Omar Ashtawy / GettyChildren swim at a pool in Khan Younis, Gaza, on August 19, 2026. Palestinian children, including amputees, some of whom have lost limbs during the war, and orphans participate in swimming training as part of the “Waves of Hope” project carried out by HEAL Palestine.Luisa Gonzalez / ReutersA drone image of a church damaged by a recent earthquake in Quimbaya, Colombia, seen on August 18, 2026Jeff J Mitchell / GettyA young boy herds a flock into the ring at the Lairg auction on August 18, 2026, in Scotland.Petras Malukas / AFP / GettyCorgis take part in a 50-meter race in Vingis Park in Vilnius on August 15, 2026. This is the fifth time Vilnius has hosted a corgi race and costume contest, inviting corgis from across Europe.CFoto / Future Publishing / GettyTourists visit a giant Dachshund installation that is 13 meters long, inside the Haus Nowhare store on Huaihai Middle Road in Shanghai, China, on August 17, 2026.Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP / GettyA man jogs past a dinosaur statue at Bueng Kaen Nakhon Public Park in Khon Kaen, Thailand, on August 20, 2026.Tom Dubravec / APA wildfire approaches a beach on the Adriatic coast near Omis, southern Croatia, on August 14, 2026.Lindsey Wasson / APA woman is silhouetted against the setting sun while holding up her phone at Pocket Beach in Myrtle Edwards Park, overlooking Elliott Bay in Seattle on August 18, 2026.Fabrizio Villa / GettyLuigi Renna, the metropolitan archbishop of Catania, places the skull of Saint Agatha inside the head of the saint’s reliquary bust before it is sealed on August 17, 2026, in Catania, Italy.Xiao Benxiang / VCG / GettyA data collector conducts robot skill training in a real-life-simulation scenario to collect high-quality real-machine data in Wuhu, Anhui Province, China, on August 17, 2026.Luis Acosta / AFP / GettyA kitten sleeps at a provisional shelter at the Coliseo Menor, after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Pereira, Colombia, on August 16, 2026.Firdia Lisnawati / APA man walks past a collapsed mosque after an earthquake in Lamba Leda, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on August 18, 2026.Stephen Lam / San Francisco Chronicle / GettyA woman and child walk past a debris-strewn street after Hurricane Lala struck Naalehu, Hawaii, on August 17, 2026. The Category 1 hurricane brought heavy rain and strong winds to the island of Hawaii before moving away without making landfall, causing extensive damage to towns along the island’s southern end.Waseem Andrabi / Hindustan Times / GettyAn aerial view of Muslim devotees gathered outside the historic Khanqah-e-Naqshband Sahib shrine in Khwaja Bazar to offer special congregational afternoon prayers on August 17, 2026, in Srinagar, India.Zeljko Stevanic / Xinhua / GettyA participant jumps into the River Soča from a 17-meter-high bridge during a traditional jumping event in Kanal ob Soči, Slovenia, on August 16, 2026.Tobias Schwarz / AFP / GettyA lion is pictured in its enclosure at the Berlin Zoo on August 18, 2026.Alex Martin / AFP / GettyA male red-panda cub, born on June 17, 2026, nestles in its den at the Safari de Peaugres Zoo near Peaugres, France, on August 19, 2026.Juan Karita / APThe Catholic priest Saul Mamani blesses dogs with holy water during Mass at the Gran Poder parish, marking the feast day of San Roque, the patron saint of dogs, in La Paz, Bolivia, on August 16, 2026.Mahmoud Issa / ReutersA Palestinian girl fills water containers outside the wall of a zoo that was damaged during the war, in Gaza City, on August 15, 2026.Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / DPA / GettyAnglers row a boat across Lake Hopfensee as it glistens at sunset, in Füssen, Germany, on August 16, 2026.Ismail Aslandag / Anadolu / GettyAn aerial view shows Lake Tuz displaying vibrant pink and red hues caused by increased salinity, high temperatures, and microalgae that produce beta-carotene, in Ankara, Turkey, on August 18, 2026.Bloomberg / GettySolar panels stretch to the horizon at the Tengger Desert New Energy Base in Zhongwei, Ningxia, China, on August 16, 2026. Solar power will soon surpass coal as China’s largest source of generation capacity, marking a major milestone in the country’s rapid renewable-energy build-out.VCG / GettyTea farmers prune tea gardens on August 16, 2026, in Yanwu Village in China’s Zhejiang Province.Miguel Medina / AFP / GettyA grape harvester at work in the vineyards of the Correns winegrowers’ cooperative, in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France, on August 17, 2026Thomas Kienzle / AFP / GettyPeople observe a figure of a Lego man made of pumpkins at a pumpkin exhibition in the garden of Ludwigsburg Castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, on August 20, 2026.Andrew Harnik / GettyThe Arts of War statues, newly covered in gold leaf, are visible at Arlington Memorial Bridge near the Lincoln Memorial on August 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C.Joel Saget / AFP / GettyA dromedary camel stands next to the Crone Circus Big Top set up in the parking lot of a Carrefour Market in Pont-Audemer, France, on August 17, 2026.Jens Büttner / DPA / GettyTwo oversize chickens made from straw bales advertise the harvest festival in the village of Bahlen, Germany, on August 18, 2026.
