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![A woman kneels on a floating surfboard with her dog, which leans in and licks her face.]()
Read moreMarina White and her dog, Coco, share a kiss during warm-up before a race in Bournemouth, England, on July 23, 2022. The U.K. Dog Surfing Championship is being held for its fourth year at Branksome Dene Chine Beach. #
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![Racing cyclists ride through a sunflower field.]()
Read moreCyclists ride through a sunflower field during Stage 19 of the Tour de France, from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors, France, on July 22, 2022. #
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![Soldiers in yellow dress uniforms and tall fuzzy hats stand at attention in a rainstorm.]()
Read moreMembers of the King's Guard stand in the rain during a celebration to mark King Maha Vajiralongkorn's 70th birthday in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 28, 2022. #
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![People walk inside an ancient room with arched ceilings supported by huge carved stone pillars.]()
Read moreVisitors walk through the Byzantine-era Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 27, 2022. #
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![A firefighter stands in front of a raging forest fire.]()
Read moreA firefighter works to extinguish a forest fire near the beach resort of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on July 23, 2022. #
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![A firefighting aircraft drops a rust-colored cloud onto a forest.]()
Read moreA firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant over a wildfire near Gignac, France, on July 26, 2022. #
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![A person maneuvers a kayak toward two poles in a fast-moving river.]()
Read moreMarke Dordevic of Serbia competes in the Men's Kayak Slalom Heats 2nd Run during day two of the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg, Germany, on July 28, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of a boat stranded on cracked, dried-up, marshland]()
Read moreAn aerial view of a boat stranded on the dried-up bed of a section of Iraq's receding southern marshes near Chibayish, in Dhi Qar province, on July 24, 2022. #
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![Several flowers glow yellow in a dark-blue landscape at the side of a road at night.]()
Read moreThe lights of a police vehicle illuminate flowers at the side of a road, as servicemen arrive to check the damage in the aftermath of a car accident between a civilian and soldier, after curfew hours in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on July 23, 2022. #
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![An old blue car drives down a road past a house that has flames erupting from its roof.]()
Read moreA Ukrainian man drives past a burning house hit by a shell in the outskirts of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on July 27, 2022. #
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![A fire truck sprays red fire retardant in a broad cone toward a wildfire.]()
Read moreFirefighters spray fire retardant to extinguish a fire in Hostens, in the Gironde region of southwestern France, on July 22, 2022. #
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![A person performs in a city square wearing a colorful mask and feathered headdress.]()
Read moreA performer participates in the celebration of the 697th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire, at Zocalo square in Mexico City on July 26, 2022. #
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![Pope Francis wears a feathered Indigenous headdress.]()
Read morePope Francis receives a headdress from Indigenous people during his visit to Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, on July 25, 2022. The Pope was visiting Indigenous communities across Canada to apologize for the Church's role in the abusive residential-schools system that lasted for decades, starting in the late 1800s. #
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![A furry mascot kneels on a track next to an athlete after a race, holding a handmade sign that reads "World records are my favorite food".]()
Read moreSydney McLaughlin of Team USA celebrates with mascot Legend the Bigfoot after winning gold and setting a new world record in the Women's 400m Hurdles Final on day eight of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on July 22, 2022. #
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![About a dozen ground-crew members run, pulling a huge tarp across a baseball field.]()
Read moreThe Fenway Park Grounds Crew pulls the tarp over the infield during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Guardians at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 25, 2022. #
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![Dozens of colorful signs are held out on long poles above a race-car pit-stop area, above crews changing tires on several cars.]()
Read moreNASCAR Cup Series driver Ty Gibbs makes a pit stop during the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on July 24, 2022. #
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![A woman folds an umbrella in the misty entrance to a gift shop at night.]()
Read moreA woman folds an umbrella to enter a gift shop in Nanlouguxiang Alley during rainfall in Beijing, China, on July 27, 2022. #
