An image made with a drone shows shipping containers at the Seagirt Marine Terminal ahead of a likely strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) over a new labor contract in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 30 September 2024. The ILA strike, planned to go into effect 01 October, would shut down 36 ports up and down the US East and Gulf Coasts, and cause the biggest supply chain disruption since the Covid pandemic. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA)





Aerial view of a dry lake in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, in Novo Airao, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on October 1, 2024. Several tributaries of the Amazon River, one of the longest and most abundant in the world, are in a “critical situation” due to the historic drought affecting Brazil, authorities reported on September 30. (Photo by Michael Dantas/AFP Photo)





An areal view of the DITIB-Merkez-Mosque during the Open Mosque Day in Duisburg, Germany, 03 October 2024. Since 1997, 03 October has been designated as Open Mosque Day, during which numerous Islamic places of worship around Germany open their doors to the public. (Photo by Christopher Neundorf/EPA)





A drone view shows boats stranded on the Rio Negro as the river reached its lowest point in its history during the most intense and widespread drought the country has experienced since records began in 1950, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil on October 4, 2024. (Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters)





Aerial view of riverbank dwellers carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Dantas/AFP Photo)





This photograph shows the Rhone Glacier and its glacial lake, formed by the melting of the glacier, above Gletsch, in the Swiss Alps, on September 30, 2024. A snowy winter provided no respite for Switzerland's glaciers, which shed 2.4 percent of their volume over the past year, with sand blown in from the Sahara accelerating the summer melt. The past 12 months have been “exceptional both in terms of accumulation and melt” for the Swiss glaciers, a fresh study from Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) showed on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Photo)





The A1101 at Welney in Norfolk, UK is submerged by flooding on Monday, October 7, 2024 from the Old Bedford River and the River Delph, leaving locals facing a 22 mile diversion. Thunderstorms and heavy rain may cause travel disruption across parts of southern England and Wales, after a yellow thunderstorm warning was issued by the Met Office from Monday afternoon across much of South Wales, South West England, and parts of southern England. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)





A car makes its way along a flooded road in Brampton, Cambridgeshire, UK on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. Further showery spells are expected across England, but drier, more settled weather conditions are set to arrive in the coming days. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)





An aerial view shows a fallen tree after Typhoon Krathon swept through Kaohsiung on October 5, 2024. Over 2,000 trees were knocked down after Typhoon Krathon brought mudslides, flooding and destructive winds to Taiwan. (Photo by Yan Zhao/AFP Photo)





In this image taken with a drone, Jason Kwapil operates a combine during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa, Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Photo by Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP Photo)





This areal view shows houses submerged in water in the flooded area of the Badalabougou district in Bamako on October 3, 2024. Heavy rains have recently led to severe flooding across the Sahel, affecting people in multiple countries. (Photo by Ousmane Makaveli/AFP Photo)





A photo taken with a drone shows abandoned train wagons on old railroad tracks, creating a train graveyard, in Thessaloniki, Greece, 01 October 2024. About 2,000 wagons are exposed to the weather in the Lachanokipi areas, Dialogi, in Nea Ionia, in Aghialos and the Bridge of Thessaloniki. Some of them have been looted, they have become shelters for homeless and marginalized people, they have rusted over time and some of them will be scrapped. (Photo by Achilleas Chiras/EPA)





A general view of the Hull Fair 2024 in Yorkshire, UK on Friday, October 4, 2024, one of the largest travelling fairs in Europe, which features over 250 rides. The fair features an array of rides alongside traditional attractions such as palm reading and stalls packed with food, treats and games. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire)





An aerial view of Charyn Canyon located about 200 kilometers east of Almaty city in Kazakhstan on September 22, 2024. The canyon, visited by more than 50,000 people each year, was placed under protection in 1964 and became part of the Charyn National Park, established on February 23, 2004. (Photo by Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Aerial view of a sandbank on the bed of the Negro River, in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, in Novo Airao, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on October 1, 2024. Several tributaries of the Amazon River, one of the longest and most abundant in the world, are in a 0147critical situation” due to the historic drought affecting Brazil, authorities reported on September 30. (Photo by Michael Dantas/AFP Photo)