Scenes from the the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, a sunflower maze in England, a performance at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, wildfires in Greece and Italy, damage from Hurricane Idalia in Florida, a mid-river football match in England, a marching-band competition in Texas, and much more
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![A person atop a horse is silhouetted in front of a large full moon.]()
Read moreJonay Ravelo and his horse Nivaria observe the rising full moon from a mountain in Mogán, in Gran Canaria, Spain, on August 31, 2023. #
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![A wide-angle view of an athlete reacting with their hands on their forehead in an outdoor stadium]()
Read moreFrance's Solene Gicquel reacts during the women's high-jump final at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary, on August 27, 2023. #
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![A performer in a large feathered costume blows a kiss.]()
Read moreA performer in costume blows a kiss during the main parade of the Notting Hill Carnival in West London on August 27, 2023. #
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![A close view of a sandpiper]()
Read moreA sandpiper is seen in Bursa, Turkey, on August 21, 2023. Tens of thousands of shorebirds stop to feed in the wetlands and marshes of Bursa, which is on an important migration route. #
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![A person swims through muddy water in a ditch, wearing goggles, a snorkel, and a realistic-looking frog sculpture]()
Read moreA competitor takes part in the World Bog Snorkeling Championships held at the Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, on August 27, 2023. The race is held along a 55-meter bog trench, through which contestants must complete two lengths. Conventional swimming strokes are not allowed, though snorkels and flippers are mandatory. #
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![A surfer rides a chaotic wave.]()
Read moreA surfer rides swells ahead of Hurricane Idalia in Clearwater Beach, Florida, on August 29, 2023. #
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![A person in a swimsuit in mid-air, practicing a high dive in front of a modern opera house]()
Read moreAsbjørg Nesje from Norway trains in front of the Opera House in Oslo on August 25, 2023, one day before the 2023 World Championship in Døds Diving (Death Diving). According to the organizers, Døds is "a form of extreme freestyle diving from heights jumping with stretched arms and belly first, landing in a cannonball or a shrimp position." #
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![A musician jumps while performing onstage.]()
Read moreDeclan McKenna performs at the Reading Music Festival in Reading, England, on August 27, 2023. #
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![Members of a marching band perform on a football field.]()
Read moreThe Langston University Marching Pride band performs during the 2023 National Battle of the Bands, a showcase for HBCU marching bands, held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on August 26, 2023. #
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![People splash while playing a game of soccer in an ankle-deep stretch of a river.]()
Read morePeople compete in the annual football match in the River Windrush in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, on August 28, 2023. #
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![A soccer player holds a ball in his shirt while celebrating in front of a jet of fire in a stadium.]()
Read moreBotafogo's Luis Henrique celebrates scoring a goal during the Botafogo-Bahia match in Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 27, 2023. #
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Read moreA firefighters runs as a wildfire intensifies in the village of Sidiro and Yannuli in Evros, Greece, on August 31, 2023. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of a burned forest near the village of Lefkimi in Dadia Lefkimi National Park, in Alexandroupoli, Greece, on August 29, 2023. The European Commission described the northern Greece blaze as the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU. #
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![People walk on a few of many long staircases arranged in the shape of a pyramid.]()
Read moreTourists visit the redesigned pyramid that was formerly a museum built to honor the late Communist dictator Enver Hoxha, in Tirana, Albania, on August 18, 2023. #
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Read moreAn aerial photo shows first-grade students taking part in a ceremony to learn about traditional culture at a primary school in Anlong County, in China's southwestern Guizhou province, on August 28, 2023. #
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Read morePeople walk through the Sunflower Maze at Great Budworth Ice Cream Farm in Cheshire, England, on August 24, 2023. #
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![A satellite view shows the center camp during the 2023 Burning Man festival.]()
Read moreA satellite view shows the center camp during the 2023 Burning Man festival, in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, on August 28, 2023. #
