• This photograph taken on July 30, 2022 shows Singaporean pro-wrestler Andrew Tang (C) aka “The Statement“ performing in the ring during a match at the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling show in Bangkok. - The part-sport, part-show from SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling has been slowly gaining popularity in Thailand, where it hopes to carve out a space for local wrestlers using distinctively Thai characters. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)
    This photograph taken on July 30, 2022 shows Singaporean pro-wrestler Andrew Tang (C) aka “The Statement“ performing in the ring during a match at the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling show in Bangkok. - The part-sport, part-show from SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling has been slowly gaining popularity in Thailand, where it hopes to carve out a space for local wrestlers using distinctively Thai characters. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)
  • Residents fill plastic containers from a fire engine to fight a fire in Manila, Philippines. Authorities are still trying to investigate the cause of fire. No one was reported hurt in the incident. AP
    Residents fill plastic containers from a fire engine to fight a fire in Manila, Philippines. Authorities are still trying to investigate the cause of fire. No one was reported hurt in the incident. AP
  • A wildfire in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Reuters
    A wildfire in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Reuters
  • Kuwaitis visit the Martyr's Museum in Kuwait City on the 32nd anniversary of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. AFP
    Kuwaitis visit the Martyr's Museum in Kuwait City on the 32nd anniversary of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. AFP
  • A worker ironing an India flag in preparation for India's independence day in Mumbai. India celebrates independence day on August 15. AP
    A worker ironing an India flag in preparation for India's independence day in Mumbai. India celebrates independence day on August 15. AP
  • Villagers trying to pull a minibus in which 14 bodies were retrieved from the Nabuyonga river in Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda. AFP
    Villagers trying to pull a minibus in which 14 bodies were retrieved from the Nabuyonga river in Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda. AFP
  • Courtney Tulloch of Team England during the men's rings finals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Tulloch won the gold medal. AP
    Courtney Tulloch of Team England during the men's rings finals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Tulloch won the gold medal. AP
  • United Nations personnel during a ceremony to pay tribute to UN peacekeepers killed during a protest in Butembo in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. EPA
    United Nations personnel during a ceremony to pay tribute to UN peacekeepers killed during a protest in Butembo in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. EPA
  • A peacock chick in an egg on Palestinian Ghazi Fari's farm in Araba, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    A peacock chick in an egg on Palestinian Ghazi Fari's farm in Araba, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • A damaged Soviet monument in the city of Trostyanets, Sumy region, Ukraine. AFP
    A damaged Soviet monument in the city of Trostyanets, Sumy region, Ukraine. AFP
  • A Palestinian woman fans her daughter with a tray during a heatwave and lengthy power cuts in Gaza City. Reuters
    A Palestinian woman fans her daughter with a tray during a heatwave and lengthy power cuts in Gaza City. Reuters
  • The crescent moon alongside the Christ he Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
    The crescent moon alongside the Christ he Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
  • A sinkhole in a mining zone close to Tierra Amarilla town, in Copiapo, Chile. Reuters
    A sinkhole in a mining zone close to Tierra Amarilla town, in Copiapo, Chile. Reuters
  • Andean indigenous people hold a ritual to thank the Pachamama goddess (Mother Earth) in La Cumbre, 25 kilometres from La Paz, Bolivia. AFP
    Andean indigenous people hold a ritual to thank the Pachamama goddess (Mother Earth) in La Cumbre, 25 kilometres from La Paz, Bolivia. AFP
  • A passenger on a city bus during a rain shower in Dnipro, Ukraine. AP
    A passenger on a city bus during a rain shower in Dnipro, Ukraine. AP
  • Children with endangered loggerhead turtle hatchlings before they are released into the ocean by conservationists at El Puerto beach, in the fishing village of La Sabana, La Guaira State, Venezuela. AFP
    Children with endangered loggerhead turtle hatchlings before they are released into the ocean by conservationists at El Puerto beach, in the fishing village of La Sabana, La Guaira State, Venezuela. AFP

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August 02, 2022

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