybee Island

Winds and rain from Hurricane Hermine approach Highway 80 that leads to Tybee Island, Ga., Sept. 2, 2016. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue. (Photo: Stephen B. Morton/AP)

 
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A surfer walks the beach while looking for waves from the surge of Hurricane Hermine

A surfer walks the beach while looking for waves from the surge of Hurricane Hermine, Sept. 2, 2016, off the coast of Tybee Island, Ga. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue. (Photo: Stephen B. Morton/AP)

 
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Bodies lie on the ground while police investigators inspect the area of a market

Bodies lie on the ground while police investigators inspect the area of a market where an explosion happened in Davao City, Philippines Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Lean Daval Jr./Reuters)

 
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Islamic Action Front party rally

Jordanian Moslem supporters waving with flags for Candidates of the Islamic Action Front party (IAF), the National Alliance for Reform during the main rally announcing the candidate lists for upcoming Jordanian Parliament Election in Amman, Jordan, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: JAMAL NASRALLAH/EPA)

 
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Civilians carry their belongings while walking near a damaged building in Damascus

Civilians carry their belongings while walking near a damaged building, after reports of an agreement between rebels and Syria’s army to evacuate civilians and rebel fighters from Mouadamiya, in Damascus, Syria Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Omar Sanadiki/Reuters)

 
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A member of the bomb disposal unit proceeds to dispose a suicide jacket in Peshawar

A member of the bomb disposal unit wearing protective gear proceeds to dispose a suicide jacket (unseen) at a street after suicide bombers attacked a Christian neighbourhood in Khyber Agency near Peshawar, Pakistan, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)

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Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany leaves the pit

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany leaves the pit during the first practice session for Sunday’s Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack, Italy, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Luca Bruno/AP)

 
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Residents of the ‘free town’ of Christiania in Copenhagen tear down cannabis-selling booths

Residents of the ‘free town’ of Christiania in Copenhagen tear down cannabis-selling booths on its main street on Friday, two days after a shooting incident rocked one of Denmark’s favourite tourist attractions, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Annabella Pultz Nielsen/Reuters)

 
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A man fills barrels with rubble to make a barricade in Damascus

A man fills barrels with rubble to make a barricade to protect shops in the rebel held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters)

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Workers remove downed trees during cleanup in Tallahassee

Workers remove downed trees during cleanup operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Hermine in Tallahassee, Florida Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo: Phil Sears/Reuters)

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