Oli Scarff / AFP / GettyMartin Hill prepares to compete in his jet dragster, named Fireforce 5, at the Euro Finals drag-racing event, at the Santa Pod Raceway near Wellingborough, England, on September 11, 2026.Frank Franklin II / APAlexander Zverev, of Germany, kisses the trophy after winning the men’s singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships against Ben Shelton on September 13, 2026, in New York.Bruna Prado / APThe Brazilian DJ Alok presents his “Keep Art Human” performance on September 11, 2026, during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro.Lintao Zhang / GettyA model walks the runway at the C.Protocol collection show on September 14, 2026, during Beijing Fashion Week.David Becker / APA fan reacts before a football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Miami Dolphins, in Las Vegas, on September 13, 2026.Markus Schreiber / APA scene from the movie Jurassic Park illustrated with pumpkins and wood, seen in the “Pumpkin Goes to Hollywood” display at the Asparagus and Adventure Farm in Klaistow, Germany, on September 17, 2026.Matthias Bein / DPA / GettyHermann Fellerhoff sets up a frightening figure in his haunted house, “Ride to Hell 2.0,” on the Eisleber Wiese in Eisleben, Germany, on September 16, 2026.Vernon Yuen / Nexpher Images / Sipa USA / ReutersA robot sits in a chair in Victoria Park in Hong Kong on September 17, 2026.Michael Probst / APA ferris wheel turns on the first day of the Dippemess autumn fair in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 11, 2026.John Tully / GettyTwo “Honor Summit” beams of light shine from the top of Mount Washington, the Northeast’s highest peak, marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, seen on September 12, 2026 in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.VCG / GettyAn installation at the third annual Shanghai International Light Festival in the Huangpu District, photographed on September 17, 2026. The festival will run until October 16, at one main venue and 16 subvenues across Shanghai.Selcuk Acar / Anadolu / GettyKayra Theodore, a Haitian American hair artist, attends the Frederick Anderson fashion show at Nebula on September 15, 2026, during New York Fashion Week.Ian Forsyth / GettyAnna Cartmell Done poses, wearing a themed dress called “Grain and Grandeur—The Harvest Ball,” created by the floral designer Jonathan Moseley, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Harrogate Autumn flower show on September 17, 2026, in Ripon, England.Alex Kraus / Bloomberg / GettyA reservist takes part in an exercise on how to defend a position during a Bundeswehr training program in Baumholder, Germany, on September 15, 2026.Baderkhan Ahmad / APFighters with the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units, or YPJ, rest during a break in military training in the countryside of Derik, also known as al-Malikiyah, in northeastern Syria, on September 12, 2026.Raul Arboleda / AFP / GettyPrivate security guards participate in a weapons-training session at the Americana Security Academy in Bogota, Colombia, on September 11, 2026. Colombia’s right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella relaxed gun-carry laws on September 8, saying he wanted to help ordinary citizens defend themselves from “bandits armed to the teeth.”Vadim Ghirda / APRiot police officers line up, backdropped by a statue of a giraffe outside the Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum, close to the government headquarters, during a farmer’s protest in Bucharest, Romania, on September 15, 2026.Sergei Gapon / AFP / GettyA red deer crosses a lake during a misty morning in the Barycz Valley near the village of Grabownica, Poland, on September 15, 2026.Aris Messinis / AFP / GettyA Mediterranean black pig swims at a beach on the private island of Atokos, in the Ionian Sea, on September 10, 2026. The island, located off the coast of western Greece, has gained popularity on social media for its population of free-roaming Mediterranean black pigs.Sergei Grits / APA competitor in a vehicle shaped like a carrot steers through an obstacle course during the Red Bull Soapbox Race Eesti 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia, on September 13, 2026.Mark Thompson / GettyMax Verstappen prepares before the start of the “Max vs 100” challenge on September 16, 2026, in Northampton, England. Verstappen, a four-time F1 champion driver, took on 100 challengers in an elimination go-kart race, starting at the back and overtaking the entire field within 35 minutes.Christopher Furlong / GettyIn this aerial view, an ancient packhorse bridge is revealed by low water levels along the bed of Baitings Reservoir on September 14, 2026, near Ripponden, England. Despite the recent rainfall in parts of England, reservoirs and groundwater levels remain low after several months of exceptionally dry conditions and record-high temperatures across the U.K.Bipul Ahmed / NurPhoto / GettyAn aerial view shows homes and farmland surrounded by floodwater in the Middle Char area of Char Khidirpur in Paba Upazila, Bangladesh, on September 13, 2026. Rising water levels in the Padma River have inundated several low-lying communities, leaving more than 200 families in Middle Char marooned, according to local officials and residents.Joseph Okpako / GettyLuke Jerram showcases his new project, the “Pollenarium,” at Barking Riverside on September 11, 2026, in London. The Pollenarium is an inflatable room shaped like a spiky grain of pollen on the outside, with lenses that project images of the outside world onto surfaces inside the structure.Christophe Delattre / AFP / GettyWorkers stand atop the 2024 Olympic cauldron designed by the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, over the Tuileries Garden on September 16, 2026. The cauldron, brought back to Paris on June 21, 2026, made its last flight of the season on September 14, 2026.Ethan Swope / APThe NTSB investigator in charge, Fabian Salazar, answers questions during a news conference at the scene where a news helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles, on September 16, 2026.Joe Maher / GettyJacquelin Harris, Jesse Obremski, Isaiah Day, Ashley Kaylynn Green, and Yannick Lebrun perform during a photo call for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Legacy/New Works at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London on September 15, 2026.Markus Schreiber / APGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz waits for Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, before a meeting in Berlin on September 15, 2026.
