Top news images: Katy Perry in Mumbai, Karthik Purnima festival, and more

Here are some of the top images of the day

November 12, 2019 08:00 am | Updated 04:41 pm IST

4 p.m. | The moon rises over the Sydney Opera House as smoke from bushfires shrouds the skyline in Sydney, Australia on November 12, 2019.

3 p.m. | A Lebanese anti-government protester dressed in a panda suit takes part in demonstration outside the Lebanon Bar Associations in the capital Beirut on November 12, 2019, during the ongoing anti-government demonstrations. Nearly four weeks into nationwide protests calling for the ouster of the ruling elite, radical changes demanded by demonstrators have not been implemented. The peaceful protests against corruption and sectarianism have paralysed Lebanon, worsening an economic crisis that has brought the country to the brink of default.

2 p.m. | American singer Katy Perry arrives to perform at an event in Mumbai on Tuesday.

12.45 p.m. | Devotees gathered at bank of Ganga to take a holy dip in the river on the occasion of 'Kartik Purnima', in Patna on Tuesday, November 12, 2019.

12.15 p.m. | Hindu devotees crowd the bank of the Ganga, to take dips and offer prayers during Karthik Purnima festival in Varanasi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The festival which falls on the full moon day of the Indian calendar month of Karthik, is considered auspicious.

11 a.m. | Rockets are launched from Gaza Strip to Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The Israeli military says it has struck a Gaza City house, targeting a commander from the Islamic Jihad group in a resumption of pinpointed killing.

10.00 a.m. | Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees drape a saffron cloth around the stupa during Poya, a full moon religious festival, at the Kelaniya Temple suburb of Colombo on November 12, 2019. The predominantly Buddhist island nation marks every full moon as a key religious holiday.

9.00 a.m. | Demonstrators use a band to propel a rock on a footbridge during an anti-government protest near City University in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong on Tuesday, November 12, 2019.

8.00 a.m. | Jamie Fato prepares to stop an out of control fire entering Owen Whalan's property at Koorainghat, near Taree, New South Wales state, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Hundreds of schools remained closed across Australia's most populous state on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and residents were urged to evacuate woodlands for the relative safety of city centers as authorities braced for extreme fire danger.

4 p.m. | The moon rises over the Sydney Opera House as smoke from bushfires shrouds the skyline in Sydney, Australia on November 12, 2019.
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