September 2, 2015

Vietnamese school children perform dances during a military parade in Hanoi, to mark the 70th anniversary of independence from France.

Activists of a trade union group stop motorcyclists to keep vehicles off the road during a daylong nationwide strike in the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar. Ten central trade unions staged a protest against changes in labor laws and privatisation of Public Sector Undertaking’s (PSU) by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
 

A woman sells an ice cream in the shape of executed Japanese war criminal Hideki Tojo at an ice cream store in Shanghai, China, to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Migrants crowd the deck of the Norwegian Siem Pilot ship sailing along the Mediterranean sea.
The Siem Pilot is carrying hundreds of migrants rescued in several operations in the Mediterranean sea, to the Italian Port of Cagliari.
 

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-18M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Russian rocket carries Kazakhstan's cosmonaut Aydyn Aimbetov, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Denmark's astronaut Andreas Mogensen.

ក្រុម​កីឡាករ​បេតង់​ កំពុង​ហ្វឹកហាត់​សម្រាប់​ការ​ប្រកួត​ ឯស្តាត​អូឡាំពិក​​ ក្នុង​រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៤ ខែ​សីហា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៧។ ក្រុម​កីឡាករ​កម្ពុជា​ នឹង​ចូលរួម​ប្រកួតកីឡា​ស៊ីហ្គេម​លើកទី ២៩​ នា​​​ទីក្រុង​គូឡាឡាំពួ​ ប្រទេស​ម៉ាឡេស៊ី​ នា​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៧។ ក្រុម​កីឡាករ​កម្ពុជា​ នឹង​ចូលរួម​ប្រកួតកីឡា​ស៊ីហ្គេម​លើកទី ២៩​ នា​​​ទីក្រុង​កូឡាឡាំពួ​ ប្រទេស​ម៉ាឡេស៊ី​ នា​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​ខែសីហា​នេះ។ (រិទ្ធី គីមហេង/ VOA)

A man climbs on a road sign pole to escape the water from a tidal bore which surged past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept. 1, 2015.

An undated handout photo from the RSPCA shows a giant woolly sheep on the outskirts of Canberra as Australian animal welfare officers put out an urgent appeal for shearers after finding the sheep with wool so overgrown its life was in danger.

More than 700 new French police officers stand at attention during a ceremony at the Police Prefecture in Paris.

London's skyscraper, nicknamed the Walkie Talkie, has won the annual Carbuncle Cup, awarded to a building judged to be the UK's worst.