Photos of the day - August 12, 2015


People set fire to the effigy of the demon Ghantakarna, during the Ghantakarna festival at the ancient city of Bhaktapur, Nepal, vandals cut the word 'black' out of a 'black lives matter' sign outside of the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation church in Bethesda, Maryland and the one month old elephant Anjuli plays with her sister Shila on World Elephant Day at the Hagenbecks zoo in Hamburg, Germany are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)

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