8 AUG 2014

A day in photos

The sky in Takhli, a dance at Don Mueang and a rally in Yangon are among featured events on Aug 8, 2014.

 
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A day in photos
A fleet of L-39 jet fighters are taken to the skies over Air Wing 4 in Takhli district, Nakhon Sawan, as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations. (Photo by Krit Promsaka na Sakolnakorn)
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THAI Smile crew dance as the airline celebrates its return of some flights from Suvarnabhumi to Don Mueang airports. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
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Pornphet Vichitcholchai, a legal adviser of the military regime, is voted the National Legislative Assembly president in an uncontested race. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
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Girls wearing high-school student uniforms hold four wreaths as a crowd marches with wreaths and flags during a rally to mark the 26th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in Yangon. The Aug 8, 1988, known as '8888 Uprising', marked the start of protests by students in Yangon. (EPA photo)
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Sam Rainsy (right), leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, and his deputy Kem Sokha (left) attend a meeting at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh. The elected lawmakers of the opposition party ended their one-year boycott and took the seats in parliament. (EPA/Cambodia National Assembly photo)
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South Korean soldiers listen to a special lecture on human rights at an infantry division in Goyang. The lecture was ordered by the defence minister for the entire South Korean servicemen, after the death of an army conscript who was repeatedly bullied and assaulted by senior comrades. (EPA photo)
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Liberian women pray for God's intervention to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, on a street corner in Monrovia. Liberia's president has declared a state of emergency in an attempt to stop the outbreak. (EPA photo)
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Parasols line the water's edge along San Antonio beach, reserving spots for sunbathers, in Cullera, Valencia, Spain. (EPA photo)
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People queue under the rain to get in the Louvre Museum in Paris. (AFP photo)
A day in photos
A selection of Shaun the Sheep figures, decorated by artists and celebrities, are displayed by creator Nick Park in Parliament Square, central London on Aug 7, 2014. Sixty of the sheep figures are set to be placed around London and Bristol in March 2015. (AFP photo)