Scenes from the Commonwealth Games in England, flooding in the U.S. and Japan, continued fighting in Ukraine, a new sinkhole in Chile, Beluga whales near Svalbard, an orphaned dolphin in Thailand, the McKinney Fire in California, an air show above the Giza Pyramids, a performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and much more
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![Three large spiral galaxies float in space, surrounded by hundreds of other, more distant galaxies.]()
Read moreA new view of the Cartwheel Galaxy, seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The wheel-like structure of the galaxy is the result of a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not visible in this image. The Cartwheel Galaxy lies about 500 million light-years away from Earth. #
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![A performer onstage, legs in the air, wrapped in what appears to be a giant pink bubble]()
Read moreAn artist from La Clique performs in McEwan Hall at the launch of the Underbelly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 3, 2022. #
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![A polar bear lies on its back on a rocky hill, stretching its legs up in the air.]()
Read moreA polar bear stretches on rocks near a shore, observed by members of a Turkish scientific research team near the Svalbard Islands, in the Arctic Ocean, on July 23, 2022. Photo released on August 2, 2022. #
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![A person floats on their back in shallow water.]()
Read moreA woman cools off at Sant Pere Pescador Beach in Girona, Spain, on August 1, 2022. #
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![A diver leaps from a bridge high above a river, as a crowd of observers watch below.]()
Read moreA diver jumps from the Old Bridge into the Neretva River during the 456th traditional annual high-diving competition in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 31, 2022. #
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Read moreA glider takes off in Unterwössen, Germany, on August 2, 2022. #
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![Nine jet fighters fly in formation just behind the top of one of Egypt's pyramids.]()
Read moreSilver Stars, the Egyptian Air Force aerobatic team, in flight during a performance above the Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, on August 3, 2022 #
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![A firefighting helicopter with a long hose hanging below it draws water from a river.]()
Read moreA firefighting helicopter draws water from the Klamath River to fight the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest near Yreka, California, on August 2, 2022. #
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![A person stands beside an above-ground pool at night, with a raging wildfire burning the hillside in the background.]()
Read moreAngela Crawford leans against a fence as the McKinney Fire burns a hillside above her home in California's Klamath National Forest, on July 30, 2022. Crawford and her husband stayed, as other residents evacuated, to defend their home from the fire. #
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![A kitten with singed whiskers hides beneath large rocks.]()
Read moreA kitten with singed whiskers that survived the McKinney Fire hides in rocks in the Klamath National Forest northwest of Yreka, California, on July 31, 2022. #
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![A caretaker cradles a young dolphin underwater.]()
Read moreAn orphaned Irrawaddy river dolphin takes a nap in the arms of its caretaker, while being raised at the rehabilitation facility of Marine Endangered Species Veterinary Hospital on August 1, 2022, in Rayong, Thailand. The dolphin was rescued after being stranded in the Gulf of Thailand on July 23. Veterinarians plan to raise the dolphin until it weans and later release it back into the wild. #
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![A close-up view of a person being airlifted into a helicopter. Below her lies greenery and a flooded river.]()
Read moreA woman is rescued from flooding by the crew of a U.S. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter in eastern Kentucky, in a still image from video taken July 28–29, 2022. #
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![A camper sits partly submerged under floodwater.]()
Read moreA camper sits partly submerged in Carr Creek Lake on August 3, 2022, near Hazard, Kentucky, #
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![An aerial view of about 18 Beluga whales swimming]()
Read moreA pod of Beluga whales swims near Norway's Svalbard Islands, seen from above on July 23, 2022. #
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![A flock of young flamingo chicks]()
Read moreFlamingo chicks are seen before being examined and tagged in Fuente de Piedra Lake in Malaga, Spain, on July 30, 2022. #
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![Children play around fountains shaped like sea lions.]()
Read moreChildren play around fountains shaped like sea lions at a water playground at the Plaenterwald Park in Berlin on August 2, 2022. #
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![Hundreds of people gather and play along a beach near tall buildings.]()
