Best pictures from August 12
A woman paddles a paddleboard on False Creek under the Cambie Street bridge as a dog rides along in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday August 12, 2013.DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail
A cyclist casts his shadow as he rides his bike across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on a sunny winter morning in central Sydney August 13, 2013.DANIEL MUNOZ/Reuters
Junior lifeguards jump off Ocean Beach pier to help raise money for their Junior Lifeguard Organization at Ocean Beach August 12, 2013.MIKE BLAKE/Reuters
In this long exposure photo, a streak appears in the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower above a roadside silhouette of a Spanish fighting bull, conceived decades ago in Spain as highway billboards, in Villarejo de Salvanes, central Spain in the early hours of Monday Aug. 12, 2013.Paul White/The Associated Press
A demonstrator gestures next to a public phone that has been set alight during a protest against state Governor Sergio Cabral near the Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro August 12, 2013. According to local media, demonstrators were protesting against what they claim is Cabral's over spending and corruption and were calling for his resignation.SERGIO MORAES/Reuters
Jamaica's Hansle Parchment lies on the track after crashing into a hurdle in a men's 110-meter hurdles semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013.Martin Meissner/The Associated Press
Athletes compete in the 110-meter hurdles of the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press
France's Renaud Lavillenie competes in the men's pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press
Mostly Palestinians from the West Bank enjoy the Mediterranean Sea on the last day of the Eid-al-Fitr holiday, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug 11, 2013.Oded Balilty/The Associated Press