Winnipeg Free Press > FP News Gallery > Day in Photos: Aug. 15, 2012

  • A 15-day-old night monkey sits in a veterinarian's palm. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
  • MANAGUA - A nurse tends to paper work in the emergency ward in Managua, Nicaragua.
  • General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military on Monday assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Residents cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Images from around the world chosen by the photo desk at the Winnipeg Free Press.

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    Day in Photos: Aug. 15, 2012

  • A new born Asian elephant calf Anachli with her mother, at the official presentation at the Zoo in Berlin. Anachli was born on Sunday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

    A new born Asian elephant calf Anachli with her mother, at the official presentation at the Zoo in Berlin. Anachli was born on Sunday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Photo Store

  • Indians fly hundreds of kites from their rooftops, a common activity while celebrating Independence Day, near the Jama Masjid in New Delhi. India marked its 1947 independence from British colonial rule Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

    Indians fly hundreds of kites from their rooftops, a common activity while celebrating Independence Day, near the Jama Masjid in New Delhi. India marked its 1947 independence from British colonial rule Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) Photo Store

  • Japan's Emperor Akihito, right, and Empress Michiko bow before the main altar decorated with huge bank of chrysanthemums as they offer prayers for the war dead during a memorial service at Budokan Martial Arts Hall in Tokyo, marking the 67th anniversary of its World War II surrender. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

    Japan's Emperor Akihito, right, and Empress Michiko bow before the main altar decorated with huge bank of chrysanthemums as they offer prayers for the war dead during a memorial service at Budokan Martial Arts Hall in Tokyo, marking the 67th anniversary of its World War II surrender. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) Photo Store

  • Injured Syrian women arrive at a field hospital after an air strike hit their homes in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

    Injured Syrian women arrive at a field hospital after an air strike hit their homes in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra) Photo Store

  • Residents use makeshift floats as others cross a makeshift bridge built over a flooded road in suburban Pasig, east of Manila, Philippines. A second tropical storm in as many weeks battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday as forecasters warned that the still-reeling capital could see more flooding. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

    Residents use makeshift floats as others cross a makeshift bridge built over a flooded road in suburban Pasig, east of Manila, Philippines. A second tropical storm in as many weeks battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday as forecasters warned that the still-reeling capital could see more flooding. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Photo Store

  • Rescue personnel attend the scene of a bus which crashed and fell 9 metres over a viaduct in Bath, England. Avon and Somerset police said nine people were aboard the bus. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall)

    Rescue personnel attend the scene of a bus which crashed and fell 9 metres over a viaduct in Bath, England. Avon and Somerset police said nine people were aboard the bus. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall) Photo Store

  • A Chinese man holds a national flag during a protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. Chinese protested against Japan plans to nationalize disputed islands, also claimed by Taiwan and China. The islands called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese have long been a source of tension in the region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

    A Chinese man holds a national flag during a protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. Chinese protested against Japan plans to nationalize disputed islands, also claimed by Taiwan and China. The islands called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese have long been a source of tension in the region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Photo Store

  • A man enjoys fishing at Enoshima beach in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

    A man enjoys fishing at Enoshima beach in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) Photo Store

  • Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying. Several people were wounded, Syria's state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 metres away. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

    Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying. Several people were wounded, Syria's state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 metres away. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi) Photo Store

  • Russia's Vasili Berezutskiy, left, battles for a ball with Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba during their friendly soccer match in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

    Russia's Vasili Berezutskiy, left, battles for a ball with Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba during their friendly soccer match in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)   (CP) Photo Store

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