Amid the myriad blues of the ocean, freediver and conservationist Hanli Prinsloo swims close to a stingray. Prinsloo will be among the speakers at Steppes Travel Beyond, a two-day festival at the Royal Geographical Society on 17 and 18 September, 2016. Taking the theme of adventure, the event will hear from conservationists, wildlife experts and explorers, such as Ranulph Fiennes, Kenton Cool, Benedict Allen and Chris Packham, as well as photographers and authors. All proceeds go to charity. (Photo by Peter Marshall/Allen D. Walker/The Guardian)





Jennifer Lopez with her stunt double filming “Shades of Blue” on September 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Sands/GC Images)





Firemen prepare to fight a forest fire in the area of Serra de Monchique in Monchique, Portugal, 08 September 2016. The Monchique fire, which started on the previous day, had flared up again during the night, forcing the evacuation of several settlements. (Photo by Filipe Farinha/EPA)





The “Tribute in Light” rises from the Lower Manhattan skyline as seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, September 7, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The lights were being tested in advance of the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)





Model and acid attack victim Reshma Querishi has her make up and hair done before walking the runway for the Archana Kochhar collection during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, September 8, 2016. (Photo by Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)





Model and acid attack victim Reshma Querishi, left, and actress Sunny Leone pose for photos backstage after modeling in the Archana Kochhar collection during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, September 8, 2016. (Photo by Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)





A member of the Hungarian exerimental performance group Soharoza performs during the final rehearsal of the musical “Tabu Kollekcio” (Taboo Collection) in the House of Contemporary Arts in Budapest, Hungary, 07 September 2016 (issued 08 September), on the day of its debut. The troupe has performed at flashmobs, individual theatrical plays and in collaboration with other ensembles on a project basis since its foundation in 2008. (Photo by Zsolt Szigetvary/EPA)





A hot-air balloon flies above a forest in Arnsberg, Germany, 08 September 2016. The mass start from the air field in Arnsberg is one of the highlights of the balloonists meeting Montgolfiade which continues until Saturday in Warnstein. (Photo by Bernd Thissen/EPA)





Nicolas Chow, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Asia, international head and chairman of Chinese works of art, holds the Imperial Khotan Jade Taishang Huangdi zhi Bao Seal from the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period during an auction preview in Hong Kong, China, 08 September 2016. The seal is estimated to fetch between 10 to 15 million US dollar. Sotheby's Chinese Works of Art Autumn Sales 2016 will take place on 05 October in Hong Kong, offering close to 300 lots with a total estimate of approximately 80 million US dollar. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA)





Viper, a wildlife detection K-9 dog with the US Fish & Wildlife Service, demonstrates finding a bag of previously seized dried seahorses, as officials launch a public awareness campaign against the illegal wildlife trade at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 07 September 2016. The US Fish & Wildlife Service and the WildAid conservation group hope to reduce the incidence of illegal wildlife trafficking on a global scale. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA)





A government worker pumps anti-mosquito spray into gutters and drains as Hong Kong government officials from the Food and Environmental Health Department and the Department of Health look on, in the mid-Levels, Central District, Hong Kong, China, 08 September 2016. This year to date there have been three reported cases of the deadly mosquito-borne dengue fever in Hong Kong, and all three cases involved people living in the mid-Levels area. Hong Kong has also reported one case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. (Photo by Alex Hofford/EPA)





Simona Halep of Romania hits a return to Serena Williams of the US during their quarterfinals round match on the tenth day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 07 September 2016. The US Open runs through September 11. (Photo by Jason Szenes/EPA)





A woman climbs toward the top of Mount Al-Noor ahead of Hajj at the Holy City Of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 07 September 2016. Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad received the first words of the Koran at the top of Mount Al-Noor.The Haj pilgrimage 2016 takes place in Mecca from 09 to 14 September (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)





People demonstrating against President Nicolas Maduro are blocked by the National police in front of the Electoral National Council in San Cristobal, Venezuela, on September 7, 2016 as the country's opposition called for new nationwide protests to pressure for a referendum on removing him from power by the end of the year. Venezuela's opposition is holding nationwide protests against Maduro, testing his grip on power six days after massive demonstrations showed the magnitude of anger over a raging crisis. (Photo by George Castellanos/AFP Photo)





Hundreds of people rally demanding a revocatory referendum against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, at the city of Merida, Venezuela, on 07 September 2016. Venezuelans from different regions of the country supported through demonstrations today the realization of a revocatory referendum, calling the National Electoral Council to speed up the process. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/EPA)





Brazilian Navy soldiers participate at the 194th Anniversary of Brazilian Independence Parade, in Brasilia, Brazil, 07 September 2016. (Photo by Fernando Bizerra Jr./EPA)





The pack cycles during the 17th stage of La Vuelta cycling race, 177.5 km between Castellon and Camins del Penyagolos in Llucena, Castellon, eastern Spain, 07 September 2016. (Photo by Javier Lizon/EPA)





