The President goes for a ride, Julian Bond memorial, the World Athletics Championships in China | August 22
The day in photos around the world.
- U.S. Spencer Stone waves as he leaves the police station in Arras, northern France, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. A gunman prepared to open fire with an automatic weapon on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris Friday, wounding several people before being subdued by passengers, officials said. Spencer Stone is one of the passengers credited with subduing the gunman. (Virginia Mayo/Associated Press)
- Britain’s Mo Farah reacts after winning the mens 10,000m final at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (David J. Phillip/Associated Press)
- Germany’s Christina Schwanitz celebrates after winning the gold medal in the final of the women’s shot put at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)
- Britain’s Mo Farah celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s 10000m World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)
- Jamaica’s Usain Bolt gestures before starting round one of the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015 (Andy Wong/Associated Press)
- Competitors race in a first round heat of the men’s 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Wong Maye-E/Associated Press)
- Russia’s Georgiy Gorokhov makes a clearance during the mens pole vault qualification at the World Athletic Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)
- Performers dance during the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Wong Maye-E/Associated Press)
- Participants wait to enter the arena for the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Kin Cheung/Associated Press)
- The ball gets away from Dominican Republic’s Emmanuel Rodriguez (13) during a run down between third and home of Australia’s Mark Natta, left, during the first inning of an International elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. Natta retreated to third safely on the error. Australia won 3-0. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)
- The Pittsburgh Pirates celebrate with Starling Marte #6 after hitting a solo walk off home run in the ninth inning during the game against the San Francisco Giants at PNC Park on August 22, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
- Benjamin Levett, 6, runs his hands through the Civil Rights Memorial fountain during a memorial to honor civil rights leader Julian Bond held by the Southern Poverty Law Center on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, in Montgomery, Ala. Bond died on Aug. 15, 2015, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, at 75. (Albert Cesare /The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
- An Indian family sail through a flood-affected area in Xandohkhaitee village, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Gauhati, India , Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. State authorities say that monsoon flooding has nearly 200,000 people to leave their homes and take shelter in state-run tents this week. The area is prone to flooding during the June-to-September monsoon season. (Anupam Nath/Associated Press)
- Chinese troops practice marching ahead of a Sept. 3 military parade at a camp on the outskirts of Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. China is ramping up publicity for its upcoming World War II military parade that will feature 12,000 soldiers and 500 pieces of military equipment, but officials still aren’t saying which other countries are taking part in the spectacle. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)
- Members of the 4th Virginia Stonewall Brigade Civil War reenactment group take turns firing their muskets Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, during the First Annual Family Fun and History Days at Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum in Winchester, Va. (Scott Mason /The Winchester Star via AP)
- An Iowa State Trooper removes a protester from the stage as Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
- Monarch Caterpillars sit on a milkweed plant at the Barkley Regional Airportís viewing garden on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, in Paducah, Ky. In roughly one to two weeks the caterpillars will emerge as beautiful monarch butterflies. (Ellen OíNan/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Horses kick up sand in Race 7, the IPrint Carlyon Stakes during Melbourne racing at Moonee Valley racecourse on August 22, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)
- Ellsworth, a 5 year old black lab, excitedly anticipates the throw as Harper Bennett, 3, plays with him at the YMCA’s annual Doggie Dip event at the Dunigan Family Y in Evansville, Ind. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. Harper’s dad Matt Bennett is at left. (Darrin Phegley/Courier & Press via AP)
- Firefighters hose the edge of a controlled fire along a driveway being used as a fire break between houses and the main fire Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, in Okanogan, Wash. Out-of-control blazes in north-central Washington have destroyed buildings, but the situation is so chaotic that authorities have “no idea” how many homes may have been lost. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
- A McLennan county bomb expert pulls out equipment while standing next to a unidentified ice chest and luggage, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, in Waco, Texas. Law enforcement officers cleared portions of downtown Waco during a biker rally in protest of the handling of the Twin Peaks restaurant shooting. Nine people were killed and twice as many injured in what authorities say was an apparent confrontation May 17 between two rival motorcycle gangs. The robot found no hazardous materials. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP)
- A soldier tries a cartoons character’s costume on during a rehearsal for the Independence Day military parade in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Efrem Lukatsky/Associated Press)
- McMurry University student Jordan McQuerry, from Wichita Falls, Texas, gets a “shaving cream hairdo” during McMurry’s “Slime Olympics,” part of the school’s freshman welcome week events, on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. (Tommy Metthe/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)
- A Syrian refugee sits on the ground next to her child to escape the heat trapped inside their tent, at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)
- Katie Schmitz, 56, of Phoenix (left) and Regina Meyers, 59, of Harford County, were among protesters Saturday at the Planned Parenthood center in Towson during nationwide demonstrations against the organization. (Jessica Anderson/Baltimore Sun)
- A boy plays in a fountain on the South Bank on August 22, 2015 in London, England. Weather in the capital is expected to reach 30 degrees today, with heavy rain moving in towards the end of the weekend. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
- The first family, including U.S. President Barack Obama, bike ride August 22, 2015 in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP-Getty Images)
- Parachuters fly over Lakota West’s football field Saturday, Aug. 21, 2015, during the funeral service in West Chester, Ohio, for Army Master Sgt. Corey Hood. Hood, 32, a Lakota West graduate and member of the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team, died Aug. 16 following a performance at the Chicago Air and Water Show. (Madison Schmidt/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)