• The sun sets over Manhattan on 42nd street during "Manhattanhenge" in New York, July 11, 2022. - The Manhattanhenge is an event in which the sunset or sunrise is aligned on the east-west grid of main streets in Manhattan, New York. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
    The sun sets over Manhattan on 42nd street during "Manhattanhenge" in New York, July 11, 2022. - The Manhattanhenge is an event in which the sunset or sunrise is aligned on the east-west grid of main streets in Manhattan, New York. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
  • Alphajets from the French Air Force's Patrouille de France release trails of red, white and blue smoke, the colours of the French flag, over the Arc de Triomphe during a pre-Bastille Day rehearsal on the Champs-Elysees. AFP
    Alphajets from the French Air Force's Patrouille de France release trails of red, white and blue smoke, the colours of the French flag, over the Arc de Triomphe during a pre-Bastille Day rehearsal on the Champs-Elysees. AFP
  • People sit on deckchairs on an empty beach in Holyake, Britain. Reuters
    People sit on deckchairs on an empty beach in Holyake, Britain. Reuters
  • A cow moves past a burning car that reportedly caught fire due to an electrical short circuit after it became stuck in a waterlogged road following heavy rains in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
    A cow moves past a burning car that reportedly caught fire due to an electrical short circuit after it became stuck in a waterlogged road following heavy rains in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
  • Buddhists gather around the Shwedagon Pagoda during the Warso Full Moon Festival in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
    Buddhists gather around the Shwedagon Pagoda during the Warso Full Moon Festival in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
  • Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe, about 13.7 billion years ago. AP
    Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe, about 13.7 billion years ago. AP

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