• Visitors look at water barrels placed in a Boeing 777X for an experiment on weight distribution at the Farnborough Airshow, in Hampshire, England. AFP
    Visitors look at water barrels placed in a Boeing 777X for an experiment on weight distribution at the Farnborough Airshow, in Hampshire, England. AFP
  • A water buffalo is pictured across from the Nahr Bin Omar oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra. AFP
    A water buffalo is pictured across from the Nahr Bin Omar oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra. AFP
  • A pet pelican is sprayed with water on top of a car in traffic in Kabul. AFP
    A pet pelican is sprayed with water on top of a car in traffic in Kabul. AFP
  • People carry drinking water as they walk along a hillside near the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul. AFP
    People carry drinking water as they walk along a hillside near the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul. AFP
  • Malaysia’s customs officers display some seized elephant tusks during a press conference in Selangor, west of Kuala Lumpur, following an operation that recovered ivory and other animal body parts from a ship on July 10. AFP
    Malaysia’s customs officers display some seized elephant tusks during a press conference in Selangor, west of Kuala Lumpur, following an operation that recovered ivory and other animal body parts from a ship on July 10. AFP
  • Firefighters put gas containers in the swimming pool of the 5 star hotel La Corniche in the town of Pilat sur Merle, in south-west France, as smoke from a fire is seen in background. AFP
    Firefighters put gas containers in the swimming pool of the 5 star hotel La Corniche in the town of Pilat sur Merle, in south-west France, as smoke from a fire is seen in background. AFP
  • People watch a flyboard performance as they cool off in a pool to escape the hot weather at a water park in Huaian, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. AFP
    People watch a flyboard performance as they cool off in a pool to escape the hot weather at a water park in Huaian, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. AFP
  • Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali celebrates winning the men's 3000m steeplechase final during the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. AFP
    Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali celebrates winning the men's 3000m steeplechase final during the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. AFP
  • Former White House strategist Steve Bannon departs the federal courthouse, in Washington. Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Mr Bannon, a one-time adviser to former president Donald Trump. AP
    Former White House strategist Steve Bannon departs the federal courthouse, in Washington. Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Mr Bannon, a one-time adviser to former president Donald Trump. AP
  • A couple stands on the Le Moulleau pier in Arcachon, south-western France, as a large cloud of black smoke laden with ashes coming from a giant wildfire fills the sky. AP
    A couple stands on the Le Moulleau pier in Arcachon, south-western France, as a large cloud of black smoke laden with ashes coming from a giant wildfire fills the sky. AP
  • Britain's Prince Charles holds a magnifying glass as he jokes with Michael Johnson at a copper workshop, during his visit to Newlyn near Penzance in south-west England. AFP
    Britain's Prince Charles holds a magnifying glass as he jokes with Michael Johnson at a copper workshop, during his visit to Newlyn near Penzance in south-west England. AFP
  • Two men conduct repair works in a flat after a missile strike hit the Piatykhatky neighborhood of Kharkiv, in north-eastern Ukraine. EPA
    Two men conduct repair works in a flat after a missile strike hit the Piatykhatky neighborhood of Kharkiv, in north-eastern Ukraine. EPA
  • Cygnets swim past Swan Uppers during the annual census of the swan population along sections of the River Thames, Shepperton near Windsor, Britain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS / Toby Melville
    Cygnets swim past Swan Uppers during the annual census of the swan population along sections of the River Thames, Shepperton near Windsor, Britain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS / Toby Melville

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