Photos of the Day: Aug. 5

WATER GAMES: Israeli children played in a water fountain Monday near the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem.
WATER GAMES: Israeli children played in a water fountain Monday near the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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TASTES LIKE BEEF: Hanni Rutzler, a food researcher from Austria, tasted the world’s first lab-grown beef burger during an event in London Monday. The burger was cultured from cattle stem cells.
TASTES LIKE BEEF: Hanni Rutzler, a food researcher from Austria, tasted the world’s first lab-grown beef burger during an event in London Monday. The burger was cultured from cattle stem cells.
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HOLD THE CHICKEN: A passenger carried chickens while boarding a boat in the port of Situbondo, Indonesia.
HOLD THE CHICKEN: A passenger carried chickens while boarding a boat in the port of Situbondo, Indonesia.
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FASHION STATEMENT: A Chinese woman wore her jacket backward as protection against the intensity of the sun in northeast China.
FASHION STATEMENT: A Chinese woman wore her jacket backward as protection against the intensity of the sun in northeast China.
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SHOW OF SUPPORT: A protester held a Turkish flag as police secured the area near the court building in Silivri, Turkey, Monday. The court sentenced 10 people, including a former military chief of staff, to life in prison in a landmark case that has divided the nation.
SHOW OF SUPPORT: A protester held a Turkish flag as police secured the area near the court building in Silivri, Turkey, Monday. The court sentenced 10 people, including a former military chief of staff, to life in prison in a landmark case that has divided the nation.
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NEW TO YOU: A man bought used clothes as he prepared for the coming Eid al-Fitr festival, which is celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday.
NEW TO YOU: A man bought used clothes as he prepared for the coming Eid al-Fitr festival, which is celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday.
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BUNCHES: A man carried bananas on his shoulders as he worked at Bar Ga Yar jetty on the Hlaing River in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday.
BUNCHES: A man carried bananas on his shoulders as he worked at Bar Ga Yar jetty on the Hlaing River in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday.
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HOMEWARD BOUND: People pushed to board a train that will take them to their home villages for the Eid holiday on Monday in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the days ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, millions of Indonesians working in Jakarta return to their hometowns to celebrate the holiday…
HOMEWARD BOUND: People pushed to board a train that will take them to their home villages for the Eid holiday on Monday in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the days ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, millions of Indonesians working in Jakarta return to their hometowns to celebrate the holiday with family.
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A LITTLE PUSH: Two women helped another through a hedge of cactii at a food distribution center in Afgoye, Somalia, Sunday. The U.A.E Red Crescent gave out food aid to more than 5,000 internally displaced people.
A LITTLE PUSH: Two women helped another through a hedge of cactii at a food distribution center in Afgoye, Somalia, Sunday. The U.A.E Red Crescent gave out food aid to more than 5,000 internally displaced people.
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FIRE STARTER: A handout photo provided by the Aurland Fire Brigade showed the wreckage of the truck that caused a fire in the Gudvang tunnel in Norway on Monday. The picture was taken in the tunnel after the fire had been extinguished.
FIRE STARTER: A handout photo provided by the Aurland Fire Brigade showed the wreckage of the truck that caused a fire in the Gudvang tunnel in Norway on Monday. The picture was taken in the tunnel after the fire had been extinguished.
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HUNG OUT TO DRY: People dried their belongings Monday in Karachi, Pakistan, after water from torrential rains submerged their homes. At least 70 people were killed in different parts of the country following heavy monsoon rains.
HUNG OUT TO DRY: People dried their belongings Monday in Karachi, Pakistan, after water from torrential rains submerged their homes. At least 70 people were killed in different parts of the country following heavy monsoon rains.
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BEHIND BARS: A man tried to put food through the fence of a camp for illegal foreign workers in the suburbs of Moscow on Monday. About 3,000 foreigners, most of them Vietnamese nationals, were detained during raids against illegal immigration last week.
BEHIND BARS: A man tried to put food through the fence of a camp for illegal foreign workers in the suburbs of Moscow on Monday. About 3,000 foreigners, most of them Vietnamese nationals, were detained during raids against illegal immigration last week.
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CHAOTIC SCENE: A fire burned after a powerful bomb apparently rigged to a vehicle exploded Monday during rush hour along a main road in Cotabato City, a volatile city in southern Philippines, killing at least six people and wounding more than 30 others, officials said
CHAOTIC SCENE: A fire burned after a powerful bomb apparently rigged to a vehicle exploded Monday during rush hour along a main road in Cotabato City, a volatile city in southern Philippines, killing at least six people and wounding more than 30 others, officials said
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CHOPPER DOWN: Smoke billowed from the crash site of a U.S. Air Force rescue helicopter on the island of Okinawa, Japan, Monday, as a U.S. marine helicopter flew over to drop water. The helicopter was on an unspecified training mission when it crashed at an American base. All four…
CHOPPER DOWN: Smoke billowed from the crash site of a U.S. Air Force rescue helicopter on the island of Okinawa, Japan, Monday, as a U.S. marine helicopter flew over to drop water. The helicopter was on an unspecified training mission when it crashed at an American base. All four crew members are believed to have survived.
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TAKING COVER: Firefighters ran to safer ground while a colleague called for help on a radio as a forest fire raged in Marathon, Greece, Monday.
TAKING COVER: Firefighters ran to safer ground while a colleague called for help on a radio as a forest fire raged in Marathon, Greece, Monday.
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