Pakistan celebrated the 60th anniversary of Independence with prayers and a national minute of silence, low-key festivities for a country in the grip of political and religious turmoil.
Image: Fireworks explode over the illuminated building of President House in Islamabad on August 14, to mark the country's 60th Independence Day.
Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
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