August 6, 2015

Children float paper lanterns in the Motoyasu River where hundreds of thousands of atomic bombing victims died with the backdrop of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan. Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Bao Lanfang, second from right, whose daughter-in-law, son, and granddaughter were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, kneels in grief while speaking to journalists outside the company's offices in Beijing, China.

Commuters cross the River Thames on the Millennium footbridge as a tube strike hits the morning rush hour in the city of London. Millions of Londoners were forced to walk, cycle or take packed buses to work as Underground staff staged a second strike in a month over plans to run trains all night at weekends. London Underground staff walked out yesterday evening and will not return until the morning of August 7, causing a shutdown of all 11 lines on the subway network and severely disrupting the capital.

Migrants swim while others climb onto a rescue dinghy, waiting for rescuers on the scene of the capsizing and sinking of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean sea off Libya. The Italian coast guard and Irish navy said at least 367 people were saved, although 25 bodies also were found. Many other are feared to have died during the capsizing of the fishing boat in the latest human smuggling tragedy. (Credit: Italian Navy)

Ant species of Hong Kong are displayed at the Hong Kong University (HKU). The world's first ever ant map showing the distribution of different species of the tiny industrious insects from around the globe was launched by Hong Kong University.

One of the sites most visited by tourists is Geiranger fjord, in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. (Photo taken by Maung Maung Myint)

Cosplayers pose for a photo during the Gamescom fair in Cologne, Germany.

A plane takes off from Key West International Airport, Florida, USA, at sunrise.

Argentina's River Plate players and staff hold the trophy aloft while they celebrate winning the the Copa Libertadores final soccer match against Mexico's Tigres in Buenos Aires, Argentina. River defeated Tigres 3-0 and became the tournament champion.

Mariah Carey, right, and her son Moroccan Cannon pose during a ceremony honoring Carey with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles,USA, Aug. 5, 2015.

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust. (Image Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulson Laboratory)