PHOTOS OF THE DAY | Singapore’s National Day
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Aug 10
People watching the mobile column moving along Commonwealth Avenue West. As part of Singapore’s National Day celebrations in 2025, the mobile column made pit stops in the Singapore heartland for the first time.
ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
Aug 9
Fireworks exploding over Marina Bay, as seen from Marina Bay Sands’ SkyPark Observation Deck, during the finale of the National Day Parade at the Padang.
ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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Aug 7
A cable wakeboard athlete carrying the World Games torch during the opening ceremony of The World Games Chengdu 2025 in Chengdu, China.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Aug 6
Volunteers pushing paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River past the Atomic Bomb Dome (right) to mark the 80th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima, Japan.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 5
Tourists sitting on the beach as smoke from the wildfires in France’s Aude department darkened the sky over the Mediterranean coast in Banyuls-sur-Mer. A blaze that began in Ribaute that same day burned 4,000ha of forest and scrubland within hours before reaching Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, where homes were destroyed.
PHOTO: AFP
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Aug 9
The sturgeon moon, so named because of the abundance of the fish in late summer, rising over Galata Tower in Istanbul.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 5
An overflowing hillside drain spilling water onto a street in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong as the city faced the highest-tier rainstorm warning for the fourth time in eight days.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 5
Palestinian women searching the sand for legumes or rice in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
PHOTO: AFP
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Aug 9
Displaced Palestinians raiding a truck carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 8
Jinny Lu the pug with her owner before winning second place in the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, California. The world-renowned annual event celebrates the imperfections that make all dogs special and unique.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
