Floods, festivals and the prophet Muhammad’s birthday: photos of the day – Thursday

Lisbon, Portugal

Police officers survey the site of a furnicular crash in which 17 people were killed

Photograph: Armando França/AP

Chaman, Pakistan

Afghan refugees await deportation at a holding centre near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Photograph: Abdul Basit/AFP/Getty Images

Ansariyeh, Lebanon

The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes

Photograph: Mohammed Yassin/Reuters

Dharamshala, India

Clouds envelop the Himalayan township of McLeodganj

Photograph: Ashwini Bhatia/AP

Kathmandu, Nepal

Dancers perform on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival

Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images

Sana’a, Yemen

People gather in Sabeen Square to mark the prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Gujrat, Pakistan

A street flooded by monsoon rains

Photograph: A Rizvi/AP

Chennai, India

Students perform a traditional dance during Onam, the annual harvest festival

Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images

Jerusalem

Palestinian families walk through the streets of the Muslim quarter during celebrations to mark the prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

Erbil, Iraq

People flock to the citadel for celebrations to mark the prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Photograph: Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed/Anadolu/Getty Images

Hong Kong, China

Preparations for the city’s inaugural international hot-air balloon festival

Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images