Indonesian Independence Day, More unrest in Ferguson, Campos Funeral in Brazil | August 16
The day in photos around the world.
- Civil rights activist Al Sharpton speaks at the Greater St Mark Family Church about the need for long-term change as he discusses reactions to the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 17, 2014. The Ferguson police department has come under strong criticism for both the shooting and its handling of its aftermath. On Sunday U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a federal medical examiner to perform an autopsy, in addition to one being conducted by state medical examiners. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
- Sam’s Meat Market & More employee Steve Sumad rubs his neck as he surveys damage caused by looters the night before in Ferguson, Missouri, August 16, 2014. Tensions had temporarily cooled on Thursday night but by Friday evening, protesters were again swarming through a residential and retail district in the small town outside St. Louis that has become the site of repeated clashes between protestors and police forces. The unrest erupted after Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, 28, shot and killed Brown shortly after noon last Saturday as Brown and a friend walked down a street that runs through an apartment complex where Brown’s grandmother lives. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
- Children play as they cool down in a fountain beside Manzanares river in Madrid August 17, 2014. (Javier Barbancho/Reuters)
- Participants react as they hold on to a greased pole during the “Panjat Pinang” event organised in celebration of Indonesia’s 69th Independence Day at Ancol Dreamland Park in Jakarta August 17, 2014. The annual event sees participants working together to reach the top of slippery poles where prizes are hung. (Beawiharta/Reuters)
- Indonesian Air Force planes fly past the National Monument to mark the country’s 69th Independence Day celebration in Jakarta August 17, 2014. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters)
- Thousands of pro-Beijing protesters gather to march in the streets to demonstrate against a pro-democracy Occupy Central campaign in Hong Kong August 17, 2014. Tens of thousands gathered in sweltering heat in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against a pro-democracy campaign that has threatened to shut down the city’s financial district, exposing a deepening rift over political reforms in the former British colony. (Tyronne Siu/Reuters)
- Supporters visit the coffin containing the remains of the late Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos during his wake inside the Pernambuco Government Palace in Recife, August 17, 2014. The Brazilian Socialist Party plans to launch environmentalist Marina Silva as its presidential candidate next week, replacing party leader Campos who was killed in a plane crash, a senior party official said on Saturday. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)
- Supporters accompany a fire truck carrying the coffin of the late Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos towards a cemetery for burial in Recife, August 17, 2014. Tens of thousands of Brazilians gathered on Sunday in the northeastern city of Recife to bid farewell to presidential candidate Campos, killed in a plane crash four days ago, as debate swirled about the impact of his death on the October election. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)
- Palestinian children, who were displaced from their homes by fighting between Hamas and Israel, look through a window into a classroom where other displaced children were celebrating some of their birthdays at a UN school in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on August 17, 2014. Israel warned it would not countenance any long-term truce deal that did not answer its security needs as Gaza ceasefire talks resumed in Cairo. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP Getty)
- Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa (L) and Yamaha Factory Racing’s Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo compete during the Moto GP race at Czech Grand Prix on August 17, 2014, in Brno. (Michal Cizek/AFP Getty)
- A clown prepares to take part in a Clown Festival in Kuala Lumpur on August 17, 2014. Around 80 clowns from all over Malaysia took part in the event organised by the Association of Clowns Malaysia to provide a platform for clown education, acquiring new skills and offering members support. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Getty)
- A Bangladeshi youth dressed as the Hindu god Lord Krishna takes part in a procession during celebrations for the Janmashtami festival in Dhaka on August 17, 2014. The Hindu festival of Janmashtami which falls on August 17 in 2014 marks the birth of the Hindu god Lord Krishna. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP Getty)
- Demonstrators protest against the August 9 police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by holding their hands up while gathered on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri late on August 16, 2014. A crowd of some 200 demonstrators defied a curfew that came into effect in Ferguson early on August 17, days after police shot dead the unarmed black teen, triggering a wave of rioting. (Joshua Lott/AFP Getty)
- Demonstrators protesting the August 9 police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown react as police fire tear gas on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri early on August 17, 2014. A crowd of some 200 demonstrators defied a curfew that came into effect in Ferguson early on August 17, days after police shot dead the unarmed black teen, triggering a wave of rioting. (Joshua Lott/AFP Getty)
- Demonstrators protest Michael Brown’s murder August 16, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain Ronald Johnson imposed a 12am curfew for demonstrators continuing to protest the the killing of Brown, who was shot and killed last week by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson after being suspected in taking part in a robbery at a convenience store. (Joshua Lott/AFP Getty)
- Locals stand at a market in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on August 16, 2014. The death toll from an Ebola outbreak that began at the start of the year stands at 1,145 in four afflicted west African countries: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. Kailahun, the traditional home of around 30,000 mainly Mende tribespeople, and Kenema account for the lion’s share of Sierra Leone’s 810 cases and 384 deaths. (Carl De Souza/AFP Getty)
- Jockey of the Contrada of Owl, Andrea Mari (R) and others compete during the “Palio” horse race on August 16, 2014 in Siena. The Palio medieval race is held twice a year in Siena with jockeys riding bareback around a makeshift race course set up in the city’s central square. (Fabio Muzzi/AFP Getty)
- An Iraqi Yazidi woman, who fled her home when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, looks at her baby as they rest inside a building under construction where they found refuge on the outskirts of the Kurdish city of Dohuk, in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, on August 16, 2014. According to the human rights non-governmental organisation Amnesty International some 200,000 people have escaped to safety in Iraq’s Kurdish region. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP Getty)
- Workers prepare the new Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Ebola treatment center on August 17, 2014 near Monrovia, Liberia. The facility initially has 120 beds, making it the largest such center for Ebola treatment and isolation in history, and MSF plans to expand it to a 350-bed capacity. Tents at the center were provided by UNICEF. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four African countries, and Liberia now has had more deaths than any other country. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
- A Liberian burial team wearing protective clothing loads the body of a 60-year-old Ebola victim after retrieving him from his home on August 17, 2014 near Monrovia, Liberia. The epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four African countries, and Liberia now has had more deaths than any other country. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
- A worshipper lies on the floor after falling into a trance during a Candomble ceremony on August 17, 2014 in Cachoeira, Brazil. Candomble is an Afro-Brazilian religion whose practitioners often fall into trances during ceremonies and believe they have become possessed by gods, or orixas. The roots of the religion came to Brazil via African slaves while eventually incorporating elements of Catholicism. The state of Bahia received at least 1.2 million slaves from Africa and remains the most African of Brazilian states, where blacks make up around 80 percent of the population. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
- In this handout image provided by the Committee for the 2014 Papal Visit to Korea, The faithful greet Pope Francis upon his arrival for the 6th Asian Youth Day on August 17, 2014 in Haemi, South Korea. Pope Francis is visiting South Korea from August 14 to August 18. This trip is the third trip abroad for the pope following Brazil and the Middle East. This is the third pontifical visit to South Korea. (Photo by Committee for the 2014 Papal Visit to Korea via Getty Images)
- Police fire tear gas at demonstrators protesting the shooting of Michael Brown after they refused to honor the midnight curfew on August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. The curfew was imposed on Saturday in an attempt to reign in the violence that has erupted nearly every night in the suburban St. Louis town since the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)