International Indigenous People’s Day, Ugandans celebrate gay pride and riots in Kiev’s Independence Square| August 9
Looking at culture on Indigenous People’s Day, Ugandans celebrate the repeal of anti-homosexuality laws with a pride rally, riots in Kiev’s Independence Square and more photos from around the world.
- People sing and dance in a street surrounded by a band during the 54th annual brass band festival in the Serbian village of Guca. Every year Guca is swamped by thousands of people taking part in the celebration of brass band music. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)
- Louis Delmas (25) of the Miami Dolphins strikes a pose after a preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The Falcons won 16-10. (Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
- Boats sail as part of the Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta – Rio 2016 Sailing Test Event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
- Schoolgirls tie “Rakhis” or traditional Indian sacred threads onto the wrists of Indian police personnel inside a police station on the eve of Raksha Bandhan festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Rakhi is also the name of a Hindu festival, also known as Raksha Bandhan, during which a sister ties one or more of the sacred threads onto her brother’s wrist to ask him for her protection. The festival will be celebrated across the country on Sunday. (Amit Dave/Reuters)
- Indian college students display karate and judo skills during a self-defence class on the final day of a week-long self-defence workshop in Ahmedabad. Some 180 girls took part in the ‘Suraksha Setu’ programme by the Gujarat state government and run in conjunction with the police, as part of a femal empowerment initiative. (Sam Panthakay/AFP-Getty Images)
- Chefs take part in an oecumenical service on the occasion of the Laurentius day at the Cathedral in Erfurt, eastern Germany. The chefs from across the country met in honor of their patron saint Laurentius. (Hendrik Schmidt/AFP-Getty Images)
- President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks to the media on the situation in Iraq on the South Lawn of the White House, before his departure for vacation at Martha’s Vineyard. Obama said on Saturday U.S. airstrikes have destroyed arms and equipment that Islamic State insurgents could have used to attack Arbil, the Iraqi Kurdish capital, but warned the current operation in Iraq could take some time. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
- President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia (R) board Air Force One as they depart Joint Base Andrews in Maryland en route to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for Obama’s summer vacation. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
- Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters look on as smoke billows from the town Makhmur, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants. Makhmur, is one of the areas that had been attacked by jihadist fighters in recent days. (Safin Hamed/AFP-Getty Images)
- An Israeli soldier looks at the Gaza Strip through a monocular on the Israeli border. Israel launched more than 30 air attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the conflict entered a second month, defying international efforts to revive a ceasefire. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
- A Palestinian boy carries a mattress as he makes his way through the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli military strike in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Gaza, a day after killing at least five Palestinians, and militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel after attempts to extend a three-day truce stalled. (Mahmud Hams/AFP-Getty Images)
- People look towards the city skyline during sunset in Hong Kong. Growth in Hong Kong’s economy remained “moderate” year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014, dragged by sluggish exports affected by a lack of progress in advanced economies, officials said in May. (Dale de la Ray/AFP-Getty Images)
- A man burning paper money for the deceased in Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China’s Yunnan province. The death toll from an earthquake that devastated a remote region of China has killed 615 people, state media said, as hopes of finding any more survivors faded. (Stringer/AFP-Getty Images)
- A farmer’s combine in a wheat field in Hohenossig near Leipzig, eastern Germany. As meteorologists forecast precipitation, farmers work on their fields day and night to bring their harvest in. (Sebastian Willnow/AFP-Getty Images)
- A young girl from the Bunong indigenous group carries out her chores in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- Members of the Bunong indigenous community perform a Bunong ritual before drinking wine in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- Women from the Bunong indigenous community stand by their home in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- Women and children from the Bunong indigenous group watch as a sacred ritual is performed in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- A cellphone peeks out of the traditional attire of the Bunong indigenous community in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- A child from the Bunong indigenous group sleeps on a hammock while a smartphone plays music in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- A television set is seen inside a house in the Bunong indigenous community in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- A man from the Bunong indigenous group wears a coat on top of his traditional attire in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- At an event to rehearse music for International Indigenous Peple’s Day, men from the Bunong indigenous community share wine and tobacco in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- Children from the Bunong indigenous group climb trees in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- Women from the Bunong indigenous group carry out their chores by their home in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. Cambodia’s indigenous groups are at risk as their ancestral lands are being threatened by businesses interested in commercially developing the areas. On August 9, the UN focuses on the rights of the World’s Indigenous People on International Indigenous People’s Day. (Hannah Reyes/Getty Images)
