Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed / Anadolu / GettyA fencer performs during a full moon in Erbil, Iraq, on August 28, 2026.Vadim Ghirda / APFrecce Tricolori, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian air force, perform at the Bucharest International Air Show in Romania on August 29, 2026.Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP / GettyArtists perform during the sixth World Nomad Games in the Kyrchyn Gorge, in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Region, on September 2, 2026.Ethan Swope / APA firetruck passes as the Plaskett Fire burns in Big Sur, California, on August 28, 2026.Burak Kara / GettyThe heavily damaged Russian-flagged cargo ship Omskiy-107 is seen washed ashore at Alacalı Beach in the Şile district of Istanbul, Turkey, on September 2, 2026. The 108-meter bulk carrier drifted ashore after its crew reportedly abandoned the ship in lifeboats, following a drone attack that struck the vessel in the Black Sea.Prabin Ranabhat / AFP / GettyAn aerial view shows a torrent of muddy water surging past houses and through the Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods, at Betrawati, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on August 29, 2026.Rajesh Kumar Singh / APResidents pull a newly installed zipline to help people commute across the Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on September 2, 2026.Andreea Alexandru / APA Romanian-police special unit, along with Socks the dog, performs a tactical-intervention demonstration on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show on August 28, 2026.Robertus Pudyanto / GettyA participant flies kites during the 22nd Surabaya Kite Festival at Pakuwon City in Surabaya, Indonesia, on August 29, 2026.Michael Probst / APA heron takes off from a pole in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, on September 1, 2026.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / GettyDogs are posed on a table in a field of flowers in Yamanakako Hana no Miyako park near Mount Fuji in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, on August 30, 2026.Tobias Schwarz / AFP / GettyThe German band Kraftwerk performs in front of a screen at the Bauhaus Dessau in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, on August 28, 2026.Katharina Kausche / DPA / GettyA view from the Frauenkirche shows attendees in Dresden’s Neumarkt on August 31, 2026, during the “Dresden is(s)t bunt” banquet (roughly translated: “Dresden is diverse/eats colorfully”).Scott Olson / GettyAn aerial view shows the likeness of Dolly Parton carved into a corn maze at All Seasons Orchard in Woodstock, Illinois, on August 28, 2026. Plans for the tribute to Parton, who died on August 25, had been in the works for nearly three years before being finalized in January. The maze was cut into the corn earlier this summer. A portion of the proceeds will go to Parton’s Imagination Library.Peter Kneffel / DPA / GettyHundreds of people attend a mountain Mass at the Memorial Chapel of Mary, Queen of Peace, on the Kampenwand, near Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany, on August 30, 2026.Andrew Harnik / GettyDemonstrators bow their heads during a “Defend the Vote” rally marking the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the National Mall, on August 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C.Odd Andersen / AFP / GettyA woman places flowers at a makeshift memorial for King Harald V of Norway, who passed away, at the Royal Palace square in Oslo on August 31, 2026.Robert F. Bukaty / APDale Sanders, age 91, pauses for a prayer upon completing his hike of the Appalachian Trail at the summit of Mount Katahdin, on August 31, 2026, in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine.Dmitri Lovetsky / APActors of ‘Puppet Format’ Theatre walk with a giant figure depicting the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, during a street performance ahead of the school year in St. Petersburg, Russia, on August 29, 2026.Paras Griffin / GettyMembers of Howard University’s Showtime Marching Band perform during halftime at the 2026 Cricket MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff at Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 29, 2026.Meng Delong / VCG / GettyStudents run after receiving new textbooks at an experimental school in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on August 30, 2026. Schools across multiple regions welcomed students back for the new semester.Wally Skalij / APA fan tries to get the attention of the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge for an autograph before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, California, on August 31, 2026.Carl Court / GettyPlayers from Bourton Rovers First XI play against Bourton Rovers Second XI during the annual Bourton-on-the-Water football match played in the River Windrush in England, on August 31, 2026.Tomohiro Ohsumi / GettyToshisuke Kanazawa, a 90-year-old bodybuilder, competes in the men’s-bodybuilding 85-years-and-over category during the All-Japan Masters Fitness Championship on August 30, 2026, in Hiroshima, Japan. Kanazawa, Japan’s oldest competitive bodybuilder, won the championship, becoming a 19-time bodybuilding champion.Aysegul Kurt / Anadolu / GettyRestoration work is under way on the walls surrounding Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the historic city of Khiva, Uzbekistan, on September 2, 2026. Teams repair weathered and damaged sections of the defensive walls while taking traditional architectural techniques and materials into consideration to preserve the site’s original architectural character.VCG / GettyPeople visit the Shanghai Grand Opera House during a pre-opening pressure test on August 29, 2026, in Shanghai, China. The venue is preparing for its official opening on October 17.Ina Fassbender / AFP / GettyScientists test spacesuits during a press event at the new LUNA lunar-simulation facility on the campus of the German Aerospace Center, near the European Space Agency’s European Astronaut Center in Cologne-Porz, Germany, on September 3, 2026.John Locher / APPeople stand at the rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona on August 31, 2026.
