This picture taken on July 5, 2024 shows an aerial view of a speedboat sailing past an oyster farm at the Anping Harbor in Tainan. Growing up in Taiwan's west coast where shellfish farming is popular, Eddie Wang remembers how discarded oyster shells could be transformed from waste to function – a memory that inspired his factory's unique and environmentally friendly “seawool”. (Photo by Sam Yeh/AFP Photo)





Boats sit on the bank of the Acre River, the main water source for the city of Rio Branco, which is facing water shortages amid a drought in Acre state, Brazil, Friday, August 2, 2024. (Photo by Marcos Vicentti/AP Photo)





The volcanic Mount Nyiragongo stands within the Virunga National Park near Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in this satellite image taken on July 21, 2023. Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters)





A drone view of a park transformed into a replica of Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting “Starry Night”, featuring fields of lavender, shrubs, and lakes connected by an array of paths, a project that mirrors the celebrated artwork in a natural setting in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Amel Emric/Reuters)





A drone view shows umbrellas on a beach in Santa Marinella, north of Rome, Italy, on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)





This aerial photo shows a water buffalo wade in the Chibayish marshes during low water levels in Nasiriyah of southern Iraq, Saturday, August 3, 2024. The Iraqi marshlands are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani/AP Photo)





Cars drive along a snow-covered road in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (Photo by Matias Basualdo/AP Photo)





A crop circle appeared on August 8, 2024 at Etchilhampton, near Devizes in Wiltshire, UK measuring a huge 70m wide. (Photo by Nick Bull/Picture Exclusive)





Competitors prepare for a stand-up paddle race on the German island of Fehmarn on Sunday, July 14, 2024. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A picture taken with a drone shows a huge work of art created with various flowers and flowering plants in Jacobsdorf, Germany, 29 July 2024. Artist Michael Uy has transformed a piece of fallow land into an insect paradise for bees, bumblebees and butterflies. Using plants, the artist has planted and sown oversized images in the shape of a shell and a winding path of life on a large meadow in Jacobsdorf. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/EPA/EFE)





General aerial view of a circular spoked crop circle in a wheat field near Badbury Rings near Wimborne in Dorset, UK on July 24, 2024. The crop circle has attracted visitors, with some taking a picnic in the centre of it. It is unknown when or who it was formed by, but has only been noticed within the last week. (Photo by Graham Hunt/Alamy Live News)





A view of Wistow Maze in Leicestershire, UK inspired by heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and in the shape of a javelin thrower, ahead of the Olympics in Paris on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games takes place on Friday 26th July, along the River Seine. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)





A drone view shows fishing boats being moored at a port as Typhoon Gaemi approaches, in Lianjiang county of Fuzhou, Fujian province, China on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





An image made with a drone shows an agricultural machine harvests lavender on Castle Farm in Shoreham, Kent, southern Britain, 23 July 2024. Lavender is collected before being steamed to separate the oils. Lavender oil is commonly used in aromatherapy and to scent perfumes, oils and soaps. Lavender has benefits such as aiding sleep, calming stress, and relieving skin complaints. (Photo by Neil Hall/EPA)





A water channel is flanked by mangrove trees in Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra Region. (Photo by Ammar Alsayed Ahmed/Mangrove Photography Awards)