Day in Photos: National Guard Patrols Washington, Air Balloon Accident, Clashes In South Africa
Members of the National Guard patrol at Union Station in Washington, on Aug. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Members of the National Guard patrol at Union Station in Washington, on Aug. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Day in Photos: National Guard Patrols Washington, Air Balloon Accident, Clashes In South Africa

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A firefighter stands near a truck as a wildfire threatens Benvende village, in Trancoso, Portugal, on Aug. 14, 2025. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images
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An entrance to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ahead of the Aug. 15 scheduled meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 14, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images
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College students pose with their faces painted in the colors of the Indian national flag on the eve of the country's Independence Day in Chennai, India, on Aug. 14, 2025. R. Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images
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Dutch police stand at the scene of a hot air balloon accident following a crash that caused one death and several injuries, near De Hoeve, Netherlands, on Aug. 14, 2025. Jilmer Postma/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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Traders sell vegetables at a local market in Guiglo, Ivory Coast, on Aug. 14, 2025. Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, on Aug. 14, 2025. They are joined by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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A firefighter from North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue patrols smoldering heathland near Fylingdales, England, on Aug. 14, 2025. Crews continue to battle the fire, which was first reported on Langdale Moor near RAF Fylingdales on Monday evening. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the garden of 10 Downing Street in central London on Aug. 14, 2025. Ben Stansall/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A member of the Special Police Unit (UEP) performs a demonstration during a ceremony marking the 16th anniversary of the UEP in Dili, East Timor, on Aug. 14, 2025. Valentino Dariell De Sousa/AFP via Getty Images
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Visitors sleep outside under the “Grand Ring” overnight after a power outage abruptly shut down the Osaka Metro line linking the city to the 2025 Osaka Expo site, in Osaka, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2025. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images
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A university student practicing scuba diving prepares for a flag-raising ceremony to mark the country's 80th Independence Day at Krueng Raya beach, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on Aug. 14, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays a shot from a bunker on the fourth hole during the first round of the BMW Championship 2025 at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md., on Aug. 14, 2025. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
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Rescuers inspect the site of a flash flood at a village in Kishtwar district, India, on Aug. 14, 2025. At least 46 people were killed when powerful torrents driven by intense rain smashed into a Himalayan mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir, a top disaster management official told AFP. Imran Shah/AFP via Getty Images
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Chilean presidential candidate Johannes Kaiser of the Libertarian National party greets supporters during the official registration of his candidacy at the Electoral Service of Chile (Servel) offices in Santiago, on Aug. 14, 2025. Raul Bravo/AFP via Getty Images
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Pakistan's national flag is carried during the country's independence day celebrations in front of the historic Qila Bala Hisar in Peshawar, on Aug. 14, 2025. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images
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A man cycles past a minibus taxi that was set alight, the day after gunmen killed a ride-hailing driver in the latest violence between online operators and traditional taxi and minibus drivers, near the Maponya mall in Soweto, South Africa, on Aug. 14, 2025. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images
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Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter poses with 6-year-old Zeus (L) and 3-month-old Xcell Saint Bernard rescue dogs during her visit to the Barryland museum in Martigny, Switzerland, on Aug. 14, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
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A cloud of smog hovers over Lebanon's capital, Beirut, on Aug. 14, 2025. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images
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A Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737 plane passes storm clouds as it comes in for a landing at Sydney International Airport during sunset in Sydney, on Aug. 14, 2025. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images
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A Syrian coppersmith uses a hammer to form patterns on a large container inside a workshop in Damascus, on Aug. 14, 2025. Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images
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Tall ships are moored at the Neuer Hafen (New Port) basin during the “SAiL Bremerhaven 2025” maritime event in Bremerhaven, Germany, on Aug. 14, 2025. Focke Strangmann/AFP via Getty Images