• A model poses backstage during Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2022 in Pavilion, Malaysia. Getty Images
    A model poses backstage during Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2022 in Pavilion, Malaysia. Getty Images
  • Children celebrate Janmashtami festival, marking the birth anniversary of Hindu Lord Krishna, at a school in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
    Children celebrate Janmashtami festival, marking the birth anniversary of Hindu Lord Krishna, at a school in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
  • People cross London Bridge during heavy rainfall. The British Met Office has warned of widespread flash floods with thunderstorms likely across the country. EPA
    People cross London Bridge during heavy rainfall. The British Met Office has warned of widespread flash floods with thunderstorms likely across the country. EPA
  • A dried up branch of the Loire river as a drought hits western France. Reuters
    A dried up branch of the Loire river as a drought hits western France. Reuters
  • People queue to receive free meal on a street in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
    People queue to receive free meal on a street in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
  • People hold a demonstration against rising inflation in Buenos Aires. AFP
    People hold a demonstration against rising inflation in Buenos Aires. AFP
  • Artist Ciaran Gallagher finishes his mural depicting Britain's Conservative leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Reuters
    Artist Ciaran Gallagher finishes his mural depicting Britain's Conservative leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Reuters
  • A cooling dip in Folsom Lake, near Sacramento, California. Reuters
    A cooling dip in Folsom Lake, near Sacramento, California. Reuters
  • A street vendor puts finishing touches to an idol of Hindu god Krishna before Janmashtami celebrations in Bangalore, India. EPA
    A street vendor puts finishing touches to an idol of Hindu god Krishna before Janmashtami celebrations in Bangalore, India. EPA
  • The wreck of a ship that sunk during the Second World War is revealed by the unusually low water level of the Danube near Vamosszabadi, north-western Hungary. EPA
    The wreck of a ship that sunk during the Second World War is revealed by the unusually low water level of the Danube near Vamosszabadi, north-western Hungary. EPA
  • Mourners carry the body of a victim of a mosque bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
    Mourners carry the body of a victim of a mosque bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
  • Women hug near the debris of a building that was damaged after a rocket hit the Saltivka area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. At least seven people were killed and 17 injured. EPA
    Women hug near the debris of a building that was damaged after a rocket hit the Saltivka area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. At least seven people were killed and 17 injured. EPA
  • This photo taken on August 17, 2022 shows farmers picking up marigold flowers at a field in Bijie, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
    This photo taken on August 17, 2022 shows farmers picking up marigold flowers at a field in Bijie, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

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August 18, 2022

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