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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Genesis: The seventeen strong cast of Copenhagen Collective's premiere at fringe throwing tricks in the sea and on the pier at Wardie Bay in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Sally Anderson/Alamy Live News)

The 17-member cast of Copenhagen Collective performs daring stunts in the sea and on the pier at Wardie Bay, Edinburgh, during their Fringe premiere on July 30, 2025.(Photo by Sally Anderson/Alamy Live News)

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace takes the checkered flag as he wins the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 27, 2025. Wallace is the first Black driver to win a major race at the iconic track. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Bubba Wallace makes history as the first Black driver to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27, 2025.(Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

A shot by FC Dallas forward Logan Farrington, center, ripples the net during a home match against New York City FC on Friday, July 25, 2025. NYCFC would go on to win 4-3. (Photo by Julio Cortez/AP Photo)

FC Dallas forward Logan Farrington scores, but New York City FC secures a dramatic 4-3 victory on July 25, 2025.(Photo by Julio Cortez/AP Photo)

Palestinians rush to queue in line at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. The head of Gaza's largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, amid a devastating assault by Israeli forces. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Palestinians line up at a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis as Gaza’s largest hospital reports 21 child deaths from malnutrition in three days amid ongoing conflict.(Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

The rock ballet spectacular Raise the Barre is one of the hundreds of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe early August 2025. Performances take place at the Assembly Rooms every day except Wednesdays until August 24. (Photo by Ian Georgeson)

Raise the Barre electrifies audiences at the Assembly Rooms, running daily (except Wednesdays) until August 24, 2025.(Photo by Ian Georgeson)

Competitors take part in the Junior category of The SLSGB National Surf Life Saving Championships on Weymouth beach, on August 06, 2025 in Weymouth, England. The SLSGB (Surf Life Saving Great Britain) National Surf Life Saving Championships 2025 are being held from August 2-9 on Weymouth beach with athletes of all ages competing in a wide range of lifesaving races designed to test their speed, strength, and water rescue skills. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Young competitors showcase speed and rescue skills at the SLSGB National Surf Life Saving Championships in Weymouth, England (Aug 2-9, 2025).(Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

A man kite surfs during Storm Floris on the north coast of Northern Ireland, Portrush, on August 4, 2025. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

A daring kite surfer braves Storm Floris off the coast of Portrush, Northern Ireland, on August 4, 2025.(Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

Germany’s Ann-Katrin Berger makes a remarkable save in extra time against France during their quarter-final in Basel, Switzerland on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Jose Breton/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Germany’s Ann-Katrin Berger makes a crucial extra-time save against France in Basel, Switzerland (July 19, 2025).(Photo by Jose Breton/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Alejandra Estudillo Torres of Mexico compete in the women's 10m synchronised preliminaries at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Monday, July 28, 2025. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

Gabriela Agundez Garcia & Alejandra Estudillo Torres compete in the women’s 10m synchro prelims at the World Aquatics Championships (July 28, 2025).(Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

This image was taken purely by chance, when Fujioka happened to pass a group of schoolgirls striking a popular social media pose in Hiroshima in 2017. “I didn’t even notice the Atomic Bomb Dome (war memorial) behind them when I photographed this image – the girls probably didn’t either. The past and present of Hiroshima co-exists here, with a river running between”. (Photo by Aya Fujioka)

A spontaneous shot captures schoolgirls posing unknowingly before the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima (2017).(Photo by Aya Fujioka)

Freestyle motocross rider Taka Higashino, originally from Japan but now lives in Temecula, does a no-hands superman trick high over the beach along with a seagull in flight with a view of Catalina Island as he and a fellow freestyle motocross riders perform aerial acrobatics on the opening day of competition at the U.S. Open of Surfing, which continues through August 3 in Huntington Beach Saturday, on July 26, 2025. (Photo by Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Japan’s Taka Higashino performs a no-hands Superman trick at the U.S. Open of Surfing (July 26, 2025).(Photo by Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

A migrant runs to board a smuggler's inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP Photo)

A migrant dashes to board a smuggler’s dinghy off Gravelines, France, en route to the UK (July 29, 2025).(Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP Photo)

Children drive a homemade car as dozens of participants compete with hand-built motorless vehicles during the XXIV Motorless Car Race, in La Paz, Bolivia, on July 27, 2025. (Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)

Kids race homemade cars in La Paz during the 24th annual Motorless Car Race (July 27, 2025).(Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)

Leipzig's Slovenian forward #30 Benjamin Sesko (L) and St Pauli's German defender #05 Hauke Wahl vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between St Pauli and RB Leipzig in Hamburg on September 22, 2024. (Photo by Axel Heimken/AFP Photo)

RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko clashes with St. Pauli’s Hauke Wahl in a September 2024 Bundesliga match.(Photo by Axel Heimken/AFP Photo)

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Campo De Mayo Military Base by horse in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on July 28, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon/Reuters)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Campo de Mayo Military Base by horse (July 28, 2025).(Photo by Alex Brandon/Reuters)