14 Absolutely Amazing Images

By Muk Khatri in Amazing On 25th August 2015
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#1 Joana Maria Silva leaves the pool after competing in the Women's 50m Breaststroke during the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

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#2 A beluga whale sprays water towards visitors during a summer attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Tokyo.

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#3 The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft, carrying three members of the International Space Station crew, blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

#4 Moroccan women perform prayers for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

#5 NASA discovers vast mountain ranges on the surface of Pluto.

#6 Comedian Simon Brodkin throws dollar bills at FIFA President Joseph Blatter. He claims the money was his bribe for North Korea 2026.

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#7 A man in Old Havana celebrates the official restoration of full diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba.

#8 Wildfires burn near Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, California. So far, three homes and 44 more vehicles have been destroyed.

#9 A couple is hit with tear gas during a demonstration in Istanbul after a suspected Islamic State suicide bombing in the Turkish town of Suruc. 31 activists gathering for an aid mission in the nearby Syrian town of Kobane were killed.

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#10 Members of the Ku Klux Klan yell as they fly Confederate flags during a rally at the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

#11 A counter-protester's sign at the 'Reclaim Australia' rally, a movement to protest the alleged 'Islamisation' of Australia.

#12 A policewoman tries to apprehend a member of the 'All India Mahila Congress' during a protest against India's Prime Minister, who has been accused of corruption.

#13 A tear rolls down the cheek of Sgt. Benjamin Tranter, classmate of Lance Cpl. Squire Wells, who was fatally shot in an attack on military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

#14 Children play at a beach covered with a thick layer of green algae in Qingdao, China.