A 1,680-square-meter “Art Nouveau” theme flower carpet, made by a team of about 100 gardeners using hundreds of thousands of dahlias and begonias, is seen at Brussels' Grand Place, Belgium on August 15, 2024. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





Karla Valerye, 15, and her “chamberlain” or escort, arrive to the annual “Mis XV” or “My Fifteenth” birthday celebration for patients who are currently in treatment for a serious disease or have overcome cancer, at the Federico Gomez Children's Hospital in Mexico City, Friday, August 9, 2024. (Photo by Aurea Del Rosario/AP Photo)





Pinthongta Shinawatra adjusts the collar of her younger sister, Thailand's newly elected Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ahead of the royal endorsement ceremony, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 18, 2024. (Phoot by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Drivers take part in an overnight lawn mower race at the Trooper Inn Field on August 10, 2024 in Petersfield, England. The 12-hour endurance race runs from 8 PM to 8 AM and see 45 teams compete on a 1.1km dirt track. According to the British Lawn Mower Racing Association, the sport was born in 1973 by an Irishman named Jim Gavin in West Sussex, who was having a few pints with his mates while watching a groundsman mow a cricket pitch. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)





Irish Silades wears a gown made from dried water hyacinth stalks as she parades during the Water Lily Festival in Las Pinas city, Metro Manila, Philippines, 06 August 2024. The annual Water Lily Festival in Las Pinas city was declared by the Villar Foundation to highlight the transformation of water lilies from aquatic nuisances to valuable resources. Through the 'Water Lily Weaving Project', the foundation turns these plants into handicrafts, creating livelihoods and aiding community rehabilitation. During the festival, villagers parade in traditional costumes made from dried water lilies, showcasing the project's success and promoting the benefits of water lily-based livelihoods for local residents. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)





Bat expert Bernd Ohlendorf examines bats at the Herrmanshöhle cave in Rübeland, Saxony-Anhalt on August 27, 2024. An inventory of the bat population was carried out here on the night of 28.08.2024. Several hundred animals were recorded. They are ringed, weighed and registered. Bats are an important indicator of healthy nature and insect diversity. (Photo by Matthias Bein/picture alliance via Getty Images)





An aerial view of Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula volcanic eruption as it has seen its sixth eruption since December 2023, with lava spewing from a new fissure as seismic activity continues, according to press reports, at Sundhnukur in Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland on August 22, 2024. Reykjanes Peninsula experienced the eruption late Thursday night, following a series of earthquakes, the largest recorded at a magnitude of 4.The eruption began at 9:26 p.m. local time, with lava bursting from a fissure that initially measured 1.4 kilometers (nearly 0.9 miles) but quickly extended to 3.9 kilometers (over 2.42 miles) within 40 minutes, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO). (Photo by Almannavarnadeild/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Members of French animal rights association L214 display a giant inflatable effigy of a chicken, nicknamed “Ross 308”, as part of a protest action against the living conditions of farmed animals and their genetic selection in the poultry farming industry, on Place de la Republique, in Sable-sur-Sarthe, in western France, on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Jean-Francois Monier/AFP Photo)





The American singer Janelle Monáe performs at the Øyafestivalen 2024 music festival in Oslo, Norway on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)





Paetongtarn Shinawatra reacts after Thailand’s parliament voted for her to become the country’s youngest prime minister on Friday, August 16, 2024. The vote to install the 37-year-old daughter of ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra came two days after Thailand’s Constitutional Court removed another prime minister from office in a surprise decision that plunged the kingdom into further political uncertainty and raised fresh concern over the erosion of democratic rights. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A security member removes a banner showing the name “Taiwan” from a fan in the audience during the men's doubles badminton semi-final match between Denmark and Taiwan in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Phryge performs during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Julien De Rosa/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Solent Stars Youth Motorbike Stunt Team perform for the crowds after high winds prevented flying in the planned mass sun rise ascent at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at the Ashton Court estate, on August 09, 2024 in Bristol, England. Now in its 46th year, the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is Europe's largest annual hot-air balloon event in a city that is seen by many balloonists as the home of modern ballooning. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)





A number of men get kicking each other while participating in the “Sisemba” (kicking each other) tradition at Panggala, Indonesia on August 27, 2024. The tradition is an expression of gratitude for the crops and is based on the belief that the event will keep them enthusiastic for the work ahead to get the next plentiful crops. Without performing Sisemba, the people of Tana Toraja believe that there will be harvest failure. The tradition is claimed to uphold kinship values. Participants who have fallen are forbidden to be attacked, and those who are injured in Sisemba cannot hold grudge toward their opponents. (Photro by Hariandi Hafid/ZUMA Press Wire)





“Mozos” or bull-runners take part in the fourth day bull run at San Sebastian de los Reyes in Madrid, Spain, 29 August 2024. The fiestas at San Sebastian de los Reyes are known as 'Pamplona Chica' (little Pamplona) and are held every year in August. (Photo by Rodrigo Jimenez/EPA)





Miho Nonaka of Japan competes in the Women Boulder&Lead, Semifinal Lead of the Sport Climbing competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le Bourget, France, 08 August 2024. (Photo by Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA/EFE)





People compete in the annual football match in the River Windrush in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, Britain, on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Lee Smith/Reuters)





Clayton Braden competes in the open saddle bronc during Mount Isa Mines Rodeo event at the on August 10, 2024 in Mount Isa, Australia. The 2024 Mount Isa Mines Rodeo, Australia's largest rodeo and the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, is set to take place from August 8-11 at the Buchanan Park Events Complex in Mount Isa, Queensland. This iconic event, running since 1959, will feature four days of non-stop rodeo action, attracting around 750 competitors from across Australia to compete for the richest prize pool in the country. The rodeo will showcase various events in its famous open-air, red dirt arena. In addition to the thrilling rodeo competitions, attendees can enjoy live entertainment, Rodeo Rock Concerts, outback market traders, and food stalls throughout the festival. (Photo by Dan Peled/Getty Images)





A detailed view of Sha'carri Richardson of Team United States nails during the Women's 100m Round 1 on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)