August 8, 2014

Kurdish peshmerga troops are deployed against Islamic State militants in Khazer.

Displaced Palestinians stand in the hallway of a U.N. school where families are taking refuge during the war, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

Heavy rain caused flooding along the banks of the Ganga River in Allahabad, India.

Supporters gather in support of Turkey's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. 

Pakistani workers make a huge national flag for the celebration of Independence Day in Karachi.  Pakistan will celebrate its Independence Day on August 14.

Syrian refugees, fleeing the recent fighting in Arsal, wait by trucks in Majdel Anjar in the Bekaa valley, near the Lebanese border with Syria. The refugees, who had sought shelter in Arsal, were attempting to head back to Syria; however, they say Syrian authorities at the border rejected them until further investigation to verify their identities and statuses.

Samir Hineidi, of Fairfax, Virginia, left, and a demonstrator who chose not to be identified, participate in a Middle East demonstration outside the White House in Washington.

러시아 모스크바 거리에 성탄절과 새해를 축하하기 위한 장식이 설치됐다.

A man wearing traditional Serbian clothing is surrounded by a band during the 54th annual brass band festival in the Serbian village of Guca.

Balloons rise into the sky at the International Balloon Fiesta near Bristol in western England.

Women shop at a stall selling Rakhis, traditional Indian sacred threads, at a market in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

People share a meal under umbrellas at the Augsburg Peace Festival in Augsburg, southern Germany.  The festival is celebrated every year on August 8 and is a public holiday.

Powerlifter Ivan Savkin pulls a train with several carriages, weighing 120 tons in total, in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivosotk.

A family runs around the "Bird's Nest", also known as the National Olympic Stadium, during a night running party to mark the six-year anniversary since the Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing.

A boat commutes across the Mekong river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Mekong is the world's 12th longest river running from the Tibetan Plateau through China's Yunnan province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.