Anaerialviewshows a stranded passenger train in a flooded
area nearBadlapur, in thewestern state of Maharashtra, India,
on July27.REUTERSAman on a rooftop tries to catch locusts as theyswarm over Sanaa, the Houthi rebel-held Yemeni capital,
on July28.MOHAMMEDHUWAIS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
German artist Frank
Mullerworkswith
a chain sawon his
wood sculptureORK
Gassmusin Tornau,
Germany,onJuly28.
The 20 th International
Wood Sculpture
Competition takes
place in Tornauunder
the motto: “In the
footsteps of elves,
fairies and forest
spirits.”
PETERENDIG/DPAVIANEWSCOMAbelugawhale sprayswater ontovisitors at the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquariumin
Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on July29.GETTYIMAGESHundreds of hot air balloons take part in the Great Line at the Mondial
AirBallons Festival in an attempt to break the 20 17 record of 456
balloons aligning in an hour, inChambley, France, on July29.
CHARLESPLATIAU/REUTERS
18 SNAPSHOTS August 2 -8, 2019 CHINA DAILY GLOBALWEEKLY