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pinwheel
A priest performs a religious ritual on a newly purchased car outside a temple in Bangalore.
So it hopes to get the blessings of the gods for safety.
Photo: Sebastian Berger / AFP
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deeply relaxed
With the temperatures there is hardly anything else to do but cool off.
This woman is floating in the sea on the beach of Sant Pere Pescador near Girona in Spain.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP
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binge drinking
A Kenyan herder leads his goats to one of the few puddles near a dry river bank.
There is a persistent drought in Kenya.
Photo: Thomas Mukoya / REUTERS
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In the street
Wildfires are raging in California.
Because of the so-called McKinney fire, numerous people had to leave their homes.
Dawn Butterfield and Robert Butterfield from Yreka live in the middle of the threatened area.
They are desperate in a parking lot.
It is unclear if and when they will be able to enter their homes again.
Several people have already died in the flames.
Photo: Fred Greaves / REUTERS
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Smoke on the water
This aerial photo shows smoke billowing over a burnt forest and a fisherman's shack in the Bay of Biscay coastal town of La Teste-de-Buch.
Firefighters have been battling forest fires in south-west France for weeks, and thousands of hectares have been destroyed in the area.
In the area around the place, in the Gironde, tens of thousands of people have had to leave their homes.
Photo: Thibaud Moritz / AFP
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Swallowed up by the ground
A so-called sinkhole in a mining area in Chile.
Such collapses at the earth's surface occur as a result of cavitation in the subsoil.
Photo: Johan Godoy / REUTERS
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The rounds must not go to the square
Aerobatic pilots demonstrate their skills at the Pyramids Air Show in Giza, Egypt.
Photo: Wang Dongzhen/Xinhua/IMAGO
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Selfi on the volcano
People look at the lava of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland.
There was another volcanic eruption this week.
The expected eruption started near the mountain on the Reykjanes Peninsula southwest of Reykjavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Agency said on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo: Marco Di Marco / dpa
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thin ice
Tourists stand next to the Fee glacier above the Swiss alpine resort of Saas-Fee.
The thin snow cover is a sign of the alarming glacial melt.
It is so strong this year that some alpine hiking routes are no longer accessible.
Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
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Who invented it?
... exactly, the Swiss.
Centuries ago, the national myth of the Confederates arose on the Rütli meadow on Lake Lucerne, which can be seen in the picture.
Did these traditionally dressed ladies repeat the oath on the national holiday on August 1?
Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
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Surprise: Berlin saves
The Victory Column is no longer illuminated at night, and the Brandenburg Gate is also engulfed in darkness: so that Russia's ruler Vladimir Putin does not win the war, the city of Berlin switches off the lighting of its sights - at least in part.
However, when it comes to efforts to save energy, the federal capital is not one of the pioneers.
Other municipalities have been doing this for a long time.
Photo: Paul Zinken / dpa
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mini market
War has been raging in Ukraine for months.
A return to normality is hardly possible in Kharkiv.
A local resident stands next to a makeshift shop in the neighborhood of Nordsaltivka, one of the most heavily damaged residential areas in the city.
Photo: Nacho Doce / REUTERS
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Adaptable
A farm worker in Egypt transports prickly pears with a stretcher on his head.
Cultivation of the prickly fruits is showing enormous growth rates because they can withstand increasing drought and high temperatures.
They are also called prickly figs, Indian figs or cactus figs.
Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghany / REUTERS
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Nebulous deals
In the Bolivian city of La Paz, conflicts over the city's coca markets keep flaring up.
A new marketplace has now drawn the ire of coca farmers.
They consider the open point of sale to be illegal.
During protests, there were clashes with the police, and the security forces used tear gas.
Photo: Claudia Morales / REUTERS
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ruin of hopelessness
The images of the destroyed port in Beirut went around the world.
Now, almost exactly two years to the day after the explosion, towers of the silos collapsed.
The silos in the port of Beirut had a storage capacity of more than 100,000 tons before the explosion.
After the accident, their 48 meter high remains were a kind of memorial for the explosion.
The country is in a serious crisis.
Photo: Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS
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hope for millions
Rarely has the casting off maneuver of a grain freighter attracted as much attention around the world as that of the "Razoni" in the port of Odessa.
In the meantime, the ship with 25,000 tons of corn on board has passed several inspections and is on its way to its port of destination in Tripoli.
Photo: Michael Shtekel/AP
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head over heels
On the occasion of the Nag Panchami festival, these two wrestlers fight in Prayagraj, India.
The festival is meant to worship snakes.
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Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP
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Awaken the tiger in you
These Indian school children have donned black and yellow striped costumes to raise awareness of the endangerment of animals on International Tiger Day in Bangalore.
Photo: Jagadeesh NV/EPA
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Torn
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan this week.
With her trip, the democrat caused violent protests in China.
Pro-China supporters tore up a US flag in Hong Kong.
US-China relations are likely to continue to deteriorate.
Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
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Water pistol against tanks
A child aims at a statue with Vladimir Putin in its sights.
The artifact is by French artist James Colomina.
It is in New York's Central Park.
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Andrew Kelly / REUTERS
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O Jesus!
It looks as if the famous statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro is standing right next to the moon and spreading his hands over it.
In fact, the 30-meter-high "Cristo Rendentor" is still standing where it is: the Sugar Loaf, Portuguese: Pão de Açúcar.
It is one of the most popular sights in the Brazilian city and actually extends its hands over Rio de Janeiro and its inhabitants.
Photo: Mauro Pimentel / AFP
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Important announcement
Aiman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists, has been killed in a US drone strike in Kabul.
US President Joe Biden commented on this in front of television cameras and said: "Justice has been served." The USA is now warning of retaliatory attacks.
Photo: Jim Watson/AP
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Then the roosters crow
Cups await winners at the Hussenhofer Hahnenwettkrähen.
In the competition, the roosters from the small animal breeders have ten minutes to crow as often as possible.
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Christoph Schmidt / dpa
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blood for faith
This Shia Muslim beats himself during a procession celebrating the holy month of Muharram in Peshawar, Pakistan. The month commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, at the 7th-century Battle of Karbala.
Photo: Bilawal Arbab/EPA
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returnees
A year ago, the Taliban seized power again in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of people had fled inside the country and sought shelter in the capital, Kabul.
This week, refugee Afghan women stood in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) camp on the outskirts of Kabul.
There your documents will be checked and you will be given cash.
They want to return to their home towns in the east of the country.
Photo: Wakil Kohsar / AFP
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country under
Floods in the city of Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) submerge streets and houses.
Photo: Abdel Hadi Ramahi / REUTERS
