An exhibition attendee experiences the feeling of color and light projection delivered by optical fibres to her eyelids during the SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on August 9, 2022. The SIGGRAPH is a premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Protester throws firecrackers at police officers during a protest march by coca leaf growers in La Paz, on August 2, 2022. Several hundred peasants, grouped in the Association of Coca Producers (Adepcoca) and opponents of the government of leftist president Luis Arce, protested in a neighbourhood in the north of the city of La Paz, demanding the closure of a parallel market for the commercialisation of coca leafs, which they accuse of being illegal and of having government support. (Photo by Aizar Raldes/AFP Photo)





Riders and Jousters take part in the royal Armouries Elizabethan Jousting Tournament on August 27, 2022 in Leeds, UK. Royal Armouries are delighted to be able to bring live-action jousting to the heart of Yorkshire this August bank holiday weekend. From Saturday 27 to Monday 29 August the museum's impressive jousting arena in Leeds will resound to the cheers of crowds and the clash of lances on armour, as knights battle it out in an authentic Elizabethan-themed tournament. The twice-daily shows will feature knights and horses, plus plenty of pomp and pageantry fit for Queen Elizabeth I herself, who will be in attendance with her courtiers when our brave knights do battle for trophies and honours. (Photo by Charlotte Graham/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Alize Froment equestrian show during the 2022 ECCO FEI World Equestrian Games – Day Nine on August 13, 2022 in Herning, Denmark. (Photo by Pierre Costabadie/Icon Sport via Getty Images)





The Spanish singer Rosalia performs as part of her Motomami World Tour at the Movistar Arena, in Santiago, Chile 28 August 2022.​ Rosalia is touring behind her third studio album, Motomami. (Photo by Alberto Valdes/EPA/EFE)





A kayaker paddles by the wreckage of a WWII German warship in the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia, Friday, August 26, 2022. The hulks of dozens of World War II German battle ships have been exposed on the river near the town of Prahovo after severe drought hit most of Europe this summer. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo)





A young girl painted with black oil takes part in the procession in honor of Santo Domingo de Guzman, in Managua, Nicaragua, 01 August 2022. After a three year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the image of Santo Domingo de Guzman returned to rule the festivities in his honor, the largest that is celebrated in Nicaragua. Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in the southeast of the Nicaraguan capital, to accompany the image of Santo Domingo de Guzman on its annual journey of ten kilometers, from the outskirts to the old center of the city. (Photo by Jorge Torres/EPA/EFE)





Firemen fight a forest fire in Rapa, Celorico da Beira, Guarda, Portugal, 13 August 2022. Currently 1327 operational, 392 vehicl​es and 3 airplane are fighting the forest fire. (Photo by Nuno Andre Ferreira/EPA/EFE)





Wildworks Theatre company performs “I am Kevin” on Carlyon Bay beach on August 20, 2022 in St Austell, Cornwall, England. The first Wildworks show from artistic director Mydd Pharo, following the passing of founder Bill Mitchell in 2017, “I am Kevin” is a new “fairytale to set the world on fire”. Showgoers are invited to let their imaginations run wild on a journey of impossibility, joining a young boy on his eventful quest to find the light in the darkness. (Photo by Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images)




An animatronic Spinosaurus in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Granary Wharf in Leeds during the Leeds Jurassic Trail on Thursday, August 4, 2022. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)





A festival goer cools himself with a mist machine, during the 28th Sziget (Island) Festival on Shipyard Island, Northern Budapest, Hungary, 13 August 2022. The festival is one of the biggest cultural events of Europe offering art exhibitions, theatrical and circus performances and above all music concerts. (Photo by Marton Monus/EPA/EFE)





Riot police members fire tear gas during a student protest in rejection of the government of President Ivan Duque, in Bogotá on August 4, 2022. (Photo by Juan Pablo Pino/AFP Photo)





A reveller surfs on top of the crowd during the Wacken Open Air 2022 heavy metal festival in Wacken, Germany on August 4, 2022. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





The wreckage of a car burned by a forest fire in Bejis, Castellon, Spain, 17 August 2022. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the area ​as firefighters were still battling the active fire. (Photo by Domenech Castello/EPA/EFE)





A re enactor as an armoured knight brings to life the scenes from the time of Henry VIII during a medieval jousting tournament at Chiltern Open Air Museum, United Kingdom on August 21, 2022. The museum tells the story of the Chilterns area through the preservation of historic buildings, landscapes and culture. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News)





Cast members perform during a media preview of the Phantom of the Opera at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, 25 August 2022. (Photo by Bianca de Marchi/EPA/EFE)





A residential apartments house destroyed by Russian attack in Saltivka district in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, August 1, 2022. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





An Indigenous woman spits water onto the head of President-elect Gustavo Petro, during a 'popular and spiritual' inauguration ceremony presided over by local Indigenous groups and feminist activists, in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, August 6, 2022. Petro, the first left-wing Colombian president in 200 years, will be sworn in as the country’s new president on Sunday, Aug. 7. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A “caixer” (horse rider) rears up on his horse surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional “Jaleo” at the Sant Llorenc Festival in Alaior, Spain on August 14, 2022. (Photo by Matthias Oesterle/Alamy Live News)