03 September 2021 1 Min Read
Week in pictures
The Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, the Tokyo Paralympic Games, a gay pride parade in Germany, protesters in Bangkok, floods in New York, and more
in Life
August 28 — Ntando Mahlangu of Team SA competes in the men’s long jump final during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Mahlangu won gold.
Loading ...
- Picture: GETTY IMAGES/DEAN MOUHTANOPOULOS
- Sheryl James of SA celebrates winning bronze in the women's 400m final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, August 31 2021. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/ALEX PANTING
- Gold medallist Nicolas Pieter du Preez of SA celebrates on the podium. Picture: REUTERS/ISSEI KATO
- Monica Olivia Rodriguez Saavedra and guide Kevin Teodoro Aguilar Perez of Team Mexico react after winning the gold medal in the women's 1,500m at Olympic Stadium, August 30 2021. Picture: TASOS KATOPODIS/GETTY IMAGES
- Zheng Tao of Team China gets ready to compete in men's 50m backstroke, August 31 2021. Picture: LINTAO ZHANG/GETTY IMAGES
- Jonnie Peacock of Britain, centre, competes in the men's 100m final, August 30 2021. Picture: REUTERS/MOLLY DARLINGTON
- Oliver Hoerauf of Germany reacts after their goalball match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, August 30 2021. Picture: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER
- Rafik Mansouri of Algeria in action with Matt Scott of the US during the wheelchair basketball event, August 30 2021. Picture: REUTERS/MARKO DJURICA
- Gold medalist Felix Streng of Team Germany reacts after competing in the men's 100m race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, August 30 2021. Picture: ALEX DAVIDSON/GETTY IMAGES
- Isaac Leiva Avila of Guatemala in action during the men's shot put final at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, August 30 2021. Picture: REUTERS/MOLLY DARLINGTON
- Luis Costa of Team Portugal competes during the men's road race time trial at Fuji International Speedway in Tokyo, Japan, August 31 2021. Picture: DEAN MOUHTANOPOLOUS/GETTY IMAGES
- Alfredo de los Santos of the US and Gary O'Reilly of Ireland in action during the men's road race, in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Shizuoka, Japan, September 1 2021. Picture: REUTERS/LISI NIESNER
August 29 — A participant poses in the Christopher Street Day Gay Pride parade in Cologne, Germany, as 10,000 turned out to commemorate the first big uprising of gay people against police assaults in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1969.
Loading ...
August 29 — Antigovernment protesters flee a police water cannon with purple dye and teargas during a protest against the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand.
August 30 — Children dressed as Hindu Lord Krishna and goddess Radha participate in a procession during the festival of Janmashtami, marking the anniversary of the birth of Lord Krishna, in Srinagar, India, on Monday.
August 30 — Protesters march in front of 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin) in the City of London during an environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion demonstration, in London, Britain.
September 2 — Rescue teams pull local residents in a boat in Mamaroneck, New York, after Tropical Storm Ida brought drenching rain, flash floods and tornadoes to parts of the US northeast.
September 1 — A woman with an umbrella walks through a flooded street after heavy rains fell in New Delhi, India. Media company NDTV reported that Delhi received 112.1mm of rain in a day, the most in 12 years and a 19-year record for September.
August 30 — An US soldier plays football with recently arrived refugees from Afghanistan at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks, where they are being temporarily housed, in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
September 2 — Taliban forces stand guard in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- Taliban forces stand guard in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2 2021. Picture: REUTERS
- A US Marine checks a woman during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan. Picture: REUTERS/US MARINES
- Flag-draped coffins of service members killed in action are loaded onto a transport aircraft during a ramp ceremony at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27 2021. Picture: REUTERS/US CENTRAL COMMAND
- Taliban militants walk in front of a military aeroplane a day after the US troops withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 31 2021. Picture: REUTERS
- US soldiers leave Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30 2021. Picture: US ARMY/REUTERS
- Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30 2021. Picture: US ARMY/REUTERS
- Taliban forces stand guard at Karzai airport in Afghanistan, August 31 2021. Picture: REUTERS
- Afghan evacuees arrive at Pristina International Airport in Pristina, Kosovo, August 29 2021. Picture: REUTERS/FLORION GOGA