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Members of Greece's team compete in the Artistic Swimming Team Technical Final event during the LEN European Aquatics Championships in Rome on August 11, 2022. #

Indian-army soldiers display their skills on a motorcycle on the eve of Independence Day in Hyderabad, India, on August 14, 2022. #

Competitors run down William Street in Sydney, Australia, during the 2022 City2Surf race on August 14, 2022. #

A visitor enjoys the Dorset Sunflower Trail in Dorchester, England, on August 13, 2022. #

A participant competes in the swim leg of Ironman Ireland, in Cork, on August 14, 2022. #

Panama's Jean Gonzalez competes in the men's surfing open final during the 2022 Pan American Surf Association Games, in Venao Beach, on August 13, 2022. Gonzalez won the silver medal. #

France's Manon Hily competes in the women's lead semi-final climbing event of the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Germany, on August 13, 2022. #

Artists perform as people gather to protest the loosening of logging rules by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, to meet increased demand for firewood amid a surge in gas and electricity prices, in Budapest, Hungary, on August 17, 2022. #

"The Lord of the Rings" fans cosplay as Gollum and Gandalf during "The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power" red-carpet event at Colegio Vizcainas in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 17, 2022. #

A supporter of Kenya's Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) presidential candidate Raila Odinga rides a motorbike past burning tires during a protest against the results of Kenya's general election, in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, on August 15, 2022. The head of Kenya's election body on August 15, 2022, declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the country's close-fought presidential election, despite several commissioners' rejection of the results. #

People take part in games held to celebrate the 77th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia, in Surabaya, on August 17, 2022. #

Britain's Sasha Pardoe competes during the Women's Park BMX Cycling Freestyle event at the European Cycling Championships in Munich, Germany, on August 12, 2022. #

A woman walks past goalposts on scorched, dry grass, on a hot day on Hackney Marshes in London, England, on August 13, 2022. #

A sheep skull lies on the dry bed of the Guadiana River under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, during drought conditions in the Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. #

A wildfire burns behind houses near Pego, Spain, on August 16, 2022. #

A resident reacts while watching a wildfire advance in Orjais, Portugal, on August 16, 2022. A huge wildfire in central Portugal that raged for a week in a UNESCO-designated natural park and was finally brought under control on August 12, flared up again on the 16th, the civil-protection authority said. #

A search-and-rescue team works at a site after a missile hit the dormitory building of city electric-transport workers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on August 18, 2022. According to early reports, three people died as a result of the incident, including a 12-year-old boy, and another 22 people were injured. #

Valentyna Kondratieva, 75, points to her damaged home, where she sustained injuries in a Russian rocket attack the night before, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on August 13, 2022. The strike killed three people and wounded 13 others, according to the mayor. The attack came less than a day after 11 other rockets were fired at the city. #

Salla, a Delta therapy dog, visits with an emergency-department patient during a "Paws the Pressure" session at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on August 17, 2022. Therapy dogs were introduced to the hospital's emergency ward in late 2021, and also provide comfort to staff during the added pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic. #

Dogs from a squad with India's Railway Protection Force perform during a ceremony to mark the country's 75th Independence Day at the ICF grounds in Chennai on August 15, 2022. #

Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium competes in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump Group A on day seven of the 2022 European Championships at Olympiapark in Munich, Germany, on August 17, 2022. #

The peloton passes under an arch during the third stage of the Arctic Race of Norway, between Namsos and Skallstuggu Summit in Norway, on August 13, 2022. #

A view of the Library of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, on August 17, 2022 #

NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket is rolled out to Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 16, 2022. Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight, will feature the first blastoff of the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will be the most powerful in the world when it goes into operation. It will propel the Orion crew capsule into orbit around the moon. The spacecraft will remain in space for 42 days before returning to Earth. #

Residents play while visiting an interactive art exhibition by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman held in Beijing, China, on August 12, 2022. #

A child dressed as Hindu god Krishna walks with his parents at the Durgiana Temple on the eve of the Janmashtami festival, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, in Amritsar, India, on August 18, 2022. #

A child swims in Folsom Lake, as California's grid operator urged the state's 40 million people to ratchet down the use of electricity in homes and businesses as a wave of extreme heat settled over much of the state, near Sacramento, California, on August 15, 2022. #

Water flows over Niagara Falls in New York, seen on August 13, 2022. #

A couple embraces as they look toward the Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai reservation in northwestern Arizona on August 15, 2022. #

An aerial view shows the Tretten bridge across the Gudbrandsdalslaagen River in southern Norway, on August 15, 2022, after it collapsed into the river, taking a car and truck down with it. The cause of the collapse was not immediately reported. #

An aerial view of Fontane Bianche and swimmers in the crystal-clear water off Syracuse, Sicily, on August 15, 2022 #

This photo taken on August 17, 2022, shows a farmer drying marigold flowers in Bijie, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. #

A firefighter sprays water toward a wildfire near Belin-Beliet, southwestern France, overnight on August 11, 2022. #

People walk before gathering to watch the Perseid meteor shower among ancient statues atop Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey on August 12, 2022. #

Simon Ehammer of Switzerland competes in the Men's Decathlon Pole Vault during the athletics competition during the 2022 European Championships at Olympiapark in Munich on August 16, 2022. #

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