Cal Fire Capts. Derek Leong, right, and Tristan Gale monitor a firing operation, where crews set a ground fire to stop a wildfire from spreading, while battling the Dixie Fire in Lassen National Forest, Calif., on Monday, July 26, 2021. (Photo by Noah Berger/AP Photo)





A man pushes a scooter through floodwaters in Xinxiang in central China's Henan Province, Monday, July 26, 2021. Forecasters Monday said more heavy rain is expected in central China's flood-ravaged Henan province, where the death toll continues to rise after flash floods last week that killed dozens of people. (Photo by Dake Kang/AP Photo)





This aerial picture taken on July 27, 2021, shows the shadow of an aircraft of the Air Forest Protection Service flying over a burned forest in the republic of Sakha outside the village of Berdigestyakh, in the republic of Sakha, Siberia. Russia is plagued by widespread forest fires, with the Sakha-Yakutia region in Siberia being the worst affected. According to many scientists, Russia -- especially its Siberian and Arctic regions – is among the countries most exposed to climate change. The country has set numerous records in recent years and in June 2020 registered 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the town of Verkhoyansk – the highest temperature recorded above the Arctic circle since measurements began. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





A firefighting airplane drops water during a forest fire at Dionysos northern suburb of Athens, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Greek authorities have evacuated several areas north of Athens as a wildfire swept through a hillside forest and threatened homes despite a large operation mounted by firefighters. (Photo by Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo)





A firefighter at work to extinguish a wildfire burning in the area of Stamata, in north-eastern Athens, Greece, 27 July 2021. Firefighting forces are operating in the area of Stamata, in the Attica region, to contain a wildfire that broke out earlier in the day. Some 22 fire engines with 68 crew members, three teams of firemen on foot, the municipality's water trucks along with four firefighting aircraft, and five water dropping helicopters are currently battling the blaze which is very close to inhabited areas. In the meanwhile, the Civil Protection's emergency number 112 was activated in the wider region of Stamata and Rodopoli informing the citizens to be on alert and follow authorities' instructions. (Photo by Yannis Kolesidis/EPA/EFE)





In this picture taken on July 26, 2021, onlookers gather near the site of a landslide due to ongoing heavy monsoon rains at Yellapur in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. (Photo by Gopalkrishna Upadhyaya/AFP Photo)





Commuters pull their vehicles through a waterlogged road after heavy rains in New Delhi, India, July 27, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





People make their way in a rain affected by a tropical storm in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northeast of Tokyo Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Nepartak, the season's eighth typhoon for Japan, brought strong winds and heavy rain to Japan's northern coast Wednesday after moving away from the Tokyo region and relieving the Olympic host city of a feared disruption to the games. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Emergency vehicles of the fire brigade, rescue services and police stand not far from an access road to the Chempark over which a dark cloud of smoke is rising in Leverkusen, Germany, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. After an explosion, fire brigade, rescue services and police are currently in large-scale operation, the police explained. (Photo by Oliver Berg/dpa via AP Photo)





People march to demand justice for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Lower Delmas, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, July 26, 2021. Moise was assassinated on July 7 at his home. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Filipino protesters attempt to march towards Philippine Congress to call for an end to Duterte's presidency on July 26, 2021 in Manila, Philippines. President Duterte holds his final State of the Nation Address today as his term is due to end in 2022 with presidential and vice presidential elections scheduled to take place in May. While contemplating on running for the Vice Presidency, Duterte's six-year term as the country's leader was filled with extrajudicial killings, human rights abuses, massive corruption, and extreme poverty among Filipinos. The country's foreign debt is now at an all time high of USD180 billion. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A protester hurls a tomato on a picture of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte before marching towards the House of Representative where he is set to deliver his final State of the Nation Address in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, July 26, 2021. Duterte is winding down his six-year term amid a raging pandemic and a battered economy. (Photo by Gerard Carreon/AP Photo)





A worker paints in a process of making a coffin which will be used for victims of the coronavirus in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Indonesia has been showing sharp increases since late June. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)





A COVID-19 patient, front right, prepares to get into a train at Rangsit train station in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand, to head to her hometown Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Thai authorities began transporting some people who have tested positive with the coronavirus from Bangkok to their hometowns on Tuesday for isolation and treatment, to alleviate the burden on the capital’s overwhelmed medical system. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A resident reacts as a health worker collects a swab sample to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Colombo on July 27, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A medical worker in a booth takes a nasal sample from a woman during coronavirus testing at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. South Korea reported a new daily high for coronavirus cases, a day after authorities enforced stringent restrictions in areas outside the capital region. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A jogger runs past the Sydney Opera House at dawn in Sydney, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Australia’s largest city Sydney will remain in lockdown for another four weeks due to a growing COVID-19 cluster. (Photo by Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP Photo)





Revellers enjoy the show as The United Kingdolls Perform Live as The Clapham Grand Welcomes Audience Members At Full Capacity As Live Performance Returns on July 26, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)





A child is seen in the stand during the Women's Group G match between New Zealand and Sweden on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Miyagi Stadium on July 27, 2021 in Rifu, Miyagi, Japan. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Fashion arrives during the Qatar Goodwood Festival at Goodwood Racecourse on July 27, 2021 in Chichester, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)