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Read moreA guest sits among ice sculptor Mark Ranasinghe’s creations in freezing temperatures at the Chillout Ice Lounge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on August 28, 2023. #
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![A person lies down in a tomato-and-water soup that has formed after a large bout of tomato-throwing.]()
Read moreA tourist lies down in the tomato-and-water soup that has formed in Buñol, Spain, on August 30, 2023. Spain's tomato-throwing party in the streets of Buñol, Valencia, brings together almost 20,000 people, throwing some 150,000 kilos of tomatoes each year. #
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![Two young swans dip their beaks into water covered by a layer of duckweed.]()
Read moreCygnets feed in a canal at Paddington Basin in London, England, on August 27, 2023. #
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![A vehicle drives along a flooded street.]()
Read moreAn aerial view shows a vehicle driving along a flooded street in New Port Richey, Florida, on August 30, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Idalia slammed into northwest Florida as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm early Wednesday, buffeting coastal communities with cascades of water as officials warned of "catastrophic" flooding in parts of the state. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of debris surrounding the house of Austin Daniel Ellison's grandfather, whose shrimp business was destroyed by Hurricane Idalia, partially hanging over the water, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on August 31, 2023. #
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![Muddy water crashes down on rocks in an overfull alpine waterfall near buildings.]()
Read moreMuddy water crashes down on rocks of the waterfall in the center of the village Bad Gastein, also known as the "Monaco of the Alps," south of Salzburg, Austria, on August 28, 2023. Authorities in Tyrol and Salzburg provinces in western Austria put people on alert on Monday amid flooding and landslide risks due to heavy rains. #
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![A soldier reacts as they fire a shoulder-mounted weapon.]()
Read moreA Ukrainian serviceman of the 53rd brigade fires an RPG towards Russian positions at the front line close to Donetsk, Ukraine, on August 19, 2023. #
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![Two people lead a line of pack horse on a forest path past a wildfire burning in the underbrush.]()
Read moreA line of pack horses is led near part of the Deep Fire, near Trinity County, California, on August 20, 2023. #
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![A firefighter looks on as an aircraft drops water to extinguish a wildfire.]()
Read moreA firefighter looks on as an aircraft drops water to extinguish a wildfire in Sicily's Trapani, Italy, on August 27, 2023. #
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![A surfer jumps off his board above a crashing wave.]()
Read moreA surfer dives off his board while surfing at sunset in Encinitas, California, on August 28, 2023. #
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Read moreSunisa Lee performs on the balance beam during the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships at SAP Center in San Jose, California, on August 27, 2023. #
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![A person performs during an air-guitar championship.]()
Read moreThe winner Nanami "Seven Seas" Nagura of Japan performs during the Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland, on August 25, 2023. #
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![Musicians perform on a stage in front of a screen projection of a blue-faced person wearing a horned costume.]()
Read moreEnglish electronic duo the Chemical Brothers performs onstage during the 20th edition of the Rock en Seine music festival in Saint-Cloud, Paris, on August 26, 2023. #
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Read moreBryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 30, 2023. It was Harper's 300th MLB-career home run. #
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![An athlete runs before a high jump.]()
Read moreJamaica's Lamara Distin runs during the Women's High Jump qualification rounds at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary, on August 25, 2023. #
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![A person falls as they try to reach the end of a long greased pole.]()
Read moreA competitor falls off the "gostra," a pole covered in lard, during celebrations of the religious feast of St. Julian, patron of the town of St. Julian's, Malta, on August 27, 2023. #
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![An athlete wearing a blindfold fires an arrow during a competition.]()
Read moreUganda’s Rauben Tumusiime looses an arrow during the International Blind Sports Federation World Games in Birmingham, England, on August 25, 2023. #
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![A crowd of people run in front of, and alongside, several running bulls.]()
Read morePeople take part in a run of the San Sebastian de los Reyes festival in Madrid, Spain, on August 29, 2023. About 3,500 people ran in front of the bulls during the run. #
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