Read morePeople at the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, on July 29, 2022 #
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![Horse-drawn carriages carry customers through New York's Central Park.]()
Read moreHorse-drawn carriages with customers ride through Central Park on a hot day on August 3, 2022, in New York City. #
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![The sun sets behind a huge archway.]()
Read moreThe sun sets behind the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, on August 2, 2022. #
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![A bride and groom are captured through a hole in sandbags.]()
Read moreMaria and Oleh Berest embrace while posing for their photographer by a fountain on their wedding day, seen through sandbags that fortify the opera house in Odesa, Ukraine, on July 29, 2022. #
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![A tightrope walker high in the distance, silhouetted by the sun]()
Read moreFrench tightrope walker Nathan Paulin walks on a 950-meter-long slackline 50 meters over Geneva Lake in the city of Geneva, part of the celebration of Swiss National Day on August 1, 2022. #
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![A gymnast flies through the air after a release during a competition.]()
Read moreHamish Carter of Team Scotland competes during the men's horizontal-bar final on day five of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Arena Birmingham on August 2, 2022, in Birmingham, England. #
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![A mud-covered cyclist raises a fist while crossing a finish line.]()
Read moreDavid Valero Serrano of Spain reacts as he crosses the finish line in first place, winning the men's elite UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Cross-Country on July 31, 2022, in Snowshoe, West Virginia. #
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![An athlete prepares to throw a shot put in a stadium.]()
Read moreEngland's Holly Mills prepares to throw a shot put during the Commonwealth Games in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England, on August 2, 2022. #
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![A person holds a dead pigeon by its wing, carrying it down steps amid a stadium crowd.]()
Read moreA Newcastle fan removes a dead pigeon that had fallen from the rafters into the Milburn stands during a pre-season friendly match between Newcastle United and Athletic Bilbao at St James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on July 30, 2022. #
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![Stalks of wheat stand amid flames]()
Read moreA wheat field burns after Russian shelling a few kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on July 29, 2022. #
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![Two people walk in front of a large lava flow.]()
Read morePeople look at lava flowing from the Fagradalsfjall volcano, in Iceland, on August 3, 2022. Icelandic authorities say the volcano in the country's southwest started erupting again eight months after its last eruption officially ended. #
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![Two people sit on a park bench looking at smoke from a nearby wildfire.]()
Read morePeople watch as smoke rises from a wildfire in Venda do Pinheiro, Mafra, Portugal, on July 31, 2022. #
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![Trees and other debris lie strewn across a street among houses.]()
Read moreDebris washed in by heavy rains and flooding litters a neighborhood in the city of Murakami, Niigata prefecture, on August 4, 2022, after heavy rains hit the northern areas of Japan. #
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![A large statue, shaped like an angel, made of thousands of knives]()
Read moreThe Knife Angel goes on display at Kirkleatham Museum on August 2, 2022, in Redcar, England. The 27-foot-tall sculpture, made from more than 100,000 discarded knives and confiscated weapons, was brought to Kirkleatham Museum until the end of August as a reminder of the devastation caused by knife crime. #
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![An aerial view of a large sinkhole in a desert area]()
Read moreA sinkhole is exposed in a mining area close to the town of Tierra Amarilla, in Copiapo, Chile, on August 1, 2022. #
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![A gymnast performs a high leap while holding a ball.]()
Read moreKatelin Wie Qi Heng of Team Singapore competes with a ball during the team final and individual qualification on day seven of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on August 4, 2022. #
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![Three dancers perform in a shallow fountain.]()
Read moreA dance performance marks the opening of "What Is Seen and What Is Not" by Osman Yousefzada at the V&A on July 29, 2022, in London, England. #
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![A person wearing traditional clothing poses among rows of vegetables strung out to dry.]()
Read moreA young woman poses among vegetables set out to dry in Gaziantep, Turkey, on August 2, 2022. #
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![A close view of the eyes of a burqa-clad woman]()
Read moreA burqa-clad woman walks along a street amid monsoon rains in Srinagar, India, on July 29, 2022. #
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