Birdman competition, Jason Day wins PGA championship, California fires | August 16
The day in photos around the world.
- Competitors in fancy dress jump off Worthing Pier in West Sussex, Southern England on August 16, 2015, during the annual international birdman competition, a flight contest for human-powered flying machines held each summer. (Justin Tallis/Getty Images)
- Daughter of Indian civilian Sarpanch Karamat Hussain who was killed in Pakistani shelling mourns at Balakot sector in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Sunday, Aug.16, 2015. Indian and Pakistani troops traded heavy gunfire and mortar rounds for a seventh day Sunday along the highly militarized line of control dividing the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir between the two archrivals, officials said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
- Migrants board a boat to the Greek island of Kos on early August 16, 2015 off the shore of Bodrum, southwest Turkey. Authorities on the island of Kos have been so overwhelmed that the government sent a ferry to serve as a temporary centre to issue travel documents to Syrian refugees — among some 7,000 migrants stranded on the island of about 30,000 people. The early hours are the safest time for migrants travelling from Turkey to the Greek islands just across the water, which have seen a huge influx of refugees escaping the civil war in Syria and chaos in Afghanistan since the beginning of this year. (Bulent Kilic/Getty Images)
- Former President Jimmy Carter reaches to embrace his brother Billy’s widow Sybil while greeting family Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, following service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Carter’s nieces Mandy Flynn, left, and Jana Carter are also pictured. Sunday at church was emotional because it was the first time many members had seen Carter since his announcement that he has cancer. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
- A firefighter aircraft drops fire retardant at the Cabin Fire in the Angeles National Forest on August 15, 2015 north of Azusa, California. The fire has grown to 2,500 acres with 0 percent containment under heat wave conditions. (David McNew/Getty Images)
- Jason Day, of Australia, cries after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
- Jason Day, of Australia, kisses the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
- Jordan Spieth walks along the 11th hole during the fourth round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
- Ada Conde, right, and Ivonne Alvarez, left, kiss their daughter Adita Alvarez during a mass same-sex wedding in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. Over 60 couples from around the region gathered in Puerto Ricos capital to exchange vows at a same-sex marriage ceremony. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
- Fireworks from Nagaoka City, Japan, explode over Ford Island to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
- A boy takes a shower after bathing in the Dead Sea, near the West Bank city of Jericho, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. The region experienced another heat wave with temperatures in reaching well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some areas. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
- People dressed as tigers take part in a traditional parade to ask for rain and plenty crops, in Chilapa, Guerrero State, Mexico, on August 15, 2015. (Pedro Pardo/Getty Images)
- A competitor jumps off Worthing Pier in West Sussex, Southern England on August 16, 2015, during the annual international birdman competition, a flight contest for human-powered flying machines held each summer. (Justin Tallis/Getty Images)
- A competitor jump off Worthing Pier in West Sussex, Southern England on August 16, 2015, during the annual international birdman competition, a flight contest for human-powered flying machines held each summer. (Justin Tallis/Getty Images)
- Competitors in fancy dress jump off Worthing Pier in West Sussex, Southern England on August 16, 2015, during the annual international birdman competition, a flight contest for human-powered flying machines held each summer. (Justin Tallis/Getty Images)
- Morgan Barbancon Mestre of Spain reacts on her horse Painted Black during the Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle individual competition on Day 5 of the FEI European Equestrian Championship 2015 on August 16, 2015 in Aachen, Germany. (Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images)
- Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo (R) and Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez compete during the Moto GP Czech Grand Prix in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 16, 2015. (Joe Klamer/Getty Images)
- Kids pose for a photo in front of the campaign bus of republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson after church services at Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church on August 16, 2015 in Des Moines , Iowa. Ben Carson attended Sunday church services before campaigning at the Iowa State Fair. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
- Young performers wear elaborate and colorful costumes as they prepare to dance and march in the annual Carnival parade along the Malecon seawall boulevard August 14, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. The origins of the Havana Carnival can be traced back to 1576 when freed slaves were given permission by the town council of Havana to participate in the procession of the Corpus Christi. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)