The rollout of NASA’s new rocket in Florida, drought and wildfires in Southern Europe, a view of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, a bridge collapse in Norway, the aftermath of missile attacks in Ukraine, Independence Day in Indonesia, a presidential election in Kenya, a surf competition in Panama, and much more
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Read morePanama's Jean Gonzalez competes in the men's surfing open final during the 2022 Pan American Surf Association Games, in Venao Beach, on August 13, 2022. Gonzalez won the silver medal. #
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Read moreArtists perform as people gather to protest the loosening of logging rules by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, to meet increased demand for firewood amid a surge in gas and electricity prices, in Budapest, Hungary, on August 17, 2022. #
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Read more"The Lord of the Rings" fans cosplay as Gollum and Gandalf during "The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power" red-carpet event at Colegio Vizcainas in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 17, 2022. #
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Read moreA supporter of Kenya's Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) presidential candidate Raila Odinga rides a motorbike past burning tires during a protest against the results of Kenya's general election, in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, on August 15, 2022. The head of Kenya's election body on August 15, 2022, declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the country's close-fought presidential election, despite several commissioners' rejection of the results. #
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Read moreA sheep skull lies on the dry bed of the Guadiana River under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, during drought conditions in the Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. #
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Read moreA resident reacts while watching a wildfire advance in Orjais, Portugal, on August 16, 2022. A huge wildfire in central Portugal that raged for a week in a UNESCO-designated natural park and was finally brought under control on August 12, flared up again on the 16th, the civil-protection authority said. #
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Read moreA search-and-rescue team works at a site after a missile hit the dormitory building of city electric-transport workers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on August 18, 2022. According to early reports, three people died as a result of the incident, including a 12-year-old boy, and another 22 people were injured. #
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Read moreValentyna Kondratieva, 75, points to her damaged home, where she sustained injuries in a Russian rocket attack the night before, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on August 13, 2022. The strike killed three people and wounded 13 others, according to the mayor. The attack came less than a day after 11 other rockets were fired at the city. #
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Read moreSalla, a Delta therapy dog, visits with an emergency-department patient during a "Paws the Pressure" session at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on August 17, 2022. Therapy dogs were introduced to the hospital's emergency ward in late 2021, and also provide comfort to staff during the added pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic. #
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Read moreDogs from a squad with India's Railway Protection Force perform during a ceremony to mark the country's 75th Independence Day at the ICF grounds in Chennai on August 15, 2022. #
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Read moreNafissatou Thiam of Belgium competes in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump Group A on day seven of the 2022 European Championships at Olympiapark in Munich, Germany, on August 17, 2022. #
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Read moreNASA's Artemis I Moon rocket is rolled out to Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 16, 2022. Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight, will feature the first blastoff of the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will be the most powerful in the world when it goes into operation. It will propel the Orion crew capsule into orbit around the moon. The spacecraft will remain in space for 42 days before returning to Earth. #
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Read moreA child dressed as Hindu god Krishna walks with his parents at the Durgiana Temple on the eve of the Janmashtami festival, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, in Amritsar, India, on August 18, 2022. #
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Read moreA child swims in Folsom Lake, as California's grid operator urged the state's 40 million people to ratchet down the use of electricity in homes and businesses as a wave of extreme heat settled over much of the state, near Sacramento, California, on August 15, 2022. #
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Read moreAn aerial view shows the Tretten bridge across the Gudbrandsdalslaagen River in southern Norway, on August 15, 2022, after it collapsed into the river, taking a car and truck down with it. The cause of the collapse was not immediately reported. #
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Read moreSimon Ehammer of Switzerland competes in the Men's Decathlon Pole Vault during the athletics competition during the 2022 European Championships at Olympiapark in Munich on August 16, 2022. #
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