Syrian refugees, Swimming World Championships, camel ride on the beach | Aug. 4
The day in photos from around the world.
- Rowers practice for the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships on Rodrigo de Freitas lake in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. The head of the governing body of world rowing says he will ask for viral testing at the rowing venue for next year’s Rio Olympics, and says he expects all other water sports in Rio to follow suit. The move comes after an Associated Press investigation last week showed a serious health risk to Olympic athletes who will compete at water venues around Rio that are rife with human waste and sewage. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
- Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Stocks are mostly higher in early trading as investors focus on the latest earnings and deal news. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
- Migrants line up as the wait for a food ration distributed by the Banque Alimentaire of Calais at a camp in northern France, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. The European Union is offering funds and aid to help France cope with growing numbers of migrants near the northern city of Calais. It comes as thousands of migrants have been scaling fences near the Channel Tunnel linking the two countries and boarding freight trains or trucks destined for Britain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
- Migrants line up as the wait for a food ration distributed by the Banque Alimentaire of Calais at a camp in northern France, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. The European Union is offering funds and aid to help France cope with growing numbers of migrants near the northern city of Calais. It comes as thousands of migrants have been scaling fences near the Channel Tunnel linking the two countries and boarding freight trains or trucks destined for Britain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
- A model displays creations during a fashion show at the India International Jewelry Week in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
- A migrant shelters from rain as he waits to disembark from Italian Coast Guard ship Oreste Corsi, at the Messina harbor in Sicily, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Italys Coast Guard rescued 306 migrants on Tuesday, and took them safely to land in Messina as the migrants death toll for 2015 reached in August over 2000 victims, and IOM called the Channel of Sicily the deadliest route for migrants in search of a better life. (AP Photo/Carmelo Imbesi)
- People carry food and water past a tractor stuck in mud, stones and debris that were piled in a flood in the mountain village of Sipkovica, just above the town of Tetovo, in northwestern Macedonia, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. A small number of people including children have died in floods that erupted after an hour of heavy torrential rains and strong winds that hit Tetovo and northwestern region of Macedonia late on Monday.
- A Syrian refugee boy carries his younger brother back to their tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
- Palestinian farmers work at their family’s cucumber farm in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
- In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, fighters against Shiite rebels known as Houthis stand on their armored vehicles on a road leading to Al-Anad base near Aden in the southern province of Lahej, Yemen. Pro-government troops seized the base from Shiite rebels on Monday, military officials said. The capture of Al-Anad was a significant victory for the forces allied to Yemen’s exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in their battle to reverse the gains of Houthis. (AP Photo/Wael Qubady)
- A Pakistani family enjoy a camel ride at the Karachi beach, in Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015 in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
- Ginger Huber of the United States competes during the women’s 20 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)
- Italy’s Federica Pellegrini sticks out her tongue after a women’s 200m freestyle semifinal at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
- Anna Natascha Bader of Germany competes during the women’s 20 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)
- South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh celebrates after setting a new World Record in a men’s 50m breaststroke heat at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
- A girl swims to escape a heat in front of a large cutout that raises awareness on water shortage, at the Han River Park in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. A heat wave warning was issued in Seoul as temperatures soared above 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 Farenheit). (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
- Pope Francis, wearing a red scarf, has a light moment as he leaves St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after an audience with with Altar boys and girls Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)