• Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu devotees celebrate annual Murugan festival near a temple in Colombo on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
    Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu devotees celebrate annual Murugan festival near a temple in Colombo on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
  • People pray at the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bombs on the 80th anniversary of the annihilation of Hiroshima, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. EPA
    People pray at the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bombs on the 80th anniversary of the annihilation of Hiroshima, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. EPA
  • Workers cross a pedestrian bridge heading to Ras Al Khor fruit and vegetable market in Dubai. EPA
    Workers cross a pedestrian bridge heading to Ras Al Khor fruit and vegetable market in Dubai. EPA
  • Israeli police use batons to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews as they protest against their military conscription in Israel and the arrest of religious school students who avoided draft orders, at a rally in Jerusalem. AFP
    Israeli police use batons to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews as they protest against their military conscription in Israel and the arrest of religious school students who avoided draft orders, at a rally in Jerusalem. AFP
  • Miami Marlins' Heriberto Hernandez is showered with sunflower seeds in the dugout after hitting a home run. AP
    Miami Marlins' Heriberto Hernandez is showered with sunflower seeds in the dugout after hitting a home run. AP
  • A resident drives a golf cart as he leaves his property while the so-called Canyon Fire burns in Halsey Canyon, California. AP
    A resident drives a golf cart as he leaves his property while the so-called Canyon Fire burns in Halsey Canyon, California. AP
  • A woman from the Pataxo indigenous people attends a march in defence of women's rights, indigenous people and the environment, in Brasilia, Brazil. Reuters
    A woman from the Pataxo indigenous people attends a march in defence of women's rights, indigenous people and the environment, in Brasilia, Brazil. Reuters
  • A man holds a live scorpion with his tongue during the Jola Cultural Festival in Thiobon, Senegal. AFP
    A man holds a live scorpion with his tongue during the Jola Cultural Festival in Thiobon, Senegal. AFP
  • A worker dries maize kernels at a wholesale grain market in Jalandhar, India. AFP
    A worker dries maize kernels at a wholesale grain market in Jalandhar, India. AFP
  • Construction workers eat their lunch on the roadside near office buildings in Beijing's central business district. AP
    Construction workers eat their lunch on the roadside near office buildings in Beijing's central business district. AP
  • A shopper checks the freshness of a melon on display at LuLu Hypermarket, Al Forsan Central Mall, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    A shopper checks the freshness of a melon on display at LuLu Hypermarket, Al Forsan Central Mall, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Vendors set up stall before customers arrive at a wholesale vegetable market in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Reuters
    Vendors set up stall before customers arrive at a wholesale vegetable market in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Reuters
  • Jordanian Air Force personnel carry out an airdrop of aid in a military plane over Gaza. Getty Images
    Jordanian Air Force personnel carry out an airdrop of aid in a military plane over Gaza. Getty Images
  • An Iraqi navy marine stands guard while on duty aboard a vessel at sea in the Gulf, south of the Faw peninsula. AFP
    An Iraqi navy marine stands guard while on duty aboard a vessel at sea in the Gulf, south of the Faw peninsula. AFP
  • An Indian artist has lunch next to unfinished idols of Goddess Durga at Kumartuly district ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India. EPA
    An Indian artist has lunch next to unfinished idols of Goddess Durga at Kumartuly district ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India. EPA
  • Residents salvage electrical wire which they will sell later after a fire hit a poor community in Manila, the Philippines. AP
    Residents salvage electrical wire which they will sell later after a fire hit a poor community in Manila, the Philippines. AP
  • Poland's new President Karol Nawrocki attends an official ceremony to assume command of the Armed Forces at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Pilsudski Square, Warsaw. AP
    Poland's new President Karol Nawrocki attends an official ceremony to assume command of the Armed Forces at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Pilsudski Square, Warsaw. AP
  • Nema Ghalib, a mother of four, stands in her kitchen after receiving a food package provided by the charity Mona Relief, in Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters
    Nema Ghalib, a mother of four, stands in her kitchen after receiving a food package provided by the charity Mona Relief, in Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters
  • Action from the men's 400m on day one of the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. Getty Images
    Action from the men's 400m on day one of the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. Getty Images
  • A farmer carries freshly harvested dates in an orchard on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab, where rising salinity and water shortages are threatening Iraqi date production, in Basra. Reuters
    A farmer carries freshly harvested dates in an orchard on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab, where rising salinity and water shortages are threatening Iraqi date production, in Basra. Reuters
  • A lifeguard contends with strong wind on Portstewart Strand as she plants a warning flag advising swimmers against entering the water, in Portstewart, Northern Ireland. Getty Images
    A lifeguard contends with strong wind on Portstewart Strand as she plants a warning flag advising swimmers against entering the water, in Portstewart, Northern Ireland. Getty Images
  • The MS Mediterranean Sky, an abandoned cruise ship on the coast of Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. AFP
    The MS Mediterranean Sky, an abandoned cruise ship on the coast of Gulf of Elefsina, west of Athens. AFP
  • People drop banknotes in a suitcase while dancing during Ukumbi, a women-only reception marking the end of Grand Mariage celebrations, in Moroni, Comoros. AFP
    People drop banknotes in a suitcase while dancing during Ukumbi, a women-only reception marking the end of Grand Mariage celebrations, in Moroni, Comoros. AFP
  • Tourists riding camels across the Kubuqi desert in Erdos City, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. EPA
    Tourists riding camels across the Kubuqi desert in Erdos City, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. EPA
  • A devotee takes a holy dip in the Bagmati River before offering prayers to the Hindu god Shiva at the Pashupatinath Temple during Shravan festivities on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. AFP
    A devotee takes a holy dip in the Bagmati River before offering prayers to the Hindu god Shiva at the Pashupatinath Temple during Shravan festivities on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. AFP
  • The Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the world's highest, erupts in northern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. AP
    The Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the world's highest, erupts in northern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. AP
  • People take photographs as the Statue of Liberty is seen at sunset through haze caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires, as viewed from Brooklyn, New York City. Reuters
    People take photographs as the Statue of Liberty is seen at sunset through haze caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires, as viewed from Brooklyn, New York City. Reuters
  • Fans of French-Palestinian singer Marwane Abdelhamid, 'Saint-Levant', watch his performance at the International Festival of Carthage in Tunis. EPA
    Fans of French-Palestinian singer Marwane Abdelhamid, 'Saint-Levant', watch his performance at the International Festival of Carthage in Tunis. EPA
  • Preparations under way using a 600 kilo giant octopus for tapas in a bid to create a new world record, at the Plaza Mayor in O Carballino, Spain. EPA
    Preparations under way using a 600 kilo giant octopus for tapas in a bid to create a new world record, at the Plaza Mayor in O Carballino, Spain. EPA
  • Ghani Souleymane is attempting to complete 100 full-distance T100 triathlons in 100 consecutive days in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Ghani Souleymane is attempting to complete 100 full-distance T100 triathlons in 100 consecutive days in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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