A seal took several tourists by surprise by hitching a ride on their stand-up boards at the beach in Weymouth, England, on August 13, 2020. The seal, known by many locals as Sammy, has become a regular sight in Dorset with volunteers checking on him. The animals are usually known for being elusive, but Sammy is known to approach people on the beach and catch the occasional ride on a paddle board. #

The newly renovated Mayflower II, a replica of the original ship that sailed from England in 1620, sails back to its berth in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on August 10, 2020. #

Leo the Pomeranian hangs out at the Big Engine Bar with his owner, Mary Hanson, at the Buffalo Chip, during the 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, on August 9, 2020. While the rally usually attracts around 500,000 people, officials estimated that more than 250,000 people may still show up to this year's festival despite the coronavirus pandemic. #

Military personnel belonging to the Joint Command East disinfect the sanctuary where the statue of Christ the Redeemer is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 13, 2020. #

Workers take a break with Sugar Loaf Mountain in the background in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 12, 2020. Rio de Janeiro's iconic tourist attractions, the aquarium, Sugarloaf Mountain, the Christ the Redeemer statue, and the Rio Star Ferris wheel will reopen for tourism on Saturday, as the city eases its lockdown. #

The pack rides past vineyards in Monforte d'Alba during the 104th edition of the one-day classic cycling race Gran Piemonte between Santo Stefano Belbo and Barolo, in the Langhe countryside in northwestern Italy on August 12, 2020. #

A picker unloads grapes into a trailer at a vineyard in Espira-De-L'Agly, in southern France, on August 12, 2020, during the wine harvest. Every year, the harvest in the Agly Valley, flooded with sunshine 300 days a year, is the first in France, starting with dry white wine grape varieties. According to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, "on average, the harvest takes place 18 days earlier than 40 years ago" in France and the advance of the harvest date is "an effective marker of global warming." #

In this aerial image from a drone, damaged grain bins are seen at the Key Cooperative grain elevator on August 11, 2020, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Iowa's Governor Kim Reynolds said that early estimates indicated that 10 million acres, or nearly a third of the state's crop land, was damaged in a powerful storm complex, called a derecho, that battered the region a day earlier. #

The Latvian folk and pagan metal band Skyforger performs on stage during the 6th edition of "Zobens un Lemess" International Contemporary, Ethnic, and Metal Music Festival in Bauska Hillfort, Latvia, on August 8, 2020. #

A teacher, wearing protective gear as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus, gives a class to a girl at home in Cali, Colombia, on August 4, 2020. The "teacher at home" program implemented by a local kindergarten seeks to help children keep in touch with teachers and reduce the emotional impact due to isolation during the pandemic. #

Thai kindergarteners wear face masks as they play in screened-in play areas used for social distancing at the Wat Khlong Toey School on August 10, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. #

A man helps to place red balloons in the sand on Copacabana Beach in a demonstration organized by Rio de Paz to honor the victims of COVID-19, as the country heads to a milestone of 100,000 new coronavirus-related deaths in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2020. #

This aerial picture taken on August 10, 2020, shows a graveyard for victims of COVID-19 at the Pondok Ranggon Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia. The country of nearly 270 million is among the worst hit in Asia by the pandemic, with cases in all its 34 provinces, including the remote Maluku Island and easternmost Papua. #

A funicular makes its way in front of Austria's largest glacier, Pasterze, and Austria's highest peak, the Grossglockner Summit, near Heiligenblut, Austria, on August 7, 2020. #

The Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president, Joe Biden, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, arrive to speak at a news conference at Alexis du Pont High School in Wilmington, Delaware, on August 12, 2020. #

After four months of darkness, the sun finally rose on August 11, 2020, at Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. The crew pictured here were understandably reverent. The medical doctor, Stijn Thoolen, (left) and the engineer, Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, are part of a 12-member crew spending an entire year at Concordia Station. For nine months, they are holding down the base in one of the most isolated, confined, and extreme environments on Earth, with no way in or out. They run experiments in human physiology and biology, atmospheric physics, meteorology, and astronomy, among other disciplines. They also maintain the base—one of only three to run year-round on the Antarctic Peninsula. #