Day in Photos: NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Protests in Ivory Coast, and Oldest Oak Tree in France
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 9, 2025. Keegan Barber/NASA via Getty Images
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 9, 2025. Keegan Barber/NASA via Getty Images

Day in Photos: NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Protests in Ivory Coast, and Oldest Oak Tree in France

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This aerial view shows supporters of different opposition parties during a march calling for an inclusive election in the neighborhood of Yopougon in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Aug. 9, 2025, ahead of the presidential election on Oct. 25, 2025. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images
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A Canadair firefighting plane fills up water from the sea during a wildfire in Palaia Fokaia, some 45 kilometers south of Athens, Greece, on Aug. 9, 2025. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images
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An Iranian street vendor wears an umbrella-hat to shield himself from the sun during a heatwave in the capital Tehran, on Aug. 9, 2025. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
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The sturgeon supermoon rises over the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Mosque), also known as Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug. 9, 2025. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images
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Jil Sanchez of Team Switzerland competes in the Women's 100 Metre Hurdles during day three of the European Athletics U20 Championships 2025 in Tampere, Finland, on Aug. 9, 2025. Maja Hitij/Getty Images for European Athletics
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A visitor walks around the oldest oak tree in France, estimated to be over a thousand years old, in Allouville-Bellefosse, in northwestern France, on Aug. 9, 2025. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images
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People take part in Dubai Mallathon 2025, at the City Centre Mirdif mall in Dubai on Aug. 9, 2025. The Dubai Mallathon is a citywide community wellness initiative aimed at encouraging people to remain active during the hot summer, by transforming the city's major shopping malls into morning fitness spaces. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images
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Fireworks illuminate the city skyline near the Sky Park observation deck of the Marina Bay Sands hotels (back C) during celebrations marking the country's 60th National Day in Singapore, on Aug. 9, 2025. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images
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Belarusian opposition activist Sergei Tikhanovsky holds a megaphone as he takes part in a Freedom March for Belarus in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 9, 2025. The Belarusian diaspora commemorates the five years since the peaceful anti-Lukashenko protests, which began after alleged manipulation in the 2020 Belarus presidential election. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been in office since 1994. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
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The owner of a tourist bubble home stands amid the damage caused following wildfires in Durban-Corbieres, in the Aude department, France, on Aug. 9, 2025. Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP via Getty Images
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Tourists ride in a vintage Fiat 500, modified with electric motors, in front of the Acqua Paola Fountain (“Fontanone”) at Gianicolo Hill in Rome, on Aug. 9, 2025. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images
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Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 9, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
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A blueberry raker harvests the berries from the plants in the fields of independent wild Maine blueberry grower Lynch Hill Farms in Harrington, Maine, on Aug. 9, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Protesters demonstrate against illegal immigration outside The Roundhouse hotel in Bournemouth, England, on Aug. 9, 2025. Protesters and counter-protesters have gathered outside hotels being used to house asylum seekers in recent weeks, as tensions flare over the government's policies on illegal immigration, which has reached record levels this summer. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
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Samuel Hughes of the Bulldogs is tackled during the round 23 NRL match between Canterbury Bulldogs and New Zealand Warriors at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 9, 2025. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (R) address media during a press conference at Taramea in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Aug. 9, 2025. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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Cans of beans and loaves of pitta bread are laid out on a long table with the names and pictures of Israeli hostages captive in the Gaza Strip since Hamas's October 2023 terrorist attacks, representing the hostages' humanitarian situation, during a protest by their families and supporters calling for action to secure their release in the plaza outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, known as the “Hostages' Square,” in Tel Aviv, on Aug. 9, 2025. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
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People push a makeshift barricade as they block the entrance of the Howrah Bridge during a protest in Kolkata, India, on Aug. 9, 2025, marking one year since the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images
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A firefighter truck parks along the historic mosque-cathedral of Cordoba after a fire broke out the previous day in the monument, in Cordoba, Spain, on Aug. 9, 2025. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images
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Blake Shinn riding Oak Hill defeats Mark Zahra riding Midwest in Race 4, the Ladbrokes Top 2/3/4 Betting Handicap - Betting Odds during Melbourne Racing at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 9, 2025. Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images
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A woman and her daughter look at sunflowers blooming in a field in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images