More than 2,500 athletes from more than 200 nations traveled to Singapore over the past few weeks to compete in 77 events across six different aquatic sports.

A diver's face is distorted as they tumble in the air during a diving competition.Ng Han Guan / APTimo Barthel of Germany competes in the men’s 3m springboard-diving preliminaries at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 31, 2025.A water polo player throws a ball, splashing pool water all over the place.Vincent Thian / APGreece’s Dimitrios Skoumpakis attempts a shot at goal during the men’s water-polo semifinal at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 22, 2025.Many swimmers dive into water at the same time at the start of a race.Edgar Su / ReutersOpen-water swimmers dive into the water at the start of the mixed 4x1500m race at Sentosa Island, Singapore, on July 20, 2025.A view of a high diver falling toward the water, seen from the water's surface, with water splashing upward.Marko Djurica / ReutersSwitzerland’s Jean-David Duval dives during the men’s 27m high-dive semifinals on Sentosa Island on July 25, 2025.A close view of a swimmer's head during a race, seen just beneath the waters surface, slightly distorted by a lensing effect.Hollie Adams / ReutersCanada’s Kylie Masse swims in the women’s 50m backstroke semifinals on July 30, 2025.Two water polo players clash underwater, one appears to be grabbing the swimsuit of the other.Maddie Meyer / GettyHannes Daube of Team United States and Lorenzo Bruni of Team Italy wrestle in the Classification 7th–8th Place match for men’s water polo on day 14 of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.A team of eight synchronized swimmers poses before entering the swimming pool.Adam Pretty / GettyTeam China competes in the Team Technical Preliminaries on day 11 of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on July 21, 2025.An artistic swimmer splashes and makes a fierce face during a performance.Lee Jin-man / APZoi Karangelou of Greece competes in the Women’s Solo Free preliminary of artistic swimming on July 20, 2025.A pair of artistic swimmers smile while posing for the camera and biting their medals at a gold medal ceremony.Adam Pretty / GettyGold medalists Mayya Gurbanberdieva and Aleksandr Maltsev of Team Neutral Athletes B pose on the podium during the Mixed Duet Technical Final medal ceremony on July 23, 2025.A pair of synchronized divers, scene twisting in midair.Adam Pretty / GettyShu Ohkubo and Rikuto Tamai of Team Japan compete in the men’s 10m synchronized-diving final on Day 19.An underwater view of a water polo team getting ready for a match.Adam Pretty / GettyTeam Croatia gets into position prior to a preliminary-round match against Team Montenegro in men’s water polo at the OCBC Aquatic Center on July 14, 2025.Eight artistic swimmers in a team are seen at the water's surface, all leaning back during a performance.Francois-Xavier Marit / AFP / GettyTeam Neutral Athletes competes in the final of the Team Free artistic-swimming event on July 20, 2025.Swimmers compete in open water.Yong Teck Lim / GettyNicholas Sloman of Team Australia warms up ahead of the men’s 3km knockout sprint heat on day nine of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.Two swimmers stand near a pool, after a race.Oli Scarff / AFP / GettyThe Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh reacts after competing in a semifinal of the women’s 200m butterfly on July 30, 2025.A trio of artistic swimmers dive into the pool, seen from underwater.Adam Pretty / GettyTeam Japan competes in the Team Technical Final on day 12, at the World Aquatics Championships Arena in Singapore.An artistic swim team prepares to lift one of their members out of the water, while she interacts with another team member nearby.Yong Teck Lim / GettyTeam Spain competes in the Team Free Final on day 10.Swimmer Katie Ledecky poses with the American flag after winning a gold medal in a race.Vincent Thian / APKatie Ledecky of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s 1500m freestyle final on July 29, 2025.A pair of synchronized divers, seen mid-jump, their arms and legs blurred by their spinning motionNg Han Guan / APGabriela Agundez Garcia and Alejandra Estudillo Torres of Mexico compete in the women’s 10m synchronized-diving preliminaries on July 28, 2025.A diver reacts underwater after performing a dive.Sarah Stier / GettyOsmar Olvera Ibarra of Team Mexico reacts after a dive during the men’s 3m springboard preliminaries on day 21.An underwater view of a swimmer passing by overhead, creating waves and distorting the view of the ceiling beyond.Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / GettyThe Team USA swimmer Kate Douglass competes in the final of the women’s 100m breaststroke on July 29, 2025.A swimmer, dripping wet, claps their hands, splashing water droplets everywhere.Sarah Stier / GettyMelvin Imoudu of Team Germany competes in the men’s 50m breaststroke heats on day 19.A pair of synchronized divers tucks and rolls during a dive.Francois-Xavier Marit / AFP / GettyThe Team China divers Cheng Zilong and Zhu Zifeng compete in the final of the men’s 10m platform synchronized-diving event on July 29, 2025.A pair of artistic swimmers seen during a performance, one of them, balancing on one hand placed on the head of the other, who is swimming in a pool.Maye-E Wong / ReutersTeam Spain performs during the Team Acrobatic Artistic Swimming Final at the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships on July 25, 2025.

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