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More than a game (08/29/2021)
Just as the Aztec culture went under, so did the Mesoamerican ball game, to a large extent at least.
The old tradition has now been honored in the Plaza de la Constitución in Mexico City.
For a few hours the square turned into a playing field.
The occasion was the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the old Aztec capital Tenochtitlan.
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Peaceful sight (08/28/2021)
While large forest areas worldwide are in flames and smoke, these clouds between the trees are fog.
So nature showed itself on Saturday morning in Hungary near Salgotarjan not far from the border with Slovakia.
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Fake summer pool (08/27/2021)
The summer that was actually an autumn: In Scharbeutz, a man in a bathrobe is striving towards the waves of the Baltic Sea.
There are dark clouds in the sky.
Other beach goers not to be seen.
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Water strider (26.08.2021)
A water fountain, or four - children sometimes don't need more to be happy: A girl runs through a fountain in Beijing in the light of the sinking sun.
At around 30 degrees Celsius, this is sorely needed.
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Ng Han Guan / AP
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Selfie Protest (08/25/2021)
An indigenous woman takes a selfie in front of the Supreme Court building in Brasilia during a demonstration.
More than 1000 indigenous people have gathered in Brazil's capital to take part in a week of protest.
The focus is on an upcoming ruling by the Supreme Court that could determine the future demarcation of indigenous areas in Brazil.
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Carl de Souza / AFP
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Wading in the wheat (08/24/2021)
What here looks like a mixture of powder snow and desert sand are actually harvested and stored wheat grains, through which the French farmer Olivier Chatellier from near Nantes trudges.
Photo: STEPHANE MAHE / REUTERS
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A child as a cow (23.08.2021)
Cows are sacred animals for Hindus in Nepal.
The »Gai Jatra«, a festival in honor of the cow, is about honoring and commemorating the dead.
Some children dress up as cows - like the boy in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Photo: NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
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Umbrella, charm and stencil (08/22/2021)
In Cambridgeshire, UK, festivals are still organized: Colorful bell tents are lined up on the campsite on the last day of the "We Out Here Festival".
The sound is less good, however: the four-day festival features music from all sound directions.
Photo: Joe Giddens / dpa
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Everything is so nice and yellow here (08/21/2021)
Looks wonderful - and is also healthy: A farmer is harvesting cassava and muskrat mallow flowers in a field in Qianxi (Bijie City) in the Chinese province of Guizhou.
The plant is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Photo: QUHONGLUN / China News Service via Getty Images
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Magic break (08/20/2021)
The Edinburgh Film Festival started with two classics: "The Wizard of Oz" and "Star Wars Episode IV".
Between the performances, a few visitors from distant worlds sat down on the deckchairs - here: the two Oz figures Dorothy and the scarecrow as well as a stormtrooper.
The festival runs until August 25th.
Photo: JEFF J MITCHELL / Getty Images
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Flamingoals (08/19/2021)
The proudly protruding neck says: Look at me!
The expression on the face says: How do I look?
A flamingo in Kowloon Park in Hong Kong presents its pink plumage.
He can wear it.
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ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP
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A safe bank (08/18/2021)
Tens of thousands lost their homes in the devastating earthquake in Haiti and their villages are in ruins.
People camp under tarpaulins outdoors because they no longer trust their houses.
But a tropical storm also robs him of this protection.
In the stands of the gabion stadium in Les Ceyes, this man finally found solid, safe ground.
He sleeps on the hard concrete.
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Police puppies in the luggage (08/17/2021)
A litter of Golden Retriever puppies was presented at a ceremony organized by the National Police Academy in La Paz, Bolivia.
They are to be trained to become police dogs in the academy.
Meanwhile, older police dogs have been retired from their service.
August 16 is the feast day of Saint Roch, who is considered the patron saint of dogs.
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With the donkey to school (08/16/2021)
It is difficult circumstances as these Palestinian children experience the first day of the new school year.
In the vicinity of the village of Yatta there is no real school building, as well as playgrounds and playgrounds.
Because Palestinians are not allowed to build in Area C of the West Bank, classes are held in trailers instead.
Photo: Abed al Hashlamoun / EPA-EFE
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Water, water, everywhere (08/15/2021)
It has been pouring in the west of Japan for days.
The Meteorological Authority issued the highest warning level for around 650,000 households in the three prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki on Kyushu and the Hiroshima prefecture in western Japan.
Hundreds of thousands of people had to get to safety from the floods.
In the city of Takeo, a lizard has saved itself on a lonely chair in the flooded street.
And now?
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Beach Police (08/14/2021)
Australia is a beach-loving surfer nation, at least that's the cliché.
The corona pandemic is whirling up the lives of those looking for relaxation and sunbathers, like here on Bondi Beach in the state of New South Wales with the metropolis of Sydney.
Police officers on horses check compliance with distance regulations.
Because despite a lockdown that has been going on for almost seven weeks, the number of infections in the country continues to rise.
The best way to avoid the controls is to jump into the water or ride a wave.
Photo: Dan Himbrechts / dpa
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Ice Land (08/13/2021)
In Iceland, icebergs from the Svinafellsjokull glacier swim in a meltwater lake.
The country is feeling the effects of global warming strongly.
Since the 1990s, 90 percent of Iceland's glaciers have retreated, and forecasts show a sustained and sharp decline in the country's ice caps. Svinafellsjokull is one of dozen of glacier tongues that descends from Vatnajokull, the largest ice cap in Iceland.
