A view of a mirror-finish Dodo sculpture, part of an art installation at Gobi Heaven in Inner Mongolia's Gobi Desert, photographed on August 10, 2019, in Hanggin Rear Banner, China. #

A life-size replica of a Diplodocus watches people coming out of the subway in the city center of Bochum, Germany, on August 12, 2019. The exhibition, featuring models of 33 dinosaurs all around the city center, is in Bochum due to the discovery of a 316-million-year-old dinosaur track found in a stone pit in the city six years ago. #

An employee stands on a lifting platform as he works in a festival tent for the upcoming Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany, on August 13, 2019. #

Muslims arrive for dawn prayer at Masjid al-Nabawi, the mosque that incorporates the final resting place of Prophet Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar, in Medina, Saudi Arabia, on August 15, 2019. #

Argentina's Maria Lopez Rodriguez, Kelsey Helman of the U.S. and Guatemala's Dalia Soberanis Marenco compete in the Roller Speed Skating Women's 500m + Distance Preliminaries during the the Pan American Games at the Costa Verde Skating Ring in Lima, Peru, on August 10, 2019. #

Villagers play basketball on a court built inside a Karst cave at Xinchun village in Bijie, Guizhou province, China, on August 12, 2019. The court was built inside the cave in order to save arable land in 2018. The cave can accommodate 1,000 people to watch a game. #

Spear fisherman Aristotle Captain of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, hunts for tautog while snorkeling off of Nubble Light in York, Maine, on August 14, 2019. Tautog is a species of wrasse fish that lives on the rocky bottom. #

Uluru, as seen from the sunset viewing area, on August 13, 2019, in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia. The park board decided unanimously that the climb will close permanently on October 26, 2019. Sacred to the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people, climbing Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) is strongly discouraged by them for its cultural significance and their concerns for people's safety. Over 30 people have died and numerous others have been injured while attempting the steep ascent. Known as Anangu land, the arkose sandstone formation, 348 meters high is believed to be half a billion years old. #

Flames rise from a forest fire near the village of Makrimalli on the island of Evia, northeast of Athens, Greece, on August 13, 2019. Hundreds of villagers were evacuated on August 13 and the Greek prime minister canceled a vacation as scores of firefighters battled a major wildfire on the country's second-largest island of Evia, authorities said. #

A man fishes near the famous Kalyazin Bell Tower, part of the submerged monastery of St. Nicholas, and a giant antenna of the Kalyazin radio astronomy observatory, in the town of Kalyazin located on the Volga River, 180 km northeast of Moscow, Russia, on August 11, 2019. #

Norway's first battery-powered aircraft, piloted by Avinor Chief Executive Dag Falk-Petersen, is seen partly submerged in a lake after crash-landing, in Nornestjonn, Arendal, Norway, on August 14, 2019. #

A Portland Timbers fan celebrates after a Timbers goal during the second half against the Vancouver Whitecaps at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon, on August 10, 2019. #

Followers of the Mexican-based Pentecostal church Light of the World, participate in a baptism ceremony in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on August 12, 2019. The controversial church celebrated its massive baptism ceremony while its leader Naason Joaquin Garcia—imprisoned in the United States, awaiting trial on several charges, including the rape of minors—says he is accomplishing another "divine mission," preaching among inmates. #

Competitors pass by while jumping in the Cycling BMX Men's Semifinal at the Costa Verde Beach Circuit in Lima, Peru, during the Pan American Games on August 9, 2019. #

Sacrificial animals wait to be sold at the Marbat Livestock Market, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on August 12, 2019. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid Al-Adha, to commemorate Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son as a sign of his obedience to God, during which they sacrifice permissible animals, such as goats, sheep, and cows. #

Wearing a helmet and protective vest, a young boy rides a galloping ewe during the Wool Riders Only Mutton Bustin' competition at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. #

Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl stands in a box filled with ice cubes during his world record attempt of "Longest Duration Full Body Contact With Ice" in Vienna, Austria, on August 10, 2019. #

A policeman falls during a scuffle with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's international airport on August 13, 2019. Hundreds of flights were canceled or suspended at Hong Kong's airport on August 13 as pro-democracy protesters staged a second disruptive sit-in at the sprawling complex, defying warnings from the city's leader who said they were heading down a "path of no return." #

Brazil's swimmers toss a member of the team into the empty diving pool after the end of the swimming competition at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, on August 10, 2019. #

Members of the German armed forces on motorbikes take part in a Grand Tattoo (Grosser Zapfenstreich) farewell ceremony for the former defense minister on August 15, 2019, at the defense ministry in Berlin. #