Pics of the day - August 8, 2019

Performers dressed as Pikachu, the popular animation Pokemon series character, participate in a light performance during the Pikachu parade in Yokohama. (AFP Photo)

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (2nd R) skippers a sailing boat in the eight boat regatta. (AFP Photo)

A seagull flys over the beach at Juist, northern Germany. (AFP Photo)

Horticulture Department workers decorating glass house on the eve of 210 Independence Day Flower Show, this year attraction is floral tribute to Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar. (DH Photo | S K Dinesh)

Women purchasing flowers on the eve of Varamahalakshmi festival at Gandhi Bazaar in Bengaluru on Thursday. (DH Photo | S K Dinesh)

Girls covering by cloth to protect from rain at Lalbagh in Bengaluru on Thursday. (DH Photo | S K Dinesh)

The contrail of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is illuminated by the sun after lift off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Reuters Photo)

NDRF crew rescues bridge construction workers from flooding in Hubli. (DH Photo)