Fort Bourtange is a star fort located in the village of Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands. It was built in 1593 under the orders of William the Silent. Its original purpose was to control the only road between Germany and the city of Groningen, which was controlled by the Spaniards during the time of the Eighty Years' War.

Pilots of the Royal Saudi Air Force Hawks aerobatic team perform during a show in Kuwait City on February 26, 2023 as the Gulf state marks its 62nd Independence Day and 32nd anniversary of the end of the Gulf war with the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP Photo)

Carnival revellers take the metro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 19, 2023. Shaking the ground to the beat of their drums, Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival parades returned Sunday in a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba, the festival's first full-on edition since Covid-19 and Brazil's bitterly divisive elections. (Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP Photo)

An animal runs through a field of grass while fleeing the Park Fire in the Cohasset community in Butte County, Calif., July 25, 2024. (Photo by Noah Berger/AP Photo)

A fighter of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government runs for cover during a battle with Islamic State fighters in Sirte, Libya, July 31, 2016. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

A selection of work by four photojournalists who have won grants of $10,000 and editorial support from the agency. Here: “Chasing Winter” by Katie Orlinksy. In late summer and early autumn polar bears flock to the native village of Kaktovik in the Alaskan Arctic to eat at “the boneyard” – the remains of whales annually hunted by the community. (Photo by Katie Orlinsky/Getty Images)

A Filipino flagellant crawls along a street on Maundy Thursday, in San Fernando city, Pampanga Province, north of Manila, Philippines, 24 March 2016. Many Filipino Catholic penitents mark the Holy Week by submitting to different forms of physical penance in the hopes of being forgiven for their sins. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)

One of the busiest areas in Birmingham, United Kingdom last night was Ludgate Hill in the city's Jewellery Quarter. Brits enjoying the hottest August day for almost 20 years spilled out of packed pubs on August 7, 2020 after sunbathing on beaches around the country as the mercury rose to 36.4C. (Photo by SnapperSK/The Sun)