Day in Photos, August 2, 2011 Bashny.Net

This day was designated a great holiday. We are talking about the day of the Airborne Forces. Orthodox celebrate the prophet Elijah, and the rest - a normal weekday.

Shepherd watching a flock of sheep in Parang Mountains, Romania.





Injun tries to catch lamprey at Willamette Falls.



It is a place in Oregon City, the only place in the northwest of the United States, where it is still possible to catch lamprey.



Chicks swallow once fell out of the nest, now live in the funnel. Picture taken in Lawrence, Kansas, USA.



The Philippine capital, Manila, to cover flooding.





The reason - the incessant rain.



Corn harvest in Perringtone, Texas, is completely dried up, unable to mature. Many farmers abandoned fields to make ends meet.



Indonesian villagers Rava Boillat continue to believe in the healing properties of the rails and "treated", lying on the railroad tracks.



Kashmiri Muslim reads the Koran on the first day of Ramadan, Srinagar, India.



Another reader outside the Pakistani city of Lahore.



These Muslims in Indian Srinagar praying is not the fountain, and the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.



A worker arranges for drying batik in Solo, Indonesia.



Two Cambodian resting in the pipes near the railway on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.



Somali father and daughter sitting in the front of the queue for the registration of refugees in the camp Daadab, Kenya.



In Managua, he started a 10-day marathon of celebrations in honor of Santo Domingo de Guzman, who is the patron saint of the capital of Nicaragua.



Today, once again rocked by all the countries of the former Soviet Airborne Forces Day. The parade on Red Square in Moscow.



Odnopolchane shake his friend in St. Petersburg.



Celebratory jump Airborne soldier in a military unit of Novorossiysk.



Afghan police skirmish with suicide bombers attacked a hotel in Kunduz, where they often stop foreigners.



Four security guards were killed.



In the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, a car exploded near a Catholic church.



Dozens of people were injured.



A member of the US Coast Guard checks for all packages with cocaine. According to the press service, the base delivered cocaine totaling $ 180 million.



Player of football club "Copenhagen" Dame N'Doye celebrates the goal scored by the Irish Club "Shamrock Rovers". Today, the three took the second leg of the third-kvalifay round of the Champions League.



Ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba is preparing for the performance on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.



The sculpture by the German artist Oliver Voss "Mermaid" is located in the waters of the river Alster in Hamburg, Germany.



Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek last night in Los Angeles, she won the 2,443th star on the Walk of Fame.



Photo: AP, Getty Images, Reuters