Migrants arrive in Greece, strike in Ecuador, PGA Championship | August 13
The day in photos around the world.
- Migrants family members hug each other after successfully arriving at a coast on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey, in the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, early Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Greece has become the main gateway to Europe for tens of thousands of refugees and economic migrants, mainly Syrians fleeing war, as fighting in Libya has made the alternative route from north Africa to Italy increasingly dangerous. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
- Angelique Kerber, of Germany, hits a return to Simona Halep, of Romania, during the Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
- Tiger Woods walks to the 14th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
- Brian Gaffney hits a drive on the 11th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
- Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits out of some water on the fifth hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
- A Nepalese woman wipes her son’s tears after yelling at him for playing in dirt at a camp for the earthquake affected in Chuchepati, Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Aug 13, 2015. More than seven thousand earthquake-affected people are living in 970 tents in this camp that has only 35 toilets. The earthquake in April killed some 8,900 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of houses. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
- An Iraqi woman grieves at the scene of a bomb attack in Jameela market in the Iraqi capital’s crowded Sadr City neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in the early morning hours on Thursday, killing dozens of people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
- An Iraqi boy working for a grocery store collects his vegetables after a truck bomb attack in Jameela market in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. The massive truck bomb ripped through the popular Baghdad food market in the Iraqi capital’s crowded neighborhood in the early morning hours on Thursday, killing tens of people, police officials said, in one of the deadliest single blasts in the capital in years. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
- A migrant girl looks towards the see as they arrive on a dinghy at the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, after crossing from Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Greece has become the main gateway to Europe for tens of thousands of refugees and economic migrants, mainly Syrians fleeing war, as fighting in Libya has made the alternative route from north Africa to Italy increasingly dangerous. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
- Migrants on a dinghy arrives at the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, after crossing from Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Greece has become the main gateway to Europe for tens of thousands of refugees and economic migrants, mainly Syrians fleeing war, as fighting in Libya has made the alternative route from north Africa to Italy increasingly dangerous. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
- Charles Severance, center, listens to his attorney during a pretrial hearing for his upcoming murder trial, Thursday, Aug., 13, 2015, in Fairfax, Va. Lawyers for Severance, charged with killing three Alexandria residents over a 10-year span, said Thursday their client is innocent and that his mental illness and paranoia made him the target of unfounded suspicions. At the pretrial hearing, lawyers for Severance won the right to tell jurors about Severance’s mental illness at his upcoming trial. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
- A man carries a girl in his arm as migrants arrive at a coast on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey in the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, during the sunrise early Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Greece has become the main gateway to Europe for tens of thousands of refugees and economic migrants, mainly Syrians fleeing war, as fighting in Libya has made the alternative route from north Africa to Italy increasingly dangerous. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
- An indigenous protester from the highlands stands at a burning roadblock along the Panamerican Highway during a general strike in the Chasqui area of Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A strike by a broad coalition upset with President Rafael Correa virtually paralyzed the capital, provincial cities and stretches of the Panamerican highway. The protesters are indigenous activists, unionists, environmentalists and members of the traditional political opposition. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
- A black and white image of Fidel Castro is propped up against a wall in an apartment building undergoing renovations in Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Castro marked his 89th birthday Thursday, with a newspaper column repeating assertions that the U.S. owes socialist Cuba ìnumerous millions of dollarsî for damages caused by a decades-long embargo. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
- An image of Fidel Castro hangs under a welcome message, in a butcher shop in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Castro marked his 89th birthday Thursday, with a newspaper column repeating assertions that the U.S. owes socialist Cuba ìnumerous millions of dollarsî for damages caused by a decades-long embargo. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
- An injured firefighter grimaces as he is examined in a hospital following explosions in northeastern China’s Tianjin municipality, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Chinese state media reported huge explosions at the Tianjin port late Wednesday. (Chinatopix Via AP)
- Charred remains of a warehouse and new cars are left burned after an explosion at a warehouse in northeastern China’s Tianjin municipality, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed many people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin, raising questions Thursday about whether the materials had been properly stored. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
- Smoke billows from the site of an explosion that reduced a parking lot filled with new cars to charred remains at a warehouse in northeastern China’s Tianjin municipality, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed many people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin, raising questions Thursday about whether the materials had been properly stored. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
- A man and a woman take photos of competitors of a ‘Tiger Streak’ at London Zoo where people run around a 300m course in the zoo in the nude to raise money for Tiger conservation projects, in London, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)