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![An artist stands in an open space in a cathedral, flanked by two large hand sculptures.]()
Read moreArtist Peter Walker poses next to a pair of giant hands reaching across Liverpool Cathedral as part of his latest exhibition "Being Human," in Liverpool, England, on July 27, 2022. #
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![The winner of the Tour de France poses while holding his young daughter and a bouquet of roses]()
Read moreAfter winning the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard celebrates with his daughter, Frida, on the podium wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey in Paris, France, on July 24, 2022. #
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![Several performers ride atop a giant robotic bull during an opening-ceremony show.]()
Read morePerformers and the "Raging Bull" take part in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England, on July 28, 2022. #
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![A child sits in strap-on baby carrier covering their ears.]()
Read moreA child strapped to their father covers their ears as the Too Much Talent Band performs during a rally to urge President Joe Biden to cancel student debt, near the White House, in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2022. #
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![Two children are silhouetted by the setting sun as they play in a fountain.]()
Read moreChildren cool off by playing in a fountain in Domino Park, as the sun sets during a heat wave, on July 24, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. #
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![Four people row in a small boat on a lake at sunset.]()
Read morePeople float on a lake near the town of Ignalina, Lithuania, at sunset on July 23, 2022. #
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![Black smoke along a roadway fills the frame.]()
Read moreBlack smoke erupts as a wildfire consumes structures in the village of Krestena, in the western part of Greece's Peloponnese peninsula, on July 24, 2022. #
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![A soldier shelters in a trench as fire and smoke rise nearby.]()
Read moreA paratrooper from the 81st Airmobile Battalion takes shelter in a trench from a rocket attack that destroyed a neighboring house in Seversk, Ukraine, on July 5, 2022. #
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![A small, isolated house whose owners refuse to leave sits in a pit near new high-rises.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of a "nail house" in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, on July 10, 2022. The house is situated in a 10-meter-deep pit surrounded by sloping ground and bamboo fencing. #
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![Boulders tumble down a hillside above a white van on a road.]()
Read moreBoulders tumble down a hillside as a vehicle negotiates a road during an earthquake in Bauko, Mountain province, Philippines on July 27, 2022. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake left five people dead and dozens injured in the northern Philippines on Wednesday. #
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![A rescue worker stands in front of a partially toppled house, after an earthquake.]()
Read moreRescuers check on a damaged house after a strong earthquake struck Santiago, Ilocos Sur province, Philippines on July 27, 2022. #
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![Wreckage of older boats pokes out of low water in a river.]()
Read moreIn this aerial view, wrecks from the Second World War are seen above the waterline during a time of low water on the Po river in Sermide, Italy, on July 24, 2022. #
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![People on an overpass look below them as two cars are pushed along a flooded street by the current.]()
Read morePeople watch vehicles stuck in a flooded street after heavy rains in Ajmer, India, on July 24, 2022. #
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![Two teams of rowers in very long boats race on a broad river.]()
Read moreTwo pirogue teams race each other along the Senegal River in Saint-Louis, Senegal, on July 23, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of supporters descend onto the banks of the Senegal River to watch the annual traditional races. #
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![Hundreds of people gather, many carrying colorful umbrellas.]()
Read moreSpectators carrying umbrellas gather during the Behdienkhlam Festival, an annual harvest festival in India's northeastern state of Meghalaya, on July 22, 2022. #
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![Children dressed as chess pieces perform on a large chessboard.]()
Read moreChildren dressed as chess pieces perform during an event organized ahead of the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, on July 26, 2022. #
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![A person rides a bike off a ramp on a pier as several others watch.]()
Read moreA biker performs tricks at Kavouri beach during a heat wave near Athens, Greece, on July 24, 2022. #
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![A person jumps into a mountain lake from a high perch.]()
Read moreA person jumps into Jablaničko Lake in Lisičići, Bosnia, on July 24, 2022. Mountains around the lake were blanketed by smoke from wildfires raging nearby. #
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