Manoj Tripathi, of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), sets himself on fire as police officers try to detain him, at the gates of Raj Bhawan in Bhopal, India, 07 September 2016. The NCP leader, who has been detained by the police, was demanding the arrest of the outgoing governor Ram Naresh Yadav for his alleged involvement in an admission and recruitment racket in Vyapam, known as the Vyapam scam. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)





A farmer makes his way with a tractor in front of a parabolic antenna and the Baroque church of Saint John in Raisting near Weilheim, Germany, Thursday, September 8, 2016. (Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)





A fire fighter attempts to extinguish a fire that burns near the village of Entrimo in Orense, Galicia, northwestern Spain, 07 September 2016. The fire has already burned at least 850 hectares. (Photo by Brais Lorenzo/EPA)





A participant in the Universe of Nomads festival held in an ethnic village in Kyrchyn Gorge at Issyk Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan as part of the Second World Nomad Games on September 4, 2016. (Photo by Tabyldy Kadyrbekov/Sputnik)





An ethnic village in Kyrchyn Gorge at Issyk Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan as part of the Second World Nomad Games on September 4, 2016. (Photo by Tabyldy Kadyrbekov/Sputnik)





A Kyrgyz berkutchi (an eagle hunter) holds his bird, a golden eagle, during the World Nomad Games 2016 in the Kyrchin (Semenovskoe) gorge, some 300 km from Bishkek on September 7, 2016. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP Photo)





In this Tuesday, September 6, 2016 photo, Lucinda Smith and animal care supervisor Amanda Auston, right, tend to Danniel, a giant Holstein steer, at the Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, Calif. A giant, 1-ton Holstein steer who loves to eat bread and romps like a puppy at a Northern California zoo is vying for the title of world's tallest bovine. His name is Danniel and he measures 6 feet, 4 inches from the hoof to the withers. According to the Guinness website, the tallest bovine ever was Blosom, a cow from Orangeville, Illinois, that measured 6 feet, 2 inches. Blosom died last year at age 13. Caring for the giant steer can be a challenge, said Amanda Auston of the Sequoia Park Zoo, adding that Danniel eats about 50 pounds of hay every day and produces up to 150 pounds of dung a day. (Photo by Shaun Walker/The Times-Standard via AP Photo)





The lifeboat crew had gone out in their truck to warn beach goers about a fierce swell at Croyde Bay, Devon, southwest England on September 8, 2016. But their vehicle got stuck – prompting people to dash over and help push it out of the sand. Holidaymaker Barney Barnett, 36, captured the scene on camera. (Photo by Barney Barnett/SWNS)





A plane engine crashes into a small vehicle on a runway in Hong Kong, 8th September 2016. (Photo by Ken Li/Facebook)





The Empire State Building is lit in colors of the FC Barcelona football club as seen from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 7, 2016, in honor of FC Barcelona's 10-year global partnership with UNICEF. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP Photo)





A worker walks next to a partially collapsed railroad bridge connecting Burkina Faso to Ivory Coast in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast September 8, 2016. (Photo by Luc Gnago/Reuters)





Workers stand next to a partially collapsed railroad bridge connecting Burkina Faso to Ivory Coast in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast September 8, 2016. (Photo by Luc Gnago/Reuters)





Workers walk on a partially collapsed railroad bridge connecting Burkina Faso to Ivory Coast in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast September 8, 2016. (Photo by Luc Gnago/Reuters)





Palestinian students dressed like Muslim pilgrims walk together during a school lesson about the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, at the main square in Gaza City, Thursday, September 8, 2016. Millions of Muslims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to participate in the annual hajj pilgrimage, which starts Saturday, a ritual required of all able-bodied Muslims at least once in their life. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, August 25, 2016, Ukrainian soldiers play table tennis at a damaged swimming pool in the village of Marinka, near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. More than 9,500 people have been killed in the fighting that began in April 2014, according to United Nations figures, but despite the carnage or the weariness of those inflicting it, there's little expectation it will actually stop anytime soon. (Photo by Max Black/AP Photo)





The future USS Zumwalt heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works Wednesday, September 7, 2016, in Bath, Maine. The nation's biggest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer is going to join the Navy with half the normal crew size thanks to unprecedented automation. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)





British reality stars Kerry Katona and Michelle Heaton Relax poolside with their families in Bridgwater, Somerset, England on August 30, 2016. Kerry Katona was wearing a “Swag” t-shirt before stripping down to a red bikini. Kerry looked to be having a great time with Michelle and family. (Photo by FameFlynet UK)





British reality stars Kerry Katona and Michelle Heaton Relax poolside with their families in Bridgwater, Somerset, England on August 30, 2016. (Photo by FameFlynet UK)





UK Big Brother stars Charlie Doherty with fellow house mates Hughie Maughan and Ryan Ruckledge by the pool in Magaluf, Majorca on September 8, 2016. (Photo by Exclusivepix Media)