- A Bangladeshi indegenious woman looks on as she participates in a gathering in Dhaka, held to celebrate United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. The event is observed to promote and protect the rights of the indigenous communities rich and diverse cultures.This year’s slogan is “Bridging the gap: implementing the rights of indigenous peoples. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP-Getty Images)
- Bangladeshi indegenious women participate in a gathering in Dhaka, held to celebrate United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. The event is observed to promote and protect the rights of the indigenous communities rich and diverse cultures. This year’s slogan is “Bridging the gap: implementing the rights of indigenous peoples”. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP-Getty Images)
- A person holds an umbrella bearing the colors of the rainbow flag as others wave flags during the the first gay pride rally since the overturning of a tough anti-homosexuality law, which authorities have appealed, in Entebbe. The overturned law, condemned as “abominable” by rights groups but popular among many Ugandans, called for proven homosexuals to be jailed for life. (Isaac Kasamani/AFP-Getty Images)
- A man is pictured as he prepares for a parade to celebrate the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda’s constitutional court in Entebbe. Last week, the east African country’s constitutional court nullified the anti-homosexuality law, signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, on a technicality, saying it had been passed by parliament without quorum. Uganda’s parliament will try to re-introduce the law, a lawmaker leading the effort said on Wednesday, a move that could once again damage relations with the West. (Edward Echwalu/Reuters)
- People sit in the boot of a car while celebrating the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda’s constitutional court in Entebbe. Last week, the east African country’s constitutional court nullified the anti-homosexuality law, signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, on a technicality, saying it had been passed by parliament without quorum. Uganda’s parliament will try to re-introduce the law, a lawmaker leading the effort said on Wednesday, a move that could once again damage relations with the West. (Edward Echwalu/Reuters)
- A participant displays a sign while preparing for a parade to celebrate the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda’s Constitutional court in Entebbe. Last week, the east African country’s constitutional court nullified the anti-homosexuality law, signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, on a technicality, saying it had been passed by parliament without quorum. Uganda’s parliament will try to re-introduce the law, a lawmaker leading the effort said on Wednesday, a move that could once again damage relations with the West. (Edward Echwalu/Reuters)
- People walk in a parade as they celebrate the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda’s constitutional court in Entebbe. Last week, the east African country’s constitutional court nullified the anti-homosexuality law, signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, on a technicality, saying it had been passed by parliament without quorum. Uganda’s parliament will try to re-introduce the law, a lawmaker leading the effort said on Wednesday, a move that could once again damage relations with the West. (Edward Echwalu/Reuters)
- A woman wears a mask while celebrating the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda’s constitutional court in Entebbe. Last week, the east African country’s constitutional court nullified the anti-homosexuality law, signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, on a technicality, saying it had been passed by parliament without quorum. Uganda’s parliament will try to re-introduce the law, a lawmaker leading the effort said on Wednesday, a move that could once again damage relations with the West. (Edward Echwalu/Reuters)
- A Bukusu boy waits outside his uncle’s home for the circumcision ritual, which is currently taking place in Kenya’s western region of Bungoma. The Bukusu tribe from Western Kenya has stuck to their long standing and strong tradition in the rites of passage to adulthood, through the circumcision ritual where young boys face the circumciser’s knife without flinching as the foreskin of their penises is removed. According to the Bungoma County’s Department of Culture, this year alone close to 9,000 adolescent boys are expected to undergo their initiation into manhood. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)
- Bukusu boys dance to traditional tunes as they head to their uncles’ home in preparation for the circumcision ritual currently ongoing in Kenya’s western region of Bungoma. The Bukusu tribe from Western Kenya has stuck to their long standing and strong tradition in the rites of passage to adulthood, through the circumcision ritual where young boys face the circumciser’s knife without flinching as the foreskin of their penises is removed. According to the Bungoma County’s Department of Culture, this year alone close to 9,000 adolescent boys are expected to undergo their initiation into manhood. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)
