News in Pics, Aug 15: Best pics from around the world

A firework is seen during the annual brass band festival in Guca. Credit: Reuters Photo

A view shows houses destroyed following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti. Credit: Reuters Photo

A man wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease pandemic walks by the Pepe Gaka Quapaw Mural in Hot Springs. Credit: Reuters Photo

Partygoers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, on August 13, 2021 as Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards ordered an indoor mask mandate amid Covid-19 surge. Credit: AFP Photo

Flooded area after heavy rainfall is pictured in Tosu , Saga Prefecture, western Japan. Credit: Reuters Photo

Venezuelan BMX freestyle racer Daniel Dhers, who won the silver medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, rides his bike during an exhibition at the Cota 905 neighborhood, in Caracas. Credit: AFP Photo