NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant (C) waves to his fans before attending a promotional event in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Reuters)

Students from Pashupatinath Veda Vidya Ashram, a school on Hindu religious teaching, look out from the window of their class, in Katmandu, Nepal. (AP)

Elvis Presley fans from around the world visit his grave at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Presley’s death. (AP)

British police officers arrest a protester in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the front of the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London, London. Ecuador’s Foreign Minister announced that the government would grant asylum to Assange, who took refuge in its London embassy two months ago. (AP)

A firefighting tanker plane drops fire retardant on homes threatened by the Taylor Creek Fire outside Cle Elum, Washington, USA, August 15, 2012. (Reuters)

Thai vegetable market vendors pull back awnings and their produce off a railway track to allow a cross-country train to dissect through the middle of the town of Maeklong in Samut Songkhram province, 60 km (37 miles) west of Bangkok, Thailand. The bustling market has to scramble from the tracks eight times a day as trains pass. (Reuters)

Students clash with a riot police vehicle during a demonstration against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Santiago, Chile. (Reuters)

In the grasp of the International Space Station’s robotic Canadarm2, the HTV-3 Exposed Pallet is moved for installation on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) currently docked to the space station. Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene. (NASA)

An Afghan tailor woman in a burqa sews a gown in Mazar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

A member of the Italian Carabinieri police falls off his horse during a parade prior to a training session of the Palio race in Siena’s main square, August 15, 2012. (Reuters)