29 AUG 2014

A day in photos

A plea for sympathy from a stolen car owner and one of the world’s most couple tying the knot are among the featured events of Aug 29, 2014.

 
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A day in photos
Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha offers alms to monks at a ceremony to mark the 28th anniversary of the army's head office on Ratchadamnoen Avenue. The compound was once the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy before it was moved to Nakhon Nayok province. The army chief called the place his second home. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
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Kriengsak Rawetchom shows a banner with a message to the thief who stole his car in front of his food shop in Muang district, Phitsanulok province. It reads: ''Dear thief, you should have taken my wife instead. Please return the car to me...I'm in debt. (Photo by Chinnawat Singha)
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Floods hit Moo 2 village in Pong district, Phayao province. Heavy rain ravaged several villages in the northern province where warnings of flash floods had been issued. (Photo by Sai-arun Pinaduang)
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Azman Mokhtar, managing director of Khazanah Nasional, gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian Airline System will eliminate 6,000 jobs as the national carrier restructures. (Bloomberg photo)
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Myanmar female cadets march during the graduation ceremony for the first batch of female military cadets at the military officers training school in Hmawbi, Yangon, on Aug 28. Myanmar Army recruited female cadets at the Defence Services Academy for the first time in 50 years.(EPA/Myawaddy Daily photo)
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A model poses while donning a space suit at the Luminox Space Roadshow in Singapore which features special timepieces designed for pilots and passengers of the XCOR Lynx Mark II space shuttle. XCOR Aerospace will begin commercial flights of its two-seater suborbital Lynx space plane next year. (AFP photo)
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A huge smoke billows from Mount Tavurvu after an eruption in Kokopo, east New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The volcanic eruption has led to nearby communities being evacuated and some international flights being diverted. (AP Photo/Jason Tassell photo)
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Supporters of the Shi'ite Houthi perform the weekly Friday prayers during an anti-government rally in Sanaa. Talks on forming a new Yemeni government collapsed on Sunday over demands by Shi'ite Muslim Houthis to restore fuel subsidies. (Reuters photo)
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Indian Hindu devotees perform prayers in front of an idol of the Hindu god Lord Ganesha in Amritsar on the occasion of the start of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The religious festival runs this year from Aug 29 to Sept 8 and culminates with the immersion of the idols in the Arabian Sea and local water bodies. (AFP photo)
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A wax model of actress Angelina Jolie is fitted with a bridal veil by Sydney's Madame Tussauds employee Zoe Walton, next to a wax model of actor Brad Pitt, in celebration of their recent marriage. (Reuters photo)