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Alessandra Benedetti / Corbis / GettyA drone display creates an image of the late Pope Francis while flying over St Peter’s Square during the Grace for the World concert, on September 13, 2025, in Vatican City, Vatican. A person uses a paintbrush on the large head of a statue of a Hindu goddess. Rupak De Chowdhuri / NurPhoto / GettyAn artisan, Iswar Chowdhury, draws the eye of the goddess Durga for an 83-year-old Durga Puja in a temporary pandal under construction in Kolkata, India, on September 16, 2025, ahead of the Durga Puja festival. A close view of a baby walrus Chen Jimin / China News Service / VCG / GettyA hand-reared baby walrus named Wowo during its 100-day birthday celebration at the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom on September 15, 2025, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China An underwater view of an albino alligator floating near the surface of a pool in an enclosure Justin Sullivan / GettyA rare albino alligator named Claude is reflected in water as it sits in its enclosure at the California Academy of Sciences on September 17, 2025, in San Francisco. The academy is celebrating the 30th birthday of Claude with a monthlong bash. A distant view of an illuminated tall pyramid structure standing beside a lake Jan Woitas / DPA / GettyThe new adventure pyramid in Sonnenlandpark is lit up in the evening in Lichtenau, Germany, on September 17, 2025. The 65-meter-high structure is due to open on September 20, offering a viewing platform and a slide that spirals around the staircase. A photo looking up toward the top of one of the pyramids of Giza, from near its base Khaled Desouki / AFP / GettyTourists walk near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on September 18, 2025. An aerial photograph of hundreds of new cars parked in straight rows AFP / GettyHundreds of cars sit in rows at a port in Lianyungang, in China’s Jiangsu province, on September 17, 2025. Soldiers in varying uniforms march during a military parade. Marvin Recinos / AFP / GettySalvadoran soldiers march during a military parade to commemorate 204 years of El Salvador’s independence, in San Salvador on September 15, 2025. Three people on horseback, two wearing mariachi costumes, carry American and Mexican flags on a parade route. Brandon Bell / GettyMariachis on horseback celebrate Mexican Independence Day while parading through the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago, on September 14, 2025. Community members, organizers, and elected officials gathered to celebrate Mexican Independence Day amid the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz, a push from federal law enforcement for the arrests of undocumented immigrants. A view from behind of President Trump and his wife Melania, as they watch a military ceremony on a lawn of Windsor Castle. Melania is wearing a large purple hat. Jordan Pettitt / AFP / GettyPresident Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump watch the Beating Retreat military ceremony on the East Lawn at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, on September 17, 2025, during a state visit. An elevated view, looking down at two athletes celebrating on a track, both wearing American flags draped around their shoulders. Fabrizio Bensch / ReutersBronze medalist Noah Lyles of the U.S. celebrates with Tara Davis-Woodhall of the U.S., gold medalist in the women’s long jump, at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, in Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, on September 14, 2025. Security officers in a Korean airport walk past a protest banner depicting President Trump wearing an ICE uniform. Ahn Young-joon / APA banner depicting President Donald Trump is placed by protesters at the arrival terminal of the Incheon International Airport, in Incheon, South Korea, on September 12, 2025. About a dozen people stand in a field, participating in a military training exercise. Pedro Mattey / AFP / GettyMembers of the Bolivarian National Militia participate in a military training at Fuerte Tiuna, in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 13, 2025. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro called on reservists, members of the militia, and young people who had enlisted in the army to receive training and learn “how to shoot” to defend the country against what he considers a threat from the United States. Hundreds of Palestinians ride on and walk near a very long line of packed trucks and cars on a road leading away from ruined buildings and smoke rising in the distance. Mahmoud Issa / ReutersSmoke rises from an Israeli strike, as displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 14, 2025. A hiker stands on a rocky slope, looking out over a broad glacier. Sean Gallup / GettyA hiker looks out at the Aletsch Glacier on September 14, 2025, near Bettmeralp, Switzerland. Scientists from Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland have recorded 4.6 meters in diminished vertical thickness since last year at the glacier’s upper section. According to GLAMOS data, Aletsch has lost mass every year since 1987. A trio of musicians wearing medieval clothing performs on a hilltop. Danny Lawson / PA Images / GettyFrom left, Beck Laxton plays a shawm, Brad Chick plays a medieval drum, and Jackie Phillips plays a bray harp—all wearing traditional 15th-century clothing—during the Medieval Music in the Dales festival, on the grounds Bolton Castle, near Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England, on September 14, 2025. Autumn-colored leaves on trees beside a blue-green bay of water VCG / GettyA view of autumn colors along Wolong Bay in the Kanas scenic area in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on September 15, 2025. Low sunlight reflected off a harbor, dotted with many floats used in an abalone breeding area Yang Zhili / VCG via Getty / VCGFishermen work in an abalone breeding area in Rongcheng, Weihai City, Shandong province, China, on September 11, 2025. Dozens of fishing boats sail beneath a road bridge on their way out to sea. AFP / GettyFishing boats head out to the East China Sea on the first day after a four-and-a-half-month fishing moratorium ended, at Ningbo, in China’s Zhejiang province, on September 16, 2025. Four workers walk along power lines high up in the sky. Costfoto / NurPhoto / GettyWorkers with a power-supply company conduct an inspection of a newly built pole-section transmission line in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on September 12, 2025. Children pass by a crowd, driving pedal cars in a race. Toby Melville / ReutersChildren take part in the Settrington Cup pedal-car race as motoring enthusiasts attend the Goodwood Revival, a three-day vintage-car-racing festival in Goodwood, near Chichester, England, on September 13, 2025. An athlete leans back while swinging a hammer during a hammer-throw competition. Ashley Landis / APUkraine’s Iryna Klymets competes in the women’s hammer-throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, on September 14, 2025. A driver sits in a small racing cart, holding an umbrella above their head. Suzanne Plunkett / ReutersContender James Savage holds an umbrella while waiting to be towed up the hill for the second round of the annual Gravity Grand Prix in Cookham Dean, England, on September 14, 2025. A crowd of people gather together to watch a tram driver drive their vehicle into a large inflated ball, using it to knock down Joe Klamar / AFP / GettyGermany’s Sandra Probst of Team Berlin-Leipzig competes during the World Tramdriver Championship outside of City Hall in Vienna, Austria, on September 13, 2025, where the world’s finest tram drivers from 25 nations showcased their exceptional driving skills in a series of challenging competitions. A heavily damaged residential building stands surrounded by rocks after a flood swept through the area. AFP / GettyA residential building stands after being pounded by rocks in a flash flood that followed heavy rains in the Sahastradhara region of Dehradun, in India’s Uttarakhand State, on September 16, 2025. Two boys stand near a partially-submerged road during a flood. Akhtar Soomro / ReutersBoys stand near a partially submerged road leading to their home following monsoon rains and rising water levels of the Indus River, in Ghano Khan Jatoi village in Dadu district, Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 12, 2025. Several people walk along a path through a salt lake filled with bright green water. Hao Jihong / VCG / GettyTourists take in the scenery of Emerald Lake in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, China, on September 12, 2025. A person cares for a horse, photographed in such a way that it looks almost like a human being with a horse's head reaching their arms up. Kin Cheung / APA soldier of Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment tacks up his horse during preparations for the carriage procession at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, England, on September 15, 2025.