Pictures of the Day: 21 August 2017 21 August 2017 • 7:03am Paragliders fly past the sun towards the landing area of the 'Acro Show' above Lake Geneva in Villeneuve, Switzerland Image: 1 of 26 Source: VALENTIN FLAURA/EPA Riders are silhouetted against strong evening sunshine on Barassie beach is Scotland with the Island of Arran on the horizon Image: 2 of 26 Source: Skully / Alamy Live News Fireworks explode above the River Danube as part of the celebrations of the country’s major national holiday in downtown Budapest, Hungary. Each year on this day Hungarians commemorate the foundation of their state and its founder King St Stephen who reigned from 1000 to 1038 AD Read more Image: 3 of 26 Source: Attila Kovacs/EPA Cassie Gillard, from bay City Michigan and dressed as Lady Bane from the Batman franchise, poses for a photograph in front of an image of a solar eclipse at the Eclipse Comic-Con at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, USA Read more Image: 4 of 26 Source: Brian Snyder/REUTERS Egyptian parents teach newborns how to swim in a first of its kind school in Cairo, Egypt Image: 5 of 26 Source: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Mo Farah celebrates winning the men's 3000m during the Muller Grand Prix and IAAF Diamond League event at Alexander Stadium. He now plans to concentrate on marathons. Image: 6 of 26 Source: Stephen Pond - British Athletics/British Athletics via Getty Images The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race sets out from Liverpool Image: 7 of 26 Source: Paul Cooper for The Telegraph A competitor during the 2017 Tough Mudder South West at Badminton Estate in Cirencester Image: 8 of 26 Source: Naomi Baker/Getty Images Team Malaysia compete during Team Free Routine Synchronized Swimming final of the 29th South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Image: 9 of 26 Source: Vincent Thian/AP Mr Doodle and his team have spent 50 hours doodling for charity at the We Built This City art gallery on Carnaby Street in London Image: 10 of 26 Source: Flynet People stand next to candles and flowers placed on the ground, after a terror attack that left many killed and wounded in Barcelona, Spain Image: 11 of 26 Source: Santi Palacios/AP People catch coloured paper sprayed from a giant inflatable octopus at the Whale's Parade during the Aste Nagusia fiestas in Bilbao, Spain Image: 12 of 26 Source: Vincent West/Reuters Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fire against Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Iraq Image: 13 of 26 Source: Reuters Coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express train after it derailed in Khatauli, Muzaffarnagar, India Image: 14 of 26 Source: Chahatram/Hindustan Times via Getty Images Superheroes fill the sky at the Whitley Bay Kite Festival Image: 15 of 26 Source: David Whinham / Alamy Live News Dogs and their owners take part in the "Underdog 2017" beach race in Crikvenica, Croatia Image: 16 of 26 Source: Davor Kovacevic/Reuters Bostonians march toward the Common in Massachusetts, USA, against racial hatred and President Trump and a group of ''Free Speech'' demonstrators who they consider Nazis Image: 17 of 26 Source: Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News The Carnaval de Colores dance group of Spain performs during the 48th Debrecen Flower Festival in Hungary Image: 18 of 26 Source: Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP A man performs a BMX bicycle trick as he jumps into East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China Image: 19 of 26 Source: Reuters A police officer stands by the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, before a mass to commemorate victims of two devastating terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils Image: 20 of 26 Source: PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images Runners participate in the annual Color Run in Centennial Park in Sydney, Australia Image: 21 of 26 Source: PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images An Indian man walks next to partially finished idols of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha, ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Kolkata, India Image: 22 of 26 Source: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images A participant wears a military decoration and binoculars during a historical reenactment in the in Kaliningrad Region, Russia, of the 1914 Battle of Gumbinnen between the Russian and the German Armies on the Eastern Front of World War I. Read more Image: 23 of 26 Source: Vitaly Nevar\\TASS via Getty Images Indian models showcase creations by designer Ridhi Mehra at the Lakme Fashion Week Image: 24 of 26 Source: SUJIT JAISWAL/AFP/Getty Images A geodesic dome is lit up during the Singapore Night Festival Image: 25 of 26 Source: KingPin Images / Alamy Live News Dancers perform on the stage during Lewis Carrol's "Alice in wonderland" performance of Ukraine's Elysium Circus Theatre within 86th Izmir International Fair in Turkey Image: 26 of 26 Source: Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images