Day in Photos: Floods In India, Wildfire in Greece, and Sailing Ship Festival
Local residents commute on a cycle rickshaw through a flooded street after monsoon rains in Guwahati, India, on Aug. 13, 2025. Biju Boro/AFP via Getty Images
Local residents commute on a cycle rickshaw through a flooded street after monsoon rains in Guwahati, India, on Aug. 13, 2025. Biju Boro/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Floods In India, Wildfire in Greece, and Sailing Ship Festival

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A masked resident walks along a street as flames burn vegetation during a wildfire near Patras, Greece, on Aug. 13, 2025. Greece battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city, Patras, as a heat wave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump announces nominees for the annual Kennedy Center Honors, (L-R) Country music artist George Strait, actor Michael Crawford, and actor Sylvester Stallone, during an event at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Aug. 13, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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In this image made from video released by Taitung County Government, strong waves and heavy rain pound the Sansiiantai tourist spot as Typhoon Podul reaches Taitung, eastern Taiwan, on Aug. 13, 2025. Taitung County Government via AP
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The widow of the late presidential hopeful and senator Miguel Uribe, Maria Claudia Tarazona, mourns after a funeral Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, on Aug. 13, 2025. Uribe died two months after being shot in the head at a campaign event, his wife announced early Aug. 11, 2025, as the attack rekindled fears of a return to the nation's violent past. Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images
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Jesse Randall of Auckland FC scores the team's first goal during the Australia Cup 2025 Round of 16 match between South Melbourne FC and Auckland FC at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 13, 2025. Josh Chadwick/Getty Images
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People run from tear gas during a protest over issues including the regent's resignation and local government transparency, following a now-revoked plan to raise local land and building taxes by 250 percent, in Pati, Central Java, Indonesia, on Aug. 13, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
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Sara Murad, 19, who is displaced from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip and currently resides in Gaza City, holds one of the stray cats she takes care of with her mother, as the war between Israel and Hamas continues, on Aug. 13, 2025. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
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People cool off in the Trocadero Fountain in front of the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave in Paris on Aug. 13, 2025. France has been experiencing its 51st heat wave since 1947 and its second of the summer since Aug. 8. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a video conference of European leaders with the U.S. president on the Ukraine war ahead of the summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders in Berlin, on Aug. 13, 2025. John MacDougall - Pool/Getty Images
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The Temple of Zeus at the Aizanoi Ancient City site in Çavdarhisar, Kütahya Province, Turkey, on the night of the Perseids meteor shower on Aug. 13, 2025. Kemal Aslan/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the National Search and Rescue Agency set up an Indonesian flag suspended on ropes stretched across a stream at Watu Kemloso ahead of the country's 80th Independence Day, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 13, 2025. Devi Rahman/AFP via Getty Images
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A helicopter drops water on a wildfire at Casal do Monte village in Trancoso, Portugal, on Aug. 13, 2025. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images
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A boy and his mother walk past a ruined tank at an exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv on Aug. 13, 2025. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
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Ships and boats sail during “Sail Bremerhaven” off Bremerhaven, Germany, on Aug. 13, 2025. Leon Kuegeler - Pool/Getty Images
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Glassblower Jean-Marie Rimbault turns molten glass as he works near his 1,200-degree Celsius gas furnaces as France experiences a heat wave in Louhossoa, France, on Aug. 13, 2025. Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance addresses U.S. troops and their families in front of a Lockheed U-2 nicknamed the “Dragon Lady” during a visit to RAF Fairford in Fairford, England, on Aug. 13, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Two combines harvest winter wheat near Aschersleben, Germany, on Aug. 13, 2025. Farmers are concerned that a very rainy July will impact the quality of this summer's grain harvest. Jens Schlueter/Getty Images
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A man uses a bucket of water and a cloth to clean a 1964 Citroen Ami 6 parked on the lawn in Mechelen, Belgium, on Aug. 13, 2025. Jonas Roosens/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
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Mexican Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch speaks during a press conference at the Security Cabinet building in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2025. On Wednesday, the Mexican government justified the extradition of 26 alleged drug traffickers to the United States as a national security measure, pointing out that these individuals continued to commit crimes from prison. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images
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Fishermen transfer onto a small boat to reach the shore by foot in Kochi, India, on Aug. 13, 2025. The lack of infrastructure makes it hard for older fishermen to work. Kerala's fishermen are facing a severe fish scarcity, impacting their livelihoods and leading to empty stalls in local and export markets. Elke Scholiers/Getty Images
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Street entertainers perform on the Royal Mile during Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 13, 2025. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Families wade out into the sea at high tide in Gravelines, France, on Aug. 13, 2025. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Jack Beven, senior hurricane specialist, tracks Tropical Storm Erin at the National Hurricane Center in Miami on Aug. 13, 2025. The National Hurricane Center indicates that Erin could become the first major hurricane of the 2025 season. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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A polar bear cools down on ice cubes in its enclosure at the Prague zoo in the Czech Republic on Aug. 13, 2025. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images