Skateboarding and steeplechase at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart at a dressage event, a volcanic eruption atop Mount Etna, a traditional mask festival in Benin, anti-government protests in Bangladesh, a military robot dog in Ukraine, and much more
This photo essay originally misidentified Thea LaFond's team.
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A firefighter uses a drip torch to burn vegetation while trying to stop the Park Fire near Mill Creek in Tehama County, California, on August 7, 2024. #
A photographer takes pictures as Caroline Marks of Team USA surfs during the gold-medal match of the surfing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, on August 5, 2024. #
Charlie Surfs Up barks as he is pushed through the breakers in the second heat of very large dogs during the World Dog Surfing Championships on August 3, 2024, in Pacifica, California. #
An elephant swims in a pool with a transparent wall at Fuji Safari Park, in the city of Susono, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, on August 8, 2024. #
Participants attempt to catch Asian carp in nets as they compete in Betty DeFord's Original Redneck Fishin' Tournament in the Illinois River on August 3, 2024, in Bath, Illinois. The annual tournament targets Asian carp (also known as copi or silver carp), which is an invasive species in the Illinois River that has been destructive to the natural ecosystem and hazardous to boaters because of the propensity of the fish to leap up to 10 feet out of the water when spooked by vibrations from boat motors. Participants use only nets to try and catch the fish while they are airborne. Proceeds from the tournament are used to help homeless veterans, and the captured fish are processed into fertilizer. #
The men's kite race gets under way on day nine of the Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 4, 2024, in Marseille, France. #
Italy's Sofia Raffaeli performs with the ball in the rhythmic gymnastics' individual all-around qualification during the 2024 Olympics at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris, on August 8, 2024. #
Photographers get close to capture the splashes during the women's 3000-meter Olympic steeplechase heat at Stade de France north of Paris, on August 4, 2024. #
Belgium's Timothy Herman competes in the men's javelin-throw qualification at Stade de France on August 6, 2024. #
An operator with call sign Yuri demonstrates the capabilities of a robot dog at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on August 7, 2024, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. #
People visit a bookstore in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on August 4, 2024. #
A man climbs to tie a rope around the head of a large statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, as protesters try to bring it down after she resigned as Prime Minister, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. #
Participants take part in the grand procession of traditional masks in Porto-Novo, Benin, on August 4, 2024. The Porto-Novo Mask Festival was created at the initiative of the Beninese government to replace the Porto-Novo International Festival usually held in January. During this new event, dozens of people wearing different masks from all over Benin and neighboring countries paraded in the streets. #
Sweden's Henrik Pilerud, inside a Totoro costume, and his team member Victoria Christensen, pose during an interview with AFP ahead of a rehearsal before the 2024 world cosplay championship during the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 3, 2024. #
People photograph (while others walk past) new artwork by street artist Banksy depicting three monkeys, painted on the side of a railway bridge in east London on August 7, 2024. #
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh competes in the women's high-jump final at the 2024 Olympic Games on August 4, 2024. #
In a close finish, Noah Lyles of Team USA crosses the line to win gold in the Olympic men's 100 meter final in Saint-Denis, France, on August 4, 2024. #
A Long March-3B rocket carrying a new high-orbit internet-services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on August 1, 2024, in China's Sichuan Province. #
Lava, steam, and ash spew from Mount Etna early on August 4, 2024, in Sicily. #
Mammatus clouds pass over the lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center as the sun sets in New York City on August 4, 2024, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. #
Lina Nielsen of Team Great Britain reacts after falling during the Olympic women's 400-meter hurdles semi-final at Stade de France on August 6, 2024. #
Team China competes in the team acrobatic routine of the artistic-swimming event at the Aquatics Center in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 7, 2024. #
Tom Schaar of Team USA competes in the men's park-skateboarding final during the 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on August 7, 2024. #
A digital composite image, combining multiple views of many competitors in the Jumping Individual Final on day 11 of the Olympic Games at Chateau de Versailles on August 6, 2024. #
The women's triple-jump gold medalist Thea LaFond of Team Dominica poses for a photo with her medal at Champions Park on day 11 of the Olympic Games. #
France's Cyrian Ravet competes with South Korea's Park Tae-joon in a men's 58kg taekwondo quarterfinal match at the Grand Palais, on August 7, 2024, in Paris. #
Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, in riding gear, watch the dressage team Grand Prix final on August 3, 2024, in Versailles, France. #
The peloton passes along a tree-lined street during the women's Olympic cycling road race in Paris on August 4, 2024. #
Diners attend Ben Quinn's Long Table Banquet in the Woods during Wilderness Festival 2024, at Cornbury Park in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England, on August 2, 2024. #
Opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on August 3, 2024. #
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz walk out onstage together during a campaign event on August 6, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harris ended weeks of speculation about who her running mate would be, selecting the 60-year-old midwestern governor over other candidates. #
Fontalvo Ortega of Team Columbia rides in the Men's Sprint qualifying round on day 12 of the Olympic Games at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome on August 7, 2024, in Paris. #
Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnik (right) wrestles Mongolia's Otgonjargal Dolgorjav in their women's freestyle-50kg-wrestling quarter-final match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on August 6, 2024. #
After her injury, official doctors prohibit Algeria's Chaimaa Fouzia Aouissi from continuing in a women's freestyle-57kg-wrestling match against Nigeria's Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, on August 8, 2024, in Paris, France. #
China's Xie Siyi competes in the men's three-meter springboard-diving final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 8, 2024. #
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