A plane drops fire retardant behind homes as the Holy Fire burns in Lake Elsinore, California, on Wednesday, August 8. More than 14,000 firefighters are battling catastrophic wildfires that continue to ravage parts of the state.
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A military paramedic tends to a boy who suffered a head injury during an earthquake that happened Sunday, August 5, on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The death toll from the 6.9 magnitude quake has risen to 347, and it is expected to be higher once all the bodies can be counted, according to the state-run Antara news agency.
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A walrus and her young calf are presented to the public at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday, August 3.
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Lourdes de Leon hugs her 6-year-old son, Leo, after they were reunited in Guatemala City on Tuesday, August 7. Nine Guatemalan children were reunited with their parents Tuesday, months after they had been separated at the US border as part of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy. The parents were among hundreds of migrants who had been deported without their children.
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Wing Commander Piers Morrell, principal director of music for the Royal Air Force, conducts performers during a dress rehearsal for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, which is taking through August 25 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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People gather near the scene where two vehicles fell into a sinkhole in Harbin, China, on Saturday, August 4. No one was hurt, according to the South China Morning Post.
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Snake catcher Mohammed Saleem shows a baby cobra that was retrieved from a residential area near Bhopal, India, on Friday, August 3.
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US President Donald Trump attends a rally in Lewis Center, Ohio, with congressional candidate Troy Balderson on Saturday, August 4. Balderson had a narrow lead over Democrat Danny O'Connor in a special election that was too close to call Tuesday night. The Ohio secretary of state reported there are 8,483 outstanding absentee and provisional ballots left to count -- much more than Balderson's 1,754-vote lead.
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A hot-air balloon carries tourists at sunrise Tuesday, August 7, in Cappadocia, Turkey. Cappadocia is a popular spot for hot-air balloons, which slowly drift above cone-shaped rock formations and rippled ravines to provide breathtaking views of the region.
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A supporter of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, looks out from a police vehicle after being detained outside MDC's headquarters in Harare on Thursday, August 2. Harare resembled a ghost town on that day, less than 24 hours after security forces and opposition protesters clashed over the results of the country's elections.
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Abortion-rights activists comfort one another Thursday, August 9, after Argentina's Senate voted against a bill that would have allowed women to end a pregnancy in the first 14 weeks. Current laws allow the procedure only in cases of rape or when the mother's health is at risk.
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A boat passes along the Regent's Canal in London on Monday, August 6. The canal has turned green because a heat wave has caused duckweed to spread rapidly, according to the Daily Express.
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A woman watches a polar bear at a zoo in Mulhouse, France, on Friday, August 3.
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US Rep. Chris Collins, second from right, leaves federal court in New York on Wednesday, August 8. Federal prosecutors charged Collins, his son and another man with 13 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud and false statements stemming from an alleged insider-trading scheme. Collins vowed to fight the charges and win re-election.
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A woman applies eyelash extensions at the Beauty Changes Lives exhibit, which was part of an International Spa Association event in New York on Tuesday, August 7.
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Parasols line a beach in Durres, Albania, on Wednesday, August 8. Europe is under the spell of an exceptional heat wave that has pushed temperatures to record highs in some places and sparked massive wildfires from Greece to Arctic Sweden.
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A pair of 4-month-old white lions play together Tuesday, August 7, at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Just over a dozen white lions remain in the wild, according to the Global White Lion Protection Trust, though several hundred are held in zoos around the world.
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Shahidul Alam, a prominent human rights activist and photographer, arrives for a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday, August 6. Alam was arrested shortly after he gave an interview to Al Jazeera about the student protests in Bangladesh, saying that they were driven by "larger" factors than road safety alone. The Committee to Protect Journalists has since called for Alam's immediate release.
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Cheerleaders perform during the Gay Games in Paris on Monday, August 6. The Gay Games are held every four years, like the Olympics, and their mission is to promote equality through an international sports and cultural event that is gay-friendly and inclusive, as heterosexual participants are welcomed as well.
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Security personnel surround Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as he was giving a speech at a military parade in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday, August 4. Drones armed with explosives detonated near Maduro, but he was unharmed. Six people have been arrested after the apparent assassination attempt, the nation's interior minister said.
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A woman with cat shoes stands at a booth at the CatCon cat convention in Pasadena, California, on Sunday, August 5.
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