Today in Photos (Aug. 19, 2016)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.

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Fri., Aug. 19, 2016

Firefighters work at the scene on Broad Street after two commuter buses collided in Newark, N.J., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Investigators are trying to determine if a commuter bus ran a red light and broadsided another commuter bus, killing a driver and injuring several.

Mel Evans Associated Press
Members of the Brazilian sailing team carry the 49er FX women's boat after winning the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

Bernat Armangue Associated Press
A Palestinian worker stands next to an ill baby deer lays on mattresses in a metal cage in a zoo in Khan Younis , southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. An international animal welfare group is rescuing animals from a Gaza zoo it dubbed "the worst in the world" and transferring them to better lives abroad.

Khalil Hamra Associated Press
In this photo taken with multiple exposures, Germany's Jana Berezko-Marggrander performs in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.

Julio Cortez Associated Press
China's silver medalists team competes during the synchronized swimming team free routine final in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.

Michael Sohn Associated Press
World War II veteran Lev Yatsevich, center, and Sergei Perminov, 65, left, both of whom turned up to oppose a hard-line Soviet coup in August 1991, greet each other during an event mark the 25th anniversary of the first day of the failed coup outside the Russian White House parliament building in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. The defeat of the coup, which came several days later, setting in motion the dissolution of the Soviet Union, is widely regarded as a triumph of democracy in Russia.

Alexander Zemlianichenko Associated Press