• Evacuees from Lucerne watch the sunset as smoke from the Ranch Fire rises into the sky at Austin Park Beach in California's Clearlake with Mount Konocti in the background. Kent Porter/AP Photo
    Evacuees from Lucerne watch the sunset as smoke from the Ranch Fire rises into the sky at Austin Park Beach in California's Clearlake with Mount Konocti in the background. Kent Porter/AP Photo
  • A general view inside the stadium as athletes compete in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Qualifying Rounds during day one of the 24th European Athletics Championships at Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
    A general view inside the stadium as athletes compete in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Qualifying Rounds during day one of the 24th European Athletics Championships at Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
  • A migrant stands on board NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat in central Mediterranean Sea. Juan Medina/Reuters
    A migrant stands on board NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat in central Mediterranean Sea. Juan Medina/Reuters
  • A girl walks along former railway tracks in the so-called Tunnel of Love, surrounded by arches of intertwined trees, near the Ukrainian village of Klevan. Sergei Supinsky/AFP
    A girl walks along former railway tracks in the so-called Tunnel of Love, surrounded by arches of intertwined trees, near the Ukrainian village of Klevan. Sergei Supinsky/AFP
  • Athletes compete in the men's and women's 50km Race Walk final during day one of the 24th European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
    Athletes compete in the men's and women's 50km Race Walk final during day one of the 24th European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
  • Horses race during barrier trials at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
    Horses race during barrier trials at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
  • Hot air balloons carrying tourists rise into the sky at sunrise in Cappadocia, Turkey. Emrah Gurel/AP Photo
    Hot air balloons carrying tourists rise into the sky at sunrise in Cappadocia, Turkey. Emrah Gurel/AP Photo
  • A man riding a motorcycle passes by a damaged house at Sira village in northern Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara province, two days after the area was struck by an earthquake. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP
    A man riding a motorcycle passes by a damaged house at Sira village in northern Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara province, two days after the area was struck by an earthquake. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Putih/Telkom-4 communications satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the US's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Malcolm Denemark/AP Photo
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Putih/Telkom-4 communications satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the US's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Malcolm Denemark/AP Photo
  • A Belgian boy plays in a fountain on a hot summer day in Brussels. Yves Herman/Reuters
    A Belgian boy plays in a fountain on a hot summer day in Brussels. Yves Herman/Reuters
  • Cat figurines called maneki-neko are stacked together at the Gotokuji temple in Tokyo. Martin Bureau/AFP
    Cat figurines called maneki-neko are stacked together at the Gotokuji temple in Tokyo. Martin Bureau/AFP
  • A runner makes its way to the start as the evening sun begins to set at Windsor Racecourse in the United Kingdom. Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images
    A runner makes its way to the start as the evening sun begins to set at Windsor Racecourse in the United Kingdom. Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

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