The Fencing World Championships in Italy, a rain delay at Boston’s Fenway Park, a bomb-damaged cathedral in Ukraine, wildfires across Greece, a performance at the Lollapalooza Paris Festival, the Women’s World Cup in Australia, preparations for a typhoon in China, and much more
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![A high diver falls through the air, with only clouds and blue sky visible behind them.]()
Read moreMatthias Appenzeller of Team Switzerland competes in the men's high-diving preliminaries on day one of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships at Seaside Momochi Beach Park on July 25, 2023, in Fukuoka, Japan. #
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![A deer bounds through a wheat field.]()
Read moreA deer bounds through a wheat field on the outskirts of Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on July 26, 2023. #
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![A rally race car drives down a dirt road, taking air after cresting a small hill.]()
Read moreKalle Rovanperä of Finland and his co-driver, Jonne Halttunen, compete in the Otepää stage of the Rally Estonia, the eighth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, on July 22, 2023 near Tartu, Estonia. #
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![Several young people wait on a diving platform as another jumps off, appearing to hover in the air.]()
Read moreA young person jumps from a diving platform at a swimming pool near the town of Shtime, Kosovo, on July 22, 2023, during a heat wave. #
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![A view, half above and half under water, shows a person in a wetsuit standing in chest-deep water beside a small whale.]()
Read moreA volunteer works to keep one member of a pod of long-finned pilot whales alive near Cheynes Beach, east of Albany, Australia, on July 26, 2023. Hundreds of volunteers and wildlife officers worked for several days to rescue a stranded pod of about 100 whales, but were ultimately unable to save them. #
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![A humpback whale breaches in the distance.]()
Read moreA humpback whale breaches off the coast of Ilhabela, state of São Paulo, Brazil, on July 22, 2023. #
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![Several lines of fishing boats moored side-by-side sit in a harbor.]()
Read moreFishing boats are moored at a port in the Gaoqi locality of the city of Xiamen, in Fujian province, China, in preparation for the approaching Typhoon Doksuri on July 26, 2023. #
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![A woman is outside on a rainy day, looking toward the camera while wearing a head covering.]()
Read moreA woman walks on a rainy day in Chennai, India, on July 25, 2023. #
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![Performers stand in a line on a long stage in front of large sculptures of a robotic figure and the moon.]()
Read moreA view of performers in The Weeknd's concert at Ippodromo Snai La Maura in Milan, Italy, on July 26, 2023. #
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![Members of a soccer team celebrate a goal while running on a field.]()
Read moreGermany's Klara Buhl celebrates scoring her team's third goal during their Group H match against Morocco in Melbourne, Australia, on July 24, 2023, part of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. #
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![A soccer player practices, falling while kicking a ball.]()
Read moreA player from the Prointer FC women's football club participates in a training session in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on July 21, 2023. #
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![Runners on a track jump over a barrier into a shallow pool of water during a race.]()
Read moreBritain's Aimee Pratt competes in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase final during the London Diamond League meet in London, England, on July 23, 2023 #
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![A water polo player makes an intense face while swimming during a game.]()
Read moreUnai Aguirre of Team Spain reacts in the Men's Water Polo Quarterfinal match between Team Spain and Team France on day 10 of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships on July 25, 2023. #
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![A performer onstage, turning her head to the right]()
Read moreRosalia performs onstage during the Lollapalooza Paris Festival on July 22, 2023, in Paris, France. #
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![A bird sitting atop a narrow pole spreads its wings.]()
Read moreA double-crested cormorant spreads its wings on a pile in the Chester River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, near Crosby, Maryland, on July 21, 2023. In January, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation released its 2022 State of the Bay report, an evaluation of the Bay and its watershed, giving the Bay a D+ grade, unchanged from the 2020 score. Efforts to restore the Bay are struggling to reduce agricultural pollution. Urban and suburban polluted runoff is increasing amid inconsistent enforcement by government agencies, new development, and climate change. #
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![A yoga class is held on a high open-air platform overlooking New York City.]()
Read morePeople take part in a Sky-High Yoga session on Manhattan's Edge, overlooking New York City, on July 26, 2023. #
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![A crowd of protesters fills a city street, carrying many umbrellas.]()
Read moreProdemocracy protesters gather during a demonstration in support of the Move Forward Party in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 23, 2023, after Thailand's parliament blocked the prime-ministerial nomination of the party's leader, Pita Limjaroenrat. #
