Flames rise next to a house as a wildfire burns in Varnava, near Athens, Greece on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Michalis Karagiannis/Eurokinissi via Reuters)





This aerial view shows customers having dinner during an event organised by Belgian-based restaurant service “Dinner in the Sky”, which uses a crane to hoist its guests, table, and waiting staff 50 meters into the air, in Warsaw on August 17, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Zangbeto masks parade during the grand procession of traditional masks in Porto-Novo on August 4, 2024. The Porto-Novo Mask Festival, which was held over three days, was created at the initiative of the Beninese government and the municipality, to replace the Porto-Novo International Festival usually held in January. During this new event, dozens of people wearing different masks from all over the country paraded, but also others from Togo and Burkina Faso were also exhibited on the main avenue of the city. (Photo by Yanick Folly/AFP Photo)





A woman sits in a bus as she waits to be evacuated, in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, August 19, 2024, as intensive shelling is forcing people to leave their homes in the Donetsk region. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Gunmen attend the funeral of five Palestinians killed by an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo)





Seo Chaehyun of South Korea competes in the women's boulder and lead semifinal, during the sport climbing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, August 8, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (Photo by Christophe Ena/Pool via AP Photo)





Workers prepare balloons inside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) vunue at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 15 August 2024. The Democratic National Convention will take place from 19 August until 22 August 2024. (Photo by Will Oliver/EPA)





Aerial view shows a house destroyed by a fire in the surroundings of the SP-330 highway in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 25, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Carlos Fabal/AFP Photo)





Samba dancers pose for a photo ahead of the Notting Hill Carnival parade, in London, Britain on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Reuters)





A man climbs to tie a rope around the head of a large statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, as protesters try to bring it down after she resigned as Prime Minister, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, August 5, 2024. (Photo by Rajib Dhar/AP Photo)





A man falls down to death from a burning apartment window after Russia's guided air bomb strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, August 30, 2024. Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide bombs killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, and wounded 47 others, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. (Photo by Andrii Marienko/AP Photo)





Anzhela Bladtceva of the Individual Neutral Athletes competes during the women's trampoline qualification round in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, August 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)





China's Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi, compete in the duet free routine of artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, August 10, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





People attend the traditional Tomatina festival in Buñol, Spain on August 29, 2024. Every year on the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people visit the village for the Tomatina, a battle in which participants throw tons of overripe tomatoes at one another. (Photo by Biel Alino/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man tests rubber strength of a Slingshot at his shop before selling it at Dabgari bazaar in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK, Pakistan, 27 August 2024 (issued 17 September 2024). The traditional slingshot called 'Leenda', which used to be a weapon in the past, is nowadays used by some farmers to protect their crops from birds, but it is also a popular activity among children and teenagers in the KPK region. There are multiple shops in Dabgari Bazaar where artists craft colorful, handcrafted slingshots reflecting the rich local art tradition. Despite newer alternatives being significantly more popular with the public, old slingshots still retain their artistic and cultural significance, according to slingshot makers. 'We have been manufacturing slingshots for ages. I have been in this business for the last 44 years. This is a seasoned industry. Mostly, when the wheat crop ripens, farmers buy slingshots to distract birds from their crops, and children also love to play with them’, says slingshot manufacturer Nimat Ullah. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA)





Astronomers observe the northern skies during the Perseid meteor shower in Kozjak, North Macedonia on August 12, 2024. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)





Team Spain competes in the team acrobatic routine of artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, August 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Janja Garnbret of Slovenia competes in the women's boulder and lead, boulder final, during the sport climbing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, August 10, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





Kamren Larsen of the United States crashes during a BMX racing event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, August 2, 2024, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (Photo by Ricardo Mazalan/AP Photo)