- A Bukusu boy stands smeared with mud in preparation for the circumcision ritual currently ongoing in Kenya’s western region of Bungoma. The Bukusu tribe from Western Kenya has stuck to their long standing and strong tradition in the rites of passage to adulthood, through the circumcision ritual where young boys face the circumciser’s knife without flinching as the foreskin of their penises is removed. According to the Bungoma County’s Department of Culture, this year alone close to 9,000 adolescent boys are expected to undergo their initiation into manhood. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)
- Bukusu villagers escort boys for the circumcision ritual currently ongoing in Kenya’s western region of Bungoma. The Bukusu tribe from Western Kenya has stuck to their long standing and strong tradition in the rites of passage to adulthood, through the circumcision ritual where young boys face the circumciser’s knife without flinching as the foreskin of their penises is removed. According to the Bungoma County’s Department of Culture, this year alone close to 9,000 adolescent boys are expected to undergo their initiation into manhood. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)
- A boy who underwent circumcision rests inside a house after undergoing the rite of passage ritual currently taking place in Kenya’s western region of Bungoma. The Bukusu tribe from Western Kenya has stuck to their long standing and strong tradition in the rites of passage to adulthood, through the circumcision ritual where young boys face the circumciser’s knife without flinching as the foreskin of their penises is removed. According to the Bungoma County’s Department of Culture, this year alone close to 9,000 adolescent boys are expected to undergo their initiation into manhood. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)
- A boy who just underwent circumcision is assisted by his uncle outside their home after undergoing the rite of passage ritual currently taking place in Kenya’s western region of Bungoma. The Bukusu tribe from Western Kenya has stuck to their long standing and strong tradition in the rites of passage to adulthood, through the circumcision ritual where young boys face the circumciser’s knife without flinching as the foreskin of their penises is removed. According to the Bungoma County’s Department of Culture, this year alone close to 9,000 adolescent boys are expected to undergo their initiation into manhood. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)
- New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli (29) is hit by a wild pitch thrown by Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Corey Kluber (28) during the third inning at Yankee Stadium. (Anthony Gruppuso/USA Today Sports)
- Marcos Ambrose, driver of the #09 Stanley Ford, salutes the fans after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
- Katherine Johnstone of New Zealand, 97, waves after completing the Women’s 400m Freestyle during the 15th FINA World Masters Championships at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
- A competitor takes part in the first international waterfall jumping competition held in the old town of Jajce. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
- Michael Phelps swims in the Men’s 100 Meter Backstroke Prelims during the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships at the Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, California. (Harry How/Getty Images)
- Bodysurfers and boogie boarders catch waves at Sandy beach on the east side of Oahu as Tropical Storm Iselle passes through the Hawaiian islands, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The center of Tropical Storm Iselle made landfall on Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain, knocking down trees and causing power outages ahead of a more powerful storm gathering strength behind it. Hugh Gentry/Reuters)
- A Balinese surfer carries a surfboard as sunset along Kuta beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Bali is the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Since the late 20th century, the province has had a rise in tourism. (Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP-Getty Images)
- A reveller removes his mask before performing at a carnival parade in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
- Revellers in a bus watch a fight taking place on a street before their performance at a carnival parade in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
- Revellers prepare to perform at a carnival parade in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
- Revellers chat on a street before performing at a carnival parade in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
- A reveller prepares to perform at a carnival parade in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
- Revellers relax on a street before performing at a carnival parade in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
- A reveller smiles before performing at a carnival parade in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
- India’s Varun Aaron walks out to join his team-mates before play during the fourth cricket test match against England at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, England. (Philip Brown/Reuters)
- Play gets underway on day four of the fourth cricket Test match between England and India at Old Trafford in Manchester. (Lindsey Parnaby/AFP-Getty Images)
- India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar is run out after England’s Jos Buttler (L) removes the bails during the fourth cricket test match at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, England. (Philip Brown/Reuters)
