People cool off at the Bras Marie safe bathing site on the River Seine in Paris on August 12, 2025. France swelters under an exceptional August heatwave, with 14 southwestern and southeastern departments placed on red alert, prompting authorities to escalate precautionary measures.(Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)
Ceili O’Connor from the cast from kicks a ball during a “Footballers’ Wives: The Musical” photocall at Peffermill playing fields on August 06, 2025 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The new musical comedy, “Footballers’ Wives: The Musical”, based on the fictional ITV television series that ran for five seasons between 2002-2006, will be on show during Edinburgh Fringe Festival until August 24. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)
Outside a sandwich shop in Bridlington, UK, June 2017. As Merlin Daleman passes through towns such as Bridlington, he captures people demonstrating humour, warmth, fortitude and a sense of community. (Photo by Merlin Daleman/The Guardian)
Orthodox Jews pray as they read from the book of Eicha (Book of Lamentations) to mark Tisha B’av, at The Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, 03 August 2025. In Judaism, the Tisha B’Av is an annual fasting day marking the destruction of the first and the second temple by the Babylonian and the Roman Empires in Jerusalem. During Tisha B’av, Ultra-Orthodox Jews stay up all night and sleep at the Western Wall as they recite lamentations focusing on the destruction of the ancient temple, that was located on the other side of the ancient wall, on the Temple Mount. (Photo by Abir Sultan/EPA)
A woman photographs powerful waves ahead of Hurricane Erin’s approach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on August 20, 2025.(Photo by Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters)
Star Wars fans gather at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on August 19, 2025. The event celebrates a century of filmmaking at both the College and Elstree Studios, and serves as a precursor to a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest gathering of people dressed as film and TV characters in September.(Photo by Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images)
Performers from the Living Statue Company, dressed as the Bucket O’ Soldiers from Disney’s “Toy Story,” march in the City of Perth Salute parade on August 10, 2025.(Photo by Graeme Hart/Perthshire Picture Agency)
A woman poses next to a portrait of Ozzy Osbourne during a tribute to the former Black Sabbath frontman in his hometown of Birmingham, Britain, on July 30, 2025.(Photo by Jack Taylor/Reuters)
Members of the Ranger Regiment are seen at the British Army Expo 2025, held at Redford Cavalry Barracks in Edinburgh on August 19, 2025.(Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Wire)
A performance of “Midnight at the Palace” at the Big Yin, Gilded Balloon Patter House, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in early August 2025.(Photo by The Guardian)
From the award-winning series “Here Goes River” by Aya Fujioka, documenting her hometown of Hiroshima in 2017. The photographs capture quiet, everyday moments in the city, with each scene imbued with the invisible weight of its history.(Photo by Aya Fujioka)
China’s Shasha Liu takes a shot during the women’s 10-ball pool bronze-medal match against Germany’s Ina Kaplan at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China, on August 13, 2025.(Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)
Members of the Theatre Re ensemble cycle and run through Edinburgh’s Colinton Tunnel during a photocall for their show, “The Nature of Forgetting,” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
Visitors walk past the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron, designed by Mathieu Lehanneur, during a European heatwave on August 11, 2025. The intense heat, which began on August 8, reached “exceptional levels” in France’s southwest, prompting Meteo-France to issue a red alert for 12 departments.(Photo by Martin Lelievre/AFP Photo)
Visitors enjoy a ride at a fair during festivities for El Divino Salvador del Mundo (The Divine Savior of the World), the patron saint of San Salvador, in El Salvador on August 7, 2025.(Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)
Participants struggle to climb a greased pole to claim prizes during a “Panjat Pinang” competition in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 17, 2025. The traditional event is part of the celebration for Indonesia’s 80th Independence Day.(Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)
A woman covers her mouth as residents evacuate from an advancing wildfire in Delvina, Albania, on August 12, 2025.(Photo by Florion Goga/Reuters)
Fans at a Limp Bizkit concert at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on August 13, 2025.(Photo by Chris Whiteoak/The National)
Joshua Boado and Rahnai Henricus, both 16 and students at Harris Academy Merton, react to receiving their GCSE results in London, Britain, on August 21, 2025.(Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)
Actress Abby Govindan is featured in this undated handout photo released in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 8, 2025.(Photo by Philip Romano/Handout via Reutes)
