The body of a humpback whale that was found dead, on the beach of Sao Conrado, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 August 2021. Specialists from the Laboratory of Aquatic Mammals and Bioindicators of the State University of Rio de Janeiro analyze the body and take samples for analysis before removing the animal. (Photo by Andre Coelho/EPA/EFE)





A festival goer is thrown up in the air above the crowd during Reading Festival 2021 at Richfield Avenue on August 28, 2021 in Reading, England. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)





A protester reacts from pepper spray used by police during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne on August 21, 2021, amid the city's sixth lockdown to contain a coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)





The Main St sign for the town of Greenville is seen destroyed by the Dixie Fire on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. The town of Greenville largely destroyed by the Dixie Fire, photographed Thursday August 5th, 2021. The fire burned through the town the day prior, and moved on to threaten other area towns like Taylorsville. As of Thursday morning the fire was over 305,000 acres and 35% contained. (Photo by Stuart W. Palley for The Washington Post)





A topless climate activist Laura Amherst, 31, from Extinction Rebellion dances in Oxford Circus, London, United Kingdom on August 25, 2021. The event is part of the “Impossible Rebellion” protest to “target the root cause of the climate and ecological crisis” and are ongoing for two weeks until the Government agrees to stop all new fossil fuel investments. (Photo by James Veysey/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest of Extinction Rebellion climate activists, in central London, Britain on August 23, 2021. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Reuters)





Utility poles lean over a street following Hurricane Ida on August 31, 2021 in Houma, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a Category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans, causing widespread power outages, flooding and massive damage. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)





In this image courtesy of the US Air Force, a US Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepare to load qualified evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 21, 2021. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he still hopes to complete the "heartbreaking" evacuation from Afghanistan by the end of the month but warned of potential terrorist attacks against the crowded Kabul airport. (Photo by Aviador senior Taylor Crul/Fuerza Aérea de EU vía AFP Photo)





The amputations of South Africa's Daniel du Plessis is pictured after the heat of men's 100m - T44 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 29, 2021. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





California Conservation Corps firefighters eat and hydrate after a shift cutting fireline at the Caldor Fire Thursday, August 19, 2021, in Grizzly Flats, Calif. (Stuart W. Palley/The Washington Post)





Silver medallist Australia's Nicola McDermott writes in a notebook after the women's high jump final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)





Indigenous women protest outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia on August 26, 2021. Thousands of indigenous protesters gathered in the Brazilian capital bearing bows and arrows and traditional headdresses as the Supreme Court prepared to take up a case that could eliminate reservations on their ancestral lands. (Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP Photo)





A demonstrator uses a slingshot during clashes with police at a protest against what they call the government's failure in handling the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Members of the media run as they react to tear gas during a protest over the government's handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 16, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Madelaine Pierre Rose who was affected by the recent earthquake poses for a portrait with her daughters outside of their damaged home on August 21, 2021 in Maniche, Haiti. The magnitude 7.2 earthquake last week destroyed many buildings and homes in the southwest area of Haiti killing over 2,000 people and leaving thousands homeless and searching for food. (Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post)





Anti-government protesters react to tear gas fired by riot police to disperse them on August 10, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand. The clashes came after a weekend protest in which activists clashed with police, despite Covid-19 cases and deaths remaining at record highs. (Photo by Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)





Stephanie Ann McPherson (JAM) reacts after running in the women's 400m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 6, 2021. (Photo by James Lang/USA TODAY Sports)





A woman takes pictures the flames during a wildfire in the area of Varybobi, northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece, 03 August 2021. The wildfire that broke out in a forest in the Varybobi area on August 3rd spread quickly due to the dry conditions, despite the lack of strong winds and the efforts of fire-fighting forces to contain it quickly. There are 350 fire-fighters with 70 vehicles, 10 teams of fire fighters on foot and five helicopters and five aircrafts, including a Beriev 200, deployed to put out the fire. The police have stopped the movement of vehicles on the Tatoiou Road between Kymis Avenue and Erithrea Road, on Erithrea Road between the Varybobi bridge and on Tatoiou from Parnithos Road (Ippokratios Politia). (Photo by Yiannis Kolesidis/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Sheep are herded at the Teagasc Agriculture and Food Development Authority in it's Mellows Campus in Athenry, Ireland, August 31, 2021. Scientists are combing Ireland's west coast for seaweed to feed to cattle and sheep after research showed it could stop them breathing out so much climate-warming methane. The project, coordinated by a state agriculture body, is tapping into the country's growing seaweed harvesting industry, which is seeking new markets as it revives centuries-old traditions. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





Embers fly from a tree as the Caldor Fire burns along Highway 50 in Eldorado National Forest, Calif., on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. (Photo by Noah Berger/AP Photo)