August 19, 2014

A Kashmiri fisherman rows his Shikara, or traditional boat, during sunset at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India.

Local performers display dragon lanterns during a media preview of the upcoming mid-autumn festival in Singapore.

A Ukrainian soldier gives sweets to children in Popasna, Lugansk region, recently freed by Ukrainian forces from pro-Russia militants.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces stand guard near the town of Makhmur, south of Irbil, after the Islamic State militants withdrawal, Aug. 18, 2014.

A tornado is seen approaching the costal city of Genoa, in Northern Italy.

Japan's Self-Defense Force armored vehicles flare up a smoke screen during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo.

A boy rows a makeshift raft through the flooded areas of Lakhimpur district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Aug. 18, 2014.

C. J. Hobgood of the U.S. rides a wave during the 14th edition of the Billabong Pro Tahiti surf event in Teahupoo, Tahiti, Aug. 18, 2014.

A woman sits in a beach chair in Sellin on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, northeastern Germany.