Floods, festivals and the prophet Muhammad’s birthday: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • Lisbon, Portugal

    Police officers survey the site of a furnicular crash in which 17 people were killed

    Two police officers standing in front of a derailed funicular carriage blocking the end of a street
  • Chaman, Pakistan

    Afghan refugees await deportation at a holding centre near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

    Children sit on top of a brightly coloured lorry full of personal belongings with a tent in the foreground
  • Ansariyeh, Lebanon

    The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes

    A man is seen though a damaged window frame standing in a burnt-out workshop with smouldering rubble in the background
  • Dharamshala, India

    Clouds envelop the Himalayan township of McLeodganj

    A hilltop town with clouds just below it on all sides
  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Dancers perform on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival

    Dancers in traditional costume and headpieces surrounded by a large crowd of spectators
  • Sana’a, Yemen

    People gather in Sabeen Square to mark the prophet Muhammad’s birthday

    A large crowd of people, many carrying green flags, gathered in front of a mosque
  • Gujrat, Pakistan

    A street flooded by monsoon rains

    People wade through knee-deep floodwater on an urban street, two of them pushing motorbikes
  • Chennai, India

    Students perform a traditional dance during Onam, the annual harvest festival

    Women standing in a circle and facing outwards performing a dance as others watch
  • Jerusalem

    Palestinian families walk through the streets of the Muslim quarter during celebrations to mark the prophet Muhammad’s birthday

    A woman and a young child stand in an ornate doorway as others walk past
  • Erbil, Iraq

    People flock to the citadel for celebrations to mark the prophet Muhammad’s birthday

    An aerial shot of a crowd of people in a park making their way up to a citadel behind them
  • Hong Kong, China

    Preparations for the city’s inaugural international hot-air balloon festival

    A crowd look on as hot-air balloons prepare for take off against a backdrop of the city skyline
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