Flowers carpet Brussels, an alt-right rally is met with overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C., City2Surf takes off in Sydney, the Women’s Softball World Championship is underway in Japan, a farewell is bid to Aretha Franklin, the Obon prayer is made in Japan, abandoned share bikes find homes in Germany, record-setting hot dogs are lined up in Mexico, a cardboard Viking church collapses in Liverpool, a bridge collapses in Italy, a newborn gibbon shows off in Prague, and much more.
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President Donald Trump views air-assault exercises at Fort Drum, New York, on August 13, 2018, before a signing ceremony for H.R. 5515, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. #
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Kliment Kolesnikov of Russia competes in the men's 100-meter backstroke on day four of the European Championships Glasgow 2018 at Tollcross International Swimming Centre on August 5, 2018. #
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A religious leader, or mangku, files down a young woman's teeth during the Metatah tooth-filing ceremony in the village of Tegal Darmasaba, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia, on August 10, 2018. Young people from villages in southern Bali, dressed in gold-colored outfits, attend this coming-of-age tradition, where the sharper parts of their canines and incisors are smoothed as a way to show their shift into adulthood and their dedication to fight human evils such as desire, anger, and greed. #
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Ed Bledsoe tries to hold back tears as he searches through what remains of his home on August 13, 2018, in Redding, California. Bledsoe's wife, Melody, his great-grandson James Roberts and his great-granddaughter Emily Roberts were killed at the home in the Carr Fire. Read Bledsoe's full story here. #
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Italian rescuers climb onto the rubble of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge searching for victims and survivors in the northern port city of Genoa on August 14, 2018. At least 39 people were killed when the giant bridge collapsed in the deadliest bridge failure in Italy in many years. #
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People view a cardboard re-creation of a Viking stave church, which had partially collapsed, in Ashton Park, West Kirby, Liverpool, England, on August 10, 2018. The cardboard Viking church had been built to pay tribute to the area's Viking and Norse connections, but heavy rain earlier in the day may have weakened its structure. #
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People prepare hundreds of hot dogs in an attempt to break the Guinness record for the longest hot-dog line in Guadalajara, Mexico, on August 12, 2018. The record was set by creating a row of hot dogs that measured 4,649 feet long. #
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A man inspects a brand new bicycle, left over from the oBike bike-sharing business, that was being sold at a warehouse where thousands of the bicycles are stored on August 14, 2018, in Hamburg, Germany. The Singapore-based oBike filed for bankruptcy in July, leaving behind 10,000 bicycles in Hamburg alone. A local businessman bought a portion of the bicycles and is selling them for $79, or 69 euros, each. While oBike bicycles have been collected in some cities, in others, such as Munich, they remain abandoned on the streets, much to the irritation of city authorities. #
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Illegal motorcycles seized by police sit stacked in a scrap yard in Guangzhou, China, on August 10, 2018. There were over 6,000 illegal motorcycles seized by local police over the past year in the yard. #
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In this picture taken on August 13, 2018, a family pays respects in front of jizo statues in the Jizoji Buddhist Temple in Oganomachi, Japan, for the souls of unborn children and those who died at a young age, during the Obon prayers period. The Jizoji temple in Ogano, northwest of Tokyo, enshrines some 15,000 jizo stone statues. Hundreds of the temple's followers and those who have donated the stone statues gather for the Obon prayer on August 13, one of the days when the souls of the dead are believed to return to the world under the Buddhist teaching. #
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The phrase Aretha Makes Me Feel Like a Natural Woman is seen on a stairwell leading to the Franklin Street subway station in New York City on August 16, 2018. Known as the "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin passed away on August 16, 2018, in Detroit, at the age of 76. #
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Monica Cecilia Abbott of the United States warms up prior to the playoff-round match between Japan and the U.S. at ZOZO Marine Stadium on day 10 of the WBSC Women's Softball World Championship on August 11, 2018, in Chiba, Japan. #
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The Chicago Cubs' David Bote reacts as he rounds the bases after hitting the game-winning grand slam against the Washington Nationals during the ninth inning on August 12, 2018, in Chicago. The Cubs won 4–3. #
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Competitors run down William Street during the start of the 2018 City2Surf in Sydney, Australia, on August 12, 2018. The event is an annual run held in Sydney that sees participants make their way 14 kilometers from near Sydney's central business district to Bondi Beach. #
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Opponents of a white nationalist–led rally marking the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests march in downtown Washington, D.C., on August 12, 2018. #
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The white nationalist Jason Kessler, center, walks to the White House to rally on the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally surrounded by protesters on August 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C. In the background is a protester holding a sign referencing the woman killed in last year's rally that says, "Her name is Heather Heyer." #
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An Indian man chases away a wild male elephant with fire at Baragoan in Guwahati, India, on August 9, 2018. The elephant came down from the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in search of food. Soon after, a forest official tranquilized it. #
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A honey bee carrying pollen lands next to the entrance of a beehive at the apiary of the beekeeper Anna Lobyntseva, 66, in the village of Radkovka, Russia, on August 12, 2018. #
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A volunteer lays out a section of the Brussels flower carpet on the Grand Place in Brussels on August 16, 2018. More than 500,000 flowers were used to create the Latin American theme, devoted to the Mexican region of Guanajuato, which has an exceptionally rich culture and flower tradition. #
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Counterdemonstrators stand in the street during a white nationalist–led rally marking the one year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally, in Washington, D.C., on August 12, 2018. #
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