August 14, 2015

Family members of U.S. Embassy employees look out at the staging area before the start of a flag-raising ceremony, at the newly opened U.S. Embassy, in Havana, Cuba.

A woman places candles before a prayer ceremony for victims killed in the explosions Thursday at the Binhai new district, at Chaoyin Temple, Tianjin, China. The two huge blasts killed 56 people.

A girl, with her face painted in the tri-color Indian flag, smiles as she waits to perform during celebrations in a school on the eve of Independence Day in Jammu. India commemorates its independence in 1947 from British colonial rule on Saturday.

A fair-goer places a vote for U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. Candidates are addressing attendees at the Iowa State Fair on the Des Moines Register Presidential Soapbox stage.

Women mourn for their relatives at a memorial to those killed during the Georgian-Abkhazian war during a ceremony marking an anniversary of the conflict in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgian government forces fought Abkhaz separatists in 1992-1993, after which the breakaway territory declared independence.

Supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling United National Party run with a giant kite displaying the party colors and symbol ahead of the parliamentary election in Gampaha, east of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The election is scheduled to be held on Monday.

People hold placards during an anti-government rally near Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan. On the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II Abe expressed deep remorse over the war.

World War II Veterans Ray and Ellie Williams recreate the iconic Alfred Eisenstaedt "kiss" photograph in Times Square in New York City. The Williams, Navy veterans also celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary, recreated the kiss as part of a ceremony remembering the 70th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day.

Tibetan Buddhists and tourists view a huge Thangka, a religious silk embroidery displaying a Buddha portrait, during the Shoton Festival at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

A Saudi man sells dates from the back of his trucks during the first day of the Buraydah Dates Festival in Buraydah, 400 kms northwest Riyadh. The festival site covers an area of 300,000 square meters that can accommodate 2,000 trucks and cold-storage vehicles.

Former U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura pose with their new grand daughter Poppy Louise (R) and her sister Mila Hager, after their daughter Jenna Bush Hager gave birth in New York in a photo provided by the Office of George W. Bush.

A man reads a book at a street art gallery in Moscow, Russia.