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![People ride a boat under a road bridge that has its concrete pillars covered in decorative paint.]()
Read morePeople ride a boat under a bridge in the waters of the Ganges River, swollen after heavy monsoon rains in Prayagraj, India, on July 23, 2023. #
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![People stand in a large exhibition space looking at artwork that appears to be made of varying sizes of balls stuffed into long colored tubes of stretchy fabric.]()
Read morePeople visit the installation "Devouring Lovers," by Spanish artist Eva Fabregas, at the historic hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof National Gallery for Contemporary Art, in Berlin, on July 25, 2023. #
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![Several dozen people stand in a curved line on a mountain pasture, blowing into very long wooden horns that rest on the grass in front of them.]()
Read moreApproximately 100 alphorn players perform together on the final day of the 22nd International Alphorn Festival in a mountain pasture in the Swiss Alps above Nendaz on July 23, 2023. #
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![A steam train travels through a hillside forest made up of mostly dead trees.]()
Read moreA steam train travels through the Harz mountains, past trees that have been damaged by a bark-beetle infestation and sustained drought, near Schierke, Germany, on July 26, 2023. #
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![A protester sitting on a stone wall is blasted with a water cannon.]()
Read morePolice use a water cannon on protesters at a demonstration following a parliamentary vote on a contested bill that limits Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions, in Jerusalem, Israel, on July 24, 2023. #
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![A firefighting helicopter flies above a hill where firefighters are at work.]()
Read moreA firefighting helicopter flies nearby as firefighters work a fireline while the Agua Fire burns in Soledad Canyon, near Agua Dulce, California, on July 25, 2023. #
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![A person sprays water from a hose into a wall of flame during a wildfire.]()
Read moreA firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire burning in the industrial zone of the city of Volos, in central Greece, on July 26, 2023. #
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Read moreA firefighting plane makes a water drop as a wildfire burns in the village of Gennadi, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on July 25, 2023. #
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![A young man runs past a burning barn.]()
Read moreA young man runs next to a burning barn as a wildfire burns in Sesklo, in central Greece, on July 26, 2023. #
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![Fire burns inside the trunk of a charred tree at dusk.]()
Read moreA charred tree smolders at dusk after a wildfire passed through Nea Aghialos, in central Greece, on July 27, 2023. #
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![An aerial view of a bomb-damaged cathedral in Ukraine]()
Read moreA view shows the Transfiguration Cathedral, damaged by a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on July 23, 2023. #
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![A cat and several kittens sit on blankets inside a cage.]()
Read moreKittens are seen in the shelter of the Society for the Protection of Animals Charitable Foundation in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on July 26, 2023. There are currently dozens of cats and dogs in the shelter that have been rescued from villages and cities along the eastern battlefront of Ukraine. The organization has been working in Kramatorsk since 2010. #
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![Four raccoons walk along railroad tracks.]()
Read moreA raccoon family takes a walk on rails in Wehrheim, Germany, on July 21, 2023. #
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![A crew of workers run to place a tarp on a baseball field during a rainstorm.]()
Read moreMembers of the grounds crew cover the infield with a tarp during a rain delay in the fourth inning of a game between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 2023. #
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![Two men wrestle in a muddy arena as a crowd watches from stands.]()
Read moreMen compete in Kushti, a traditional form of mud-wrestling, in Amritsar, India, on July 23, 2023. #
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![A fencer crouches low, striking his opponent in the torso as he lunges during a match.]()
Read moreSerbian Jovan Jovanovic (left) competes against Russian Vadim Anokhin during their men's individual-épée qualifying bout, as part of the fencing event of the FIE Fencing World Championships in Milan, Italy, on July 23, 2023. #
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![A young person dressed in a feathered costume and gorilla mask walks past trees.]()
Read moreA young person dressed in a feathered costume and gorilla mask walks to church for Mass to pay tribute to Saint Francisco Solano for a fulfilled prayer in Emboscada, Paraguay, on July 24, 2023. Legend has it that while the saint lay on his death bed in a Peruvian convent, birds perched on Solano’s window and would sing to him, inspiring his followers to dress in bird costumes, as he became known as known as the saint of the birds. #
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![Several men jump from a dock into the sea at sunrise.]()
Read moreMen jump into the sea at sunrise on the beach of Yeni Foca in Izmir, Turkey, on July 26, 2023. #
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