An animal shelter in Colombia, a mountain church service in Germany, a memorial to Ozzy Osbourne in England, the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, and much more

A rider on a horse, wearing flame-protective gear, rides with flames burning from their back, in a field.Vladimir Voronin / APA participant in the Gallops 2025 performs a fire stunt during the competition, near the alpine Song-Kol Lake, in Kyrgyzstan, on July 21, 2025.Lava erupts and flows from a volcanic crater.Marco di Marco / APAt the base of a crater, a lava flow is still very active after a volcanic eruption about 6 kilometers north of Grindavík, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, on July 23, 2025.A distant view of a glowing solar tower, seen among many sand dunes.Fadel Senna / AFP / GettyThe tallest solar-power tower in the world, some 260 meters tall, stands at the concentrated-solar-thermal power Noor Energy 1 complex, at Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum Solar Park, about 50 kilometers south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on July 19, 2025.An overhead view of a star-shaped tower standing in a forestArne Dedert / DPA / GettyThe Hardtberg Tower rises out of the forest like a crown, near Königstein, Germany, on July 22, 2025.A woman sits on the ground, leaning against a resting cow.David Hammersen / DPA / GettyLaura Morschett, initiator of the cow cuddle, leans against a brown cow and strokes it at the Lüttje Drööm farm, in Jevenstedt, Germany, on July 22, 2025. Visitors are invited to cuddle with the cows to relax.A child hugs their father, the two of them pressing their foreheads together and smiling.David Dee Delgado / ReutersA child embraces her father after a hearing at a U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, New York City, on July 22, 2025.A sunflower field. The closest sunflower has had seeds removed to form the shape of a heart.Ina Fassbender / AFP / GettyThe head of a sunflower shows a heart shape, in a field near Dortmund, Germany, on July 20, 2025.Many police officers in dress uniform lean back and make broad gestures during a ceremony.Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / GettyNew Indonesian police officers perform during a commissioning ceremony for about 2,000 graduates from military and police academies, at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 23, 2025.The heads of about eight synchronized swimmers, seen just above the surface of a swimming pool during a performance.Hollie Adams / ReutersTeam Neutral athletes perform during the team free final in artistic swimming at the World Aquatics Championships, in Singapore, on July 20, 2025.One person stands on a small boat, as another falls into the water after a jousting match.Angelika Warmuth / ReutersA man sends his opponent into the water as they take part in a Fischerstechen (“fishermen’s joust”), on Lake Starnberg, in Seeshaupt, Germany, on July 19, 2025.A woman wearing a very long dress stands at the corner of a rooftop overlooking the city of Istanbul.Ozan Kose / AFP / GettyA tourist looks out toward the Bosphorus Strait while posing for a photo on an open-air studio terrace, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 21, 2025.A bright cloud streaks through the night sky following a rocket launch.Kevin Carter / GettyA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 24 Starlink internet satellites soars into space after it launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, in a view from Santee, California, on July 18, 2025.A baseball player swings and breaks his bat during a game.Lindsey Wasson / APThe Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh breaks his bat on a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, in Seattle, on July 20, 2025.A close view of a person playing football, with their hands reflected in the visor on their helmet.Matt Rourke / APThe Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith catches a ball during practice at the team’s training camp, in Philadelphia, on July 23, 2025.Flowers are laid on the ground beside a mural of Ozzy Osbourne painted on a wall.Justin Tallis / AFP / GettyFlowers, candles, and drawings are left at a makeshift memorial near a mural that depicts the late British singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne, in Birmingham, England, on July 23, 2025, a day after his death.People attend a laser show, standing in colorful tunnels of light.Zhang Chang / China News Service / VCG / GettyTourists watch a laser show at Wuhan Jiufeng Forest Zoo, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on July 19, 2025.An overhead view of a small house and several small buildings surrounded by floodwater.Kim Hong-Ji / ReutersHouses are submerged during flooding caused by torrential rain, in Yesan, South Korea, on July 18, 2025.A girl runs across a street, as smoke rises in the background from an airstrike in Gaza.Reuters TVA girl runs away after Israeli strikes hit a school sheltering displaced people at the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 17, 2025, in this screen grab from video obtained by Reuters.A person weighs through waist-deep floodwater in a narrow alleyway.Aaron Favila / APA man wades through waist-deep water in a residential area after Tropical Storm Wipha caused intense monsoon rains that bought flooding, in Quezon City, Philippines, on July 21, 2025.An aerial view of a neighborhood dominated by a gigantic golden statue of a seated Buddha.Watsamon Tri-Yasakda / AFP / GettyThe giant Buddha statue at the Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen Buddhist temple complex, in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 18, 2025.A fan wearing a helmet adorned with gigantic antlers runs beside a cyclist during the Tour de France.Tim de Waele / GettyFelix Gall of Austria competes in the chase group while fans cheer during Stage 14 of the Tour de France 2025, in Luchon-Superbagnères, France, on July 19, 2025.Dozens of people in traditional costume stand in a semicircle, playing alphorns.Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / DPA / GettyMembers of the Via Salina Euregio alphorn group make music, on the Fellhorn, at Schlappoldsee Station, Germany, on July 20, 2025. They were playing at a mountain church service in honor of St. James, the patron saint of Alpine shepherds.A large group of people wearing costumes resembling colorful clowns march through a street.Hector Quintanar / GettyGroups of traditional dancers perform in the streets as part of the Santa Maria Magdalena Patron Feast, in Xico, Veracruz, Mexico, on July 20, 2025.An unusual cloud formation in the sky above a city, looking like stacked discs.Geng Yuhe / VCG / GettyAn unusual cloud appears in the sky above Lianyungang, in China’s Jiangsu province, on July 22, 2025.A close view of a stalk of barley with dew drops on it.Thomas Warnack / DPA / GettyThe sun rises in the morning behind barley that has dewdrops hanging from its awns, in Unlingen, Germany, on July 20, 2025.A farmer uses a tractor on a field, as a wildfire burns the forest in the background.Sergen Sezgin / Anadolu / GettyEfforts to extinguish a fire that broke out in a forested area in Geyve continue, as the fire spread to Bilecik, Turkey, on July 21, 2025.A person dives from a floating dock into the water for a swimming race.Maddie Meyer / GettyTianchen Lan of Team China competes in the mixed 4x1,500-meter open-water final on Day 10 of the World Aquatics Championships, in Singapore, on July 20, 2025.Several young people lie on the floor, hugging and petting shelter dogs.Fernando Vergara / APNathali Barrios embraces Zeus at an animal shelter at Delia Zapata Olivella High School, where students care for abandoned animals and help them find adoptive homes, in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 17, 2025.

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