A collection of images from around the world over the past week, including the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania, a giant dust storm in Phoenix, a grape harvest in France, a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, an apple spill in Germany, and much more

People stand on a hillside watching as a jet fighter flies past very closely.Vadim Ghirda / APAviation buffs observe a Eurofighter Typhoon German Air Force combat aircraft fly by during a show of military and acrobatic aviation on Caraiman Peak, in Bușteni, Romania, on August 26, 2025.A corgi wearing an airplane-shaped costume walks on Astroturf.Petras Malukas / AFP / GettyA corgi arrives for a costume contest, part of the Corgi Race Vilnius 2025 gathering in Vingis Park, Vilnius, on August 23, 2025.Competitors ride cows on a grassy racecourse.Angelika Warmuth / ReutersFarmer Markus Schmid rides an ox called Asterix during a traditional ox race in the southern Bavarian village of Haunshofen, Germany, on August 24, 2025.Hundreds of people stand in rows together, practicing martial art arts.Yuan Xiaoqiang / VCG / GettyStudents of the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School practice boxing during a celebration of International Boxing Day held by the International Boxing Association in Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, on August 27, 2025.An elevated view of a large crowd of people completely covered in bits of tomato during a food-fight festival.Alberto Saiz / APRevelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual “Tomatina” tomato-fight fiesta in the village of Buñol, near Valencia, Spain, on August 27, 2025.An overturned truck lies on its side, with a large load of apples spilled out onto a road.Marijan Murat / DPA / GettyApples lie on a closed road after an accident in Reutlingen, Germany, on August 25, 2025. A tractor with a trailer loaded with apples overturned on a sloping road for unknown reasons. The driver was slightly injured.Young baseball players jump on top of each other, piled up in celebration.Sam Balkansky / APTaiwan celebrates following the Little League World Series Championship baseball game against Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 24, 2025, in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.A soccer match held in ankle-deep water, splashing everywhere.Ben Birchall / PA Images / GettyFootballers from the Bourton Rovers create a splash as they fight for the ball during the annual traditional River Windrush football match in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-in-the-Water, Gloucestershire, on August 25, 2025.A person rides a surfboard on a wave at night.Gaizka Iroz / AFP / GettyFrance’s Justin Becret competes in a surf session during the 2025 Anglet Night Surfing competition at the “Chambre d’amour” beach, in Anglet, France, on August 22, 2025.An enormous rolling cloud of dust approaches a residential area.Ross D. Franklin / APA giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air on August 25, 2025.A firefighter holds a rake, working in a forest as flames burn all around.Noah Berger / APA firefighter battles the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, California, on August 23, 2025.Rushing floodwater surrounds and passes by a statue of a Hindu god.Mukesh Gupta / ReutersWater from the overflowing Tawi River floods a temple of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, following heavy rain in Jammu, Indian Kashmir, on August 26, 2025.A person wearing a lifejacket, standing in chest-deep water, carries a child on their shoulders.Hannah McKay / ReutersA migrant carrying a child wades through the sea in an attempt to board an inflatable dinghy leaving the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel to reach England, from the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe, in Gravelines, near Calais, France, on August 25, 2025.An aerial view of a tall statue standing above vineyardsMichael Probst / APThe figure Germania stands atop the Niederwald monument, commemorating the founding of the German Empire in 1871, seen above the vineyards and the city of Rüdesheim, Germany, on August 25, 2025.A small model of a prehistoric primatePetr David Josek / APA model of the 3.2 million-year-old hominid named Salem is seen during an opening of an exhibition at the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 25, 2025.Fireworks explode near a police officer in riot gear.Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / GettyFireworks explode near a police officer in riot gear in Lausanne, Switzerland, on August 25, 2025, during the second night of rioting following the death of a teenager who tried to escape local police while driving a stolen scooter.The sun rises behind the upraised arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty.Gary Hershorn / GettyThe sun rises behind the Statue of Liberty, in New York City, on August 24, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey.A parent runs down a street toward a school, barefoot, hurrying toward the scene of a shooting.Richard Tsong-Taatarii / The Minnesota Star Tribune / GettyA parent runs toward the school during an active-shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 27, 2025.People gather for a candlelight vigil.Jeff Wheeler / The Minnesota Star Tribune / GettyCommunity members gather at Lynnhurst Park in Minneapolis for a candlelight vigil to honor the victims and survivors of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on August 27, 2025.A crowd of people hold their phones up to take pictures of a city plaza lit by many strings of hanging lights.Ivan Samoilov / AFP / GettyLocal residents capture the turning-on of illuminations to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day, in central Kharkiv, on August 24, 2025.About a dozen people are seen working in a vineyard.Arnaud Finistre / AFP / GettyGrape harvesters work in the vineyards of Chateau de Meursault, in Meursault, France, on August 26, 2025.Dozens of dump trucks are seen parked in rows on a brand new road bridge.Qu Honglun / China News Service / VCG / GettyA load-testing operation takes place on the new Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, in Anshun, Guizhou province, China, on August 25, 2025.An elevated view of a village situated on a hillside surrounded by terraced fieldsWu Dejun / VCG / GettyAn aerial view of terraced fields at the Jiabang Rice Terraces in Congjiang County, in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, China, on August 24, 2025.A grizzly bear walks through tall grass.Jim Urquhart / ReutersA grizzly bear walks through grass and sagebrush in Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, on August 23, 2025.An adult and young moose, standing in a forestYasin Ozturk / Anadolu / GettyMoose graze near a trail in Girdwood, Alaska.A man jogs with snow-capped mountains in the background.Raul Bravo / AFP / GettyA man jogs with the snowcapped Andes Mountains in the background in Santiago, Chile, on August 23, 2025.A boy, completely covered in silver paint, sits in a street while begging.Noah Seelam / AFP / GettyA boy dressed as Mahatma Gandhi and covered in silver paint to attract passersby begs for alms from devotees during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad on August 27, 2025.A large rocket rises through the air after a launch, leaving a long trail of exhaust.Eric Gay / APSpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on August 26, 2025.

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