Best photos of July 31: From Moroccan Air Force aerobatic display to stunning sunset in Basra

TOPSHOT - This handout picture provided by the Morocco's Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP) news agency shows Mudry CAP 230 aircraft of the the aerobatic demonstration team of the Royal Moroccan Air Force, Marche Verte (Green March), performing in Tetouan on occasion of the North African kingdom's Throne Day, marking the enthronement of King Mohammed VI, on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Maghreb Arabe Press (MAP) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MAGHREB ARABE PRESS (MAP) " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Firefighters battle a wildfire near Caminomorisco in western Spain. AFP
A pigeon perches above a painting of a bird on a wall in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. AFP
Palestinian children stand by a burnt-out car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Silwad village near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
Dead whales on Heisaura beach in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Reuters
A Ukrainian emergency team works amid the rubble of a residential building after an air attack in Kyiv. AFP
ISRO's launch vehicle GSLV-F16, carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite, lifts off at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India's Andhra Pradesh state. AFP
Two women and a girl march with other Shiite Muslim devotees in the Midaina district of Iraq's Basra province at sunset. AFP

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July 31, 2025

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