Antonio Bronić / ReutersLara Grbac rides a horse named Perlaz in the water during a heat wave in Supetar, on the island of Brac, Croatia, on August 5, 2026.Dmitri Lovetsky / APA boy floats in the waters of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, on August 5, 2026, as the 462-meter-tall Lakhta Center is visible in the background.Toby Melville / ReutersA drone view shows All Saints’ Church surrounded by parched grassland at Blackheath Common, London, following a prolonged period of extremely dry weather, on August 1, 2026.Dan Kitwood / GettyA young dairy herd walks across a field of dry grass on August 4, 2026, in Ashford, England. According to the the National Drought Group, eight areas across southern, central, and eastern England are verging on drought conditions.Bela Szandelszky / APPeople walk on a sandbar underneath the Danube’s Margareth Bridge in downtown Budapest on August 5, 2026, following the water level’s drop to never-before-seen lows.Andreea Alexandru / APThe Romanian navy detonates underwater explosives during a controlled demolition of submerged rocks to improve water flow to the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant amid exceptionally low water levels on the Danube River, in Izvoarele, Romania, on August 3, 2026.Frida Perkasa / AFP / GettyThe passenger ship Mutiara Sentosa 2 burns in waters off Madura Island, East Java, Indonesia, on August 2, 2026. Five people were found dead, 28 were missing, and 225 others were rescued after the ferry caught fire while at sea on August 2, search-and-rescue officials said.Moises Castillo / APLava and ash erupt out of the crater of the Fuego Volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, on August 4, 2026.Henning Bagger / Ritzau Scanpix / ReutersPeople gather during closing fireworks at the Tall Ships Races 2026 in Aalborg, Denmark, on August 1, 2026.Mouneb Taim / APGuests create a human arch for a couple as they enter an inflatable chapel during a mass-wedding ceremony in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on August 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.Jeff J Mitchell / GettyThe Black Blues Brothers pose during a photo call for Let’s Twist Again! in front of the Scottish National Gallery on August 4, 2026, in Edinburgh. The Black Blues Brothers features five Kenyan acrobats performing a range of physical stunts set to a rock-and-roll soundtrack.Matt Jelonek / GettyA model walks the runway during the OpéraSport Spring/Summer 2027 show at Copenhagen Fashion Week on August 3, 2026, in Copenhagen.Jens Büttner / DPA / GettyA roebuck peeks out of a wheat field in the morning while searching for food on August 6, 2026, in Mühlen-Eichsen, Germany.Gonzalo Fuentes / ReutersItaly’s Filippo Pelati and Lucrezia Ruggiero perform during a mixed duet artistic-swimming final at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris on August 2, 2026.Kim Hong-Ji / ReutersA boy cools down in a fountain during a heat-wave warning in Seoul on August 3, 2026.Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP / GettyNicolas Percocet, an e-foil instructor and a co-founder of Foil in Paris, rides on the Seine in Paris on August 2, 2026.Aurelien Morissard / APA diver takes part in a high-dive practice session, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, on August 5, 2026.Sebastien Bozon / AFP / GettyItaly’s divers Matteo Santoro and Chiara Pellacani compete in the mixed three-meter synchro-diving final event during the LEN European Aquatics Championships in Saint-Denis, France, on August 2, 2026.Zhang Chi / VCG / GettyA pig leaps into a pond at Jinbao Amusement Park on August 1, 2026, in Weifang, Shandong province, China.Xue Jinlong / VCG / GettyVillagers wear headlamps as they row small boats to harvest water caltrops on August 3, 2026, in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China.Maxwell Briceno / AFP / GettySurfers take part in a paddle-out ceremony organized by the Venezuelan Surfing Federation in tribute to members of the surfing community who died in the June 24 earthquake, in La Guaira, on August 1, 2026.Dmitri Lovetsky / APPeople ride their stand-up paddle boards along the Moyka River at the annual costumed Fontanka SUP-boards festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, on August 1, 2026.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / GettyBuildings and apartments in the evening in Tokyo on August 1, 2026Amir Cohen / ReutersThe sun sets over Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, on August 2, 2026.Stelios Misinas / ReutersTrees burn during a wildfire near Agia Paraskevi, Greece, on August 2, 2026.Lindsey Wasson / APA melted backboard stands in a neighborhood after a wildfire hit the northern part of Spokane, Washington, on August 3, 2026.Matthew Childs / ReutersNorthern Ireland’s Matti Dobbins and Trinidad and Tobago’s Jadian Neaves crash during the men’s 10-kilometer scratch-race final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 1, 2026.Adam Pretty / GettyMarshall Erwood of Team New Zealand competes during the men’s 4,000-meter individual pursuit, qualifying in the track cycling on Day 8 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 31, 2026.