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Lichtblick (08/12/2021)
Morning mood near Frankfurt am Main.
The corona pandemic, the climate crisis and the federal election campaign are apparently very far away for a moment.
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Michael Probst / AP
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Bulky pile (11.08.2021)
Thousands of cars damaged by the flood have been parked in a parking lot in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province.
Some are no longer roadworthy and have to be disposed of.
More than 300 people were killed in the flood disaster in Henan.
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STR / AFP
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Dangerous green stuff (08/10/2021)
It would not be a good idea to bathe in this lake in the South Korean city of Gwangju.
The summer temperatures have caused a dangerous algae bloom.
The meteorologists are also predicting 30 degrees and more for the coming days.
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Living with the disaster (08/09/2021)
Their homeland is on fire, but everyday life must go on for the inhabitants of the city of Istiaia on the Greek island of Evia.
The heavy smoke reduces the view, the colors of plants and sky seem to disappear.
For a week now, huge forest areas on Evia have been in flames, the fires continue to spread uncontrollably.
Photo: Kostas Tsironis / EPA-EFE
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Race against time (08/08/2021)
Participants in the “Glacier 3000 Run” run up the Tsanfleuron glacier in Switzerland.
Its ice is also dwindling due to global warming.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will present its new report on Monday.
Photo: VALENTIN FLAURAUD / EPA
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Field study (08/07/2021)
A scene from Vechta in Lower Saxony.
At dawn, a deer rises from a sea of grain, pricks up its ears and looks at nearby trees.
What will the day bring?
Photo: Lino Mirgeler / dpa
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Let yourself drift - do good (06.08.2021)
At the "Ducky Derby" in Chicago, Illionois, rubber ducks float tightly packed down the Chicago River.
Participants can "adopt" a duck for five dollars - and be the first to win a car when they pass the finish line.
Almost 70,000 rubber ducks started this year - the proceeds will go to the Special Olympics Illinois.
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Take off - and take a deep breath (08/05/2021)
Middle distances such as the 800-meter run are among the most strenuous disciplines in athletics.
It is common for women runners to sink to the ground after just under two minutes at the finish, as can be seen here.
But there are exceptions.
Photo: Ryan Pierse / Getty Images
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Colorful bird (04.08.2021)
A pink flamingo stands between dozens of gray specimens.
The colorful bird is fully grown, the young animals wear simple plumage.
The photo was taken near Aigues-Mortes in the Camargue in southern France.
Once a year the flamingos are counted, measured and marked with an identification ring.
Photo: PASCAL GUYOT / AFP
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You have to go over seven buffalo ... (03.08.2021)
Iraq has been hit by a heat wave - farmers complain about parched fields and their cattle have died of thirst.
These boys leave their worries behind for a moment and plunge headlong into the cooling Diyala River near Baghdad.
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AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
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The third spade (08/02/2021)
Israel is already relying on booster vaccinations in the fight against Covid-19.
Here 86-year-old Blossom Koppelman from the coastal city of Netanya receives her third injection with the Biontech vaccine.
Photo: Oded Balilty / AP
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Who rests, rusts (08/01/2021)
The word retirement seems to be unknown to Virginia Oliver from the US state of Maine.
She is 101 years old - and perhaps the oldest active lobster fisher in the world.
Three days a week, she and her 78-year-old son Max go out into the waters off Rockland.
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What a view (07/31/2021)
People sit in a chain carousel in an amusement park in Santiago de Chile.
With more than 85 percent of eligible people in the South American country vaccinated against the virus, the government is easing corona restrictions.
Photo: Javier Torres / AFP
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Gloomy prospects (07/30/2021)
Dark smoke drifts over a hotel complex near the Turkish city of Manavgat.
In several forest fires in the tourist south of Turkey, at least three people died and more than a hundred were injured.
The authorities are investigating suspected arson.
Photo: Ilyas Akengin / AFP
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In office with a hat (29.07.2021)
Peru's new President Pedro Castillo will leave the Congress in Lima on Wednesday after being sworn in.
He is the fifth president of the country in three years.
The unionist promised an extensive job program and massive public investment.
He is anti-abortion and against gay marriage at the same time.
He also wants to reintroduce the death penalty.
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At diving station (07/28/2021)
A boy cools off in a street in the Venezuelan capital Caracas with precious water from a broken water pipe.
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Food chain (07/27/2021)
Haiti's controversial head of state Jovenel Moïse was shot dead by unknown persons.
After the murder, the Caribbean island, marked by crime and poverty, threatens to plunge into even deeper political chaos.
In many areas, people are fleeing gang violence.
Some of them find refuge near the Saint-Yves church in Port-au-Prince.
They are often dependent on food donations.
When the car comes, from which the volunteers are handing out food, those affected stand in line.
Photo: Ricardo Arduengo / REUTERS
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Water festival (07/26/2021)
Eine Frau radelt über Shanghais Straßen - an sich nichts Ungewöhnliches. Doch über ihr geht ein Taifun mit Starkregen und extremen Winden nieder. Die Behörden hatten Einwohner am Sonntag aufgefordert, in ihren Wohnungen zu bleiben und auch alle Flugverbindungen gestrichen. Erst vor wenigen Tagen hatte Starkregen im Süden Chinas für massive Überschwemmungen mit vielen Toten gesorgt.
Foto: Alex Plavevski / EPA
