In this handout image released by Military Emergency Unit (UME), military firefighters battle a forest fire on August 17, 2023 raging in the northeastern part of the Canary island of Tenerife. Firefighters made progress on August 18, 2023 in their fight against a huge wildfire that broke out on August 15 on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife and has forced the evacuation of thousands of people. About 450 firefighters and soldiers backed by 16 aircraft were battling the blaze which has so far destroyed some 3,800 hectares (9,400) acres, the regional government of the archipelago said. (Photo by Handout/UME via AFP Photo)





Models present creations during a fashion show of students of the Kyrgyz Academy of Design Art named after Sadykov at the Nomad Fashion Festival in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 10 August 2023. The festival runs from 10 to 12 August 2023. (Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA/EFE)





People prepare for the annual Hungry Ghost Festival prayer in Keelung, Taiwan on August 30, 2023. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)





Competitors race during the Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta as part of the at Salem Merry-time Fest in Salem, Massachusetts on August 19, 2023. The custom boats made from corrugated cardboard and duct tape, must fit at least two people and compete in a set of heats, racing from Derby Beach to a buoy and back to the beach to win prizes. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP Photo)





People use a piece of clothing to hide from the sun, during a heatwave in Milan, Italy on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Claudia Greco/Reuters)





Competitors take part in the World Gravy Wrestling Championships at the Rose 'N' Bowl pub in Stacksteads, Britain on August 28, 2023. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





People dance on Calea Victoriei, a main avenue in Bucharest, Romania, during the Dance Night event, Saturday, August 26, 2023. More than 200 dancers from 45 studios danced along with passersby covering a wide variety of dance styles. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





Guests watch a live broadcast from inside Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered plane Unity 22, showing space tourists Anastatia Mayers, 18, and her mother Keisha Schahaff, rear, at Spaceport America, near Truth or Consequences, N.M., Thursday, August 10, 2023. Virgin Galactic is taking its first space tourists on a long-delayed rocket ship ride. (Photo by Andrés Leighton/AP Photo)





A fire engine made of pumpkins is seen at a pumpkin exhibition in the garden of Ludwigsburg Castle in Ludwigsburg, southern Germany, on August 24, 2023. The pumpkin exhibition is themed “Fire” and lasts until December 3, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen fire a M109 self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





People carrying historical white-red-white flags of Belarus take part in Belarusians' march through Warsaw, on the third anniversary of the 2020 presidential election which was followed by mass protests over alleged electoral fraud, in Warsaw, Poland on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Kacper Pempel/Reuters)





A wounded local resident stands near her destroyed flat in an apartment building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine on August 8, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Migrants of African origin trying to flee to Europe are crammed on board of a small boat, as Tunisian coast guards prepare to transfer them onto their vessel, at sea between Tunisia and Italy, on August 10, 2023. Mediterranean Sea crossing attempts from Tunisia have multiplied following a incendiary speech by the Tunisian president who had alleged that “hordes” of irregular migrants were causing crime and posing a demographic threat to the mainly Arab country. (Photo by Fethi Belaid/AFP Photo)





Newlyweds visit an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles located on the main street Khreshchatyk as part of the upcoming celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine, amid Russia's invasion, in central Kyiv, Ukraine on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





Jockeys compete in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, Chonburi province, Thailand on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Local resident Olga Paramonova, 49, and her mother Natalia look at the destroyed roof of their house damaged by recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine on August 8, 2023. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)





A competitor takes part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships held at the Waen Rhydd peat bog, Llanwrtyd Wells, Mid Wales, on August 27, 2023. The race is held along a 55-metre bog trench, in which the contestants must complete two lengths. Conventional swimming strokes are not allowed, though snorkels and flippers are mandatory. (Photo by Geoff Caddick/AFP Photo)





Latvian Border Guard helicopter takes off near Latvia-Russia border near Lidumnieki, Latvia on August 8, 2023. (Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters)





A woman walks past South Korean soldiers taking part in an anti-terror drill as part of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercise between South Korea and U.S., at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)