- England’s Stuart Broad edges the ball that gets stuck in the grill of his helmet from a delivery from India’s Varun Aaron during the fourth cricket test match at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester. (Philip Brown/Reuters)
- England batsman Stuart Broad is hit by a ball through the grill of his helmet from Varun Aaron, sustaining an injury to his nose during day three of the 4th Investec Test match between England and India at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. (Stu Forster/Getty Images)
- England’s Sam Robson dives as he attempts to take a catch during the fourth cricket test match against India at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, England. (Philip Brown/Reuters)
- England’s Chris Woakes appeals and dismisses India’s Murali Vijay (not pictured) during the fourth cricket test match against England at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester. (Philip Brown/Reuters)
- A spectator reacts after England won the fourth cricket test match against India at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, England. (Philip Brown/Reuters)
- Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad stops the ball during the fourth day of the opening Test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at The Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle. (Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP-Getty Images)
- Pakistan’s Khurram Manzoor reacts as he walks off the field after his dismissal by Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath (not pictured) during the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Galle. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
- England’s Chris Jordan celebrates taking the wicket of India’s Pankaj Singh and to win the fourth cricket Test match between England and India at Old Trafford in Manchester (Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pakistan’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq (standing, R), Mohammad Talha (standing, 2nd R) and Saeed Ajmal (sitting) look on after Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara scored his double century during the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Galle. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
- Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara celebrates his double century during the fourth day of their first test cricket match against Pakistan in Galle. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
- Protesters try to prevent municipal workers and volunteers from clearing away their tents at Independence Square in Kiev. Tensions continued on Kiev’s Independence Square, the scene of street protests that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, as protesters still camped there clashed with city workers who tried to clear away their tents. (Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters)
- Residents of Kiev clash with “Maidan” activists as hundreds of local volunteers, backed up by municipal workers with bulldozers, came to remove barricades and tents from the protest camp on Kiev’s iconic Independence Square, also known as Maidan, and free the nearby Khreshchatyk street for traffic. Most of the remaining tents and barricades at the camp from the protest movement that toppled former president Viktor Yanukovych in February were demolished on August 9, an occupation that upsets a vast majority of locals as the iconic camp transformed into a hotbed crime, drunkenness and instability. Kievites assert that the present inhabitants of the current Maidan discredited the very concept of Maidan and call them alco-Maidan. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP-Getty Images)
- A protester receives medical treatment after clashes with municipal workers and volunteers at Independence Square in Kiev. Tensions continued on Kiev’s Independence Square, the scene of street protests that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, as protesters still camped there clashed with city workers who tried to clear away their tents. (Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters)
- A resident of Kiev throws a tyre as he cleans up Maidan self-defence activists camp in front of burning tents in Kiev as thousands of people came to remove barricades from the city’s central Independence Square, also known as Maidan, and free Khreshchatyk Street for traffic. Some few hundreds of Maidan activists still live in the tent camp set in the center of the city that upsets the vast majority of the local residents as the self-defence activist transformed the iconic place into a hotbed crime, drunkenness and instability. The Kievites assert that the present inhabitants of the current Maidan discredited the very concept of Maidan and call them Alco-Maidan.. (Volodymyr Petrov/AFP-Getty Images)
- A man extinguishes a fire after Maidan self-defence burned a barricade during clashes with residents of Kiev as thousands of the residents came to remove barricades and tents from the city’s central Independence Square, also known as Maidan, and free Khreshchatyk Street for the traffic. A few hundred Maidan activists still live in the tent camp set in the centre of the city that upsets the vast majority of the local residents as the self-defence activists transformed the iconic place into a hotbed of crime, drunkenness and instability. The Kievites assert that the present inhabitants of the current Maidan discredited the very concept of Maidan and call them Alco-Maidan. . (Sergei Supinsky/AFP-Getty Images)
- Barricades set on fire by protesters burn at Independence Square in Kiev. Tensions continued on Kiev’s Independence Square, the scene of street protests that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, as protesters still camped there clashed with city workers who tried to clear away their tents. (Konstantin Grishin/Reuters)