Supporters of Jan Topic, presidential candidate for the Country Without Fear Coalition, cheer during a campaign event ahead of snap elections set for Aug. 20, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Thursday, August 17, 2023. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Costumed participants from the London School of Samba takes part in the Grand Finale of Notting Hill Carnival in London, UK on August 28, 2023. Europe's largest street festival runs over two days and celebrates Caribbean culture and is expected to have welcomed over 1 million people each day. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News)





Gymnast Simone Biles smiles on the final day of women's competition at the 2023 US Gymnastics Championships at the SAP Center on August 27, 2023 in San Jose, California. A total of 147 gymnasts have qualified to participate in the Championships, where they will compete for titles and a spot on the US National Team. (Photo by Loren Elliott/AFP Photo)





Fans pose ahead of the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup final football match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney on August 20, 2023. (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP Photo)





A woman wades in water during a flood in Kamnik, Slovenia on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Borut Zivulovic/Reuters)





Comrades of late Commander Sergei Ilnitky pay their respects during a memorial service at Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 August 2023. The Ukrainian commander was killed in the Donetsk region on 23 August, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA/EFE)





Stricken cargo ship Fremantle Highway, that caught fire while transporting thousands of cars, including nearly 500 electric vehicles, from Germany to Singapore, is towed into the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, on Thursday, August 3, 2023. The ship that burned for almost a week close to busy North Sea shipping lanes and a world renowned migratory bird habitat will be salvaged at the northern Dutch port. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)





A boy holds a picture as relatives and friends of Ukrainian missing soldiers and prisoners of war attend a protest on the Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, 04 August 2023. Ukrainians call the authorities to find and return their relatives from Russian captivity. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)





A man carries an injured Ukrainian woman after an explosion of a second rocket in the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk area, Ukraine, 07 August 2023, amid the Russian invasion. At least five people died and 31 were injured after two rockets hit a residential building and a hotel downtown, according to a National Police report. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Stanislav Krupar/EPA/EFE)





A Sotheby's handler examines various cat memorabilia on display, during Sotheby's 'Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own' press preview in London, Britain on August 3, 2023. (Photo by Susannah Ireland/Reuters)





European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen helps Slovenia's cross country skier Natasa Lacen, as she visits affected areas after northern and western parts of the country were hit by torrential rains causing floods, cutting power and disrupting traffic, in Crna na Koroskem, Slovenia on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Borut Zivulovic/Reuters)





Participants line up their steamers during a vintage steam rally organised by the Irish Steam Preservation Society, in Stradbally, Ireland on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





Women walk up a mountain with the full moon known as the “Sturgeon Moon” in the background, in Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain on August 1, 2023. (Photo by Borja Suarez /Reuters)





A Greek firefighter combats a forest fire spreading in Dikella near Alexandroupoli, northern Greece, on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP Photo)





Participants climb a greasy pole called “Panjat Pinang” to collect prizes hung at the top during a continuous celebration since three days of Indonesia's 78th Independence Day, in Banda Aceh on August 20, 2023. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





A view of children mannequins wrapped in purple and white barricade tape placed in front of the Cologne Cathedral, installed there by German artist Dennis Josef Meseg, called “Shattered Souls – in a Sea of Silence”, to protest against the abuse scandals in the Catholic Church in Cologne, Germany on August 3, 2023. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A guest sits on ice sculptor Mark Ranasinghe’s creations in freezing temperatures at Chillout Ice Lounge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on August 28, 2023. (Photo by Amr Alfiky/Reuters)





Local resident Viktoria Aksenova, 61, assesses the damage and removes debris inside her apartment hit by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)





A man walks to a polling station during the presidential and legislative elections in Mbare, Harare on August 23, 2023. Zimbabweans on August 23, 2023 began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)