Best photos of August 12: Blue angels in Chicago to Sziget Festival in Budapest

The U. S. Navy Blue Angels perform during Chicago's Air & Water Show over Lake Michigan Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo / Charles Rex Arbogast)
Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseils into the Stade de France during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The next Games will be hosted in Los Angeles. AP
The northern lights shine brightly near the village of Wigry, north-east Poland, during the annual Perseid meteor shower. AFP
A man surfs on a canal in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. AFP
Mannequins with their faces covered are used to display dresses at a shop in Kabul. The Taliban have controlled Afghanistan since 2021. AFP
A wildfire burns in north-east Attica, Greece. Thousands of people have fled their homes as fires spread. EPA
A speedboat passes an oyster farm at Anping Harbour in Taiwan. AFP
French pyrotechnic group SuperCho perform at the 30th Sziget Festival, on Shipyard Island, in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. EPA