Best pictures from August 6
A youth jumps through the air as he plays at the Don Bosco Ngangi community center in Goma, North Kivu region, August 6, 2013. The center was established in 1988 and hosts over 3,000 abandoned children and HIV/AIDS victims.THOMAS MUKOYA/Reuters
A man rides on a water chute at an Aqua arena in Mogyorod, near Budapest, as temperatures reach 38 degrees Celsius in Hungary, August 6, 2013.LASZLO BALOGH/Reuters
An artisan works on an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, at a workshop in the southern Indian city of Chennai August 6, 2013. Idols of Ganesh are made two to three months before the day of "Ganesh Chaturthi", a popular religious festival in India.BABU/Reuters
Air Force personnel stand at attention as Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, prepares to taxi down the runway at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013.Susan Walsh/The Associated Press
Buddhist men carry coloured water before splashing the water on the dome of the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu August 6, 2013. A Tibetan man self-immolated at the premises of the Stupa early morning today.NAVESH CHITRAKAR/Reuters
An Afghan shepherd woman herds sheep on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, August 6, 2013.Ahmad Jamshid/The Associated Press
Bahraini Police officers work at a new checkpoint on a road leading to the U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. The U.S. Embassy in Bahrain is one of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa ordered closed following terror threats.Hasan Jamali/The Associated Press
A man watches paper lanterns for the repose of the souls of the atomic bombing victims in the Motoyasu River near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Japan marked the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshim.Shizuo Kambayashi/The Associated Press
Firemen stand in debris caused by a gas explosion that has severely damaged a multi-story apartment building in Rosario, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013.Alfredo Gomez/The Associated Press
A local resident gestures to a military helicopter dropping water over a burning forest in Varibobi, a northwestern suburb of Athens, Tuesday, August 6, 2013. A large wildfire raged through the suburb burning about four homes.Thanassis Stavrakis/The Associated Press