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A boy walks atop mounds of dust at a marble-waste dumping yard in Kishangarh, India, on Aug. 16, 2026. The sprawling expanse of white marble waste has attracted tourists, filmmakers, and social media enthusiasts to a landscape resembling a snow-covered valley. Himanshu Sharma/AFP via Getty Images
Banana Ball player Connor Harris interacts with fans during the Savannah Bananas vs. Indiana Clowns game at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 15, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
People release white doves, a symbol of peace, as a tribute to the war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2026. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
A salvage worker breaks the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza City on Aug. 16, 2026. Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images
Crews battling a wildfire light firebreaks near a farm in Luglon, France, on Aug. 16, 2026. Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images
A floating jetty and boats stranded on the dried-up shores of the Untersee, also known as Lower Lake Constance, during a heatwave in Mannenbach, Switzerland, on Aug. 15, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Ninety couples sit in rows during a mass wedding ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Akre, Iraq, on Aug. 16, 2026. Safin Hamid/AFP via Getty Images
A Wildberries employee passes a plume of smoke during a fire at the Russian e-commerce firm’s logistics complex near Podolsk, outside Moscow, on Aug. 16, 2026. Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images
Rescue crews work at the wreckage of an overturned Polish tourist bus on the M3 motorway near Mezokeresztes, Hungary, on Aug. 16, 2026. The bus, traveling from Serbia to Poland, overturned early Sunday, killing 12 people and seriously injuring at least 10, according to Hungarian officials. Zoltan Mathe/MTI/AFP via Getty Images
A member of the Likud party is pictured through a poster featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a polling station during the party’s primary elections in Jerusalem on Aug. 17, 2026. Israel will hold national elections on Oct. 27. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images
People stand along a street flooded by a monsoon in Manila, Philippines, on Aug. 17, 2026. Jam Sta. Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
Displaced people who fled their homes due to gang violence gather at a temporary camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Aug. 17, 2026. Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty Images
Goats walk past a crack in the road following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Marapokot, Nagekeo, Indonesia, on Aug. 17, 2026. Thousands of people displaced by the earthquake awaited aid as they camped at schools, police stations and government offices. Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images
Dragon’s teeth—concrete obstacles designed to impede the movement of military vehicles—stand ready during a visit by Latvia’s president to inspect the border with Belarus, in Piedruja, Latvia, on Aug. 17, 2026. Gints Ivuskans/AFP via Getty Images
A man watches from a hilltop as Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian building, citing lack of a building permit, in Qalandia, West Bank, on Aug. 17, 2026. Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images
Supporters of Zambian President-elect Hakainde Hichilema celebrate his victory after it was announced by the Electoral Commission in Lusaka, Zambia, on Aug. 18, 2026. Hichilema won a second term with around 60 percent of the vote, defeating opposition leader Brian Mundubile with nearly 38 percent. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images
Smoke billows from burned land near the Signal de Botrange during a wildfire at the High Fens nature reserve near Sourbrodt, Belgium, on Aug. 18, 2026. Bruno Fahy/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
Entrants usher their pigs around a pen during a competition on Day 6 of the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Aug. 18, 2026. The Iowa State Fair is one of the largest agricultural expositions in the nation. Leon Neal/Getty Images
South Korean soldiers take part in an anti-terror drill at a hotel during the Ulchi Freedom Shield joint South Korea-U.S. military exercise, in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 19, 2026. The annual war games will end about a week earlier than planned after President Donald Trump ordered the drills scaled back. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images
Olivia Konar holds a banner with the names of nearly 400 young people who allegedly died from the impacts of social media outside a U.S. courthouse as opening arguments begin in a lawsuit trial in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 18, 2026. A coalition of U.S. states is seeking around $200 billion in damages from Meta, accusing the company of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AFP via Getty Images
Armed defectors from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive in vehicles as they are believed to be surrendering to the Sudanese military, in Omdurman, Sudan, on Aug. 19, 2026. Sudan has been ravaged by war between the Sudanese military and the RSF since April 2023. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty Images
A highway is covered with mud and debris after a landslide caused by heavy rainfall in Iquique, Chile, on Aug. 19, 2026. Alex Diaz/AFP via Getty Images
A visitor sits on a quadruped robot designed for inspection tasks during the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 20, 2026. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
Buses leave the abandoned village of Imber on the Ministry of Defense training area on England’s Salisbury Plain on Aug. 15, 2026. The annual Imberbus charity service operates for one day, taking passengers along restricted military roads to the abandoned village and raising money for local charities and the Royal British Legion Poppy Day Appeal. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
Rescue workers search the rubble of collapsed buildings following the June 24 earthquakes along the coast in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on Aug. 19, 2026. Nearly two months after the disaster, relatives and rescuers continue searching for people. The earthquakes destroyed at least 190 buildings. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images
A local resident wearing a mask stands in front of a scorched forest during a wildfire in Deliblatska Pescara near Grebenac, Serbia, on Aug. 20, 2026. Crews were battling wildfires across the Balkans as high temperatures and drought conditions continued to fuel blazes in several countries. Uros Arsic/AFP via Getty Images
A vessel sails past the partially dried-up riverbed of the Rhine following exceptionally hot weather in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Aug. 20, 2026. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu (C) gestures to supporters as he arrives at the High Court for a hearing in his treason trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 21, 2026. A Tanzanian court ruled that Lissu’s trial will go forward. AFP via Getty Images
A man reads on a sunny morning at the beach on the Aegean island of Ikaria, Greece, on Aug. 21, 2026. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images
A lion in its enclosure at the Berlin Zoo on Aug. 18, 2026. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
