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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump during their meeting in the Oval Office on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Oval Office on August 18, 2025.(Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Staff members pose for photographs several of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Wednesday, August 20, 2025. (Photo by Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Philadelphia Zoo staff pose with several of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their public debut on August 20, 2025.(Photo by Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Members of the U.S. National Guard at National Mall in Washington D.C. on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Reuters)

Members of the U.S. National Guard patrol the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2025.(Photo by Nathan Howard/Reuters)

Actress Sophie Turner during an interview with host Seth Meyers in New York on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images)

Actress Sophie Turner is interviewed by host Seth Meyers in New York on August 14, 2025.(Photo by Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images)

Drag queen Brigitte Bandit performs during the Fight the Trump Takeover, one of several held across the nation against Texas Republicans’ efforts to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Nuri Vallbona/Reuters)

Drag queen Brigitte Bandit performs at the “Fight the Trump Takeover” protest at the Texas State Capitol on August 16, 2025. The rally opposed state Republicans’ efforts to redraw congressional districts.(Photo by Nuri Vallbona/Reuters)

People pass by a display of 50-feet-long legs and 22-feet-tall ruby slippers, a promotion for the upcoming “Wizard of Oz at Sphere” movie in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., August 20, 2025. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Reuters)

People pass by a promotional display featuring 50-foot-long legs and 22-foot-tall ruby slippers for the upcoming “Wizard of Oz at Sphere” movie in Las Vegas on August 20, 2025.(Photo by Steve Marcus/Reuters)

A man fishes from the Isle of Palms pier as young girls record a video silhouetted by the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean along Front Beach, August 18, 2025 in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. High waves and potential storm serge is expected later in the week as Hurricane Erin, a category 4 storm passes off the coast. High waves and potential storm serge is expected later in the week as Hurricane Erin, a category 4 storm passes off the coast. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Alamy Live News)

A man fishes from the Isle of Palms pier as girls record a video at sunrise on August 18, 2025, in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. High waves and storm surge from offshore Hurricane Erin were expected later in the week.(Photo by Richard Ellis/Alamy Live News)

Orangutans play at the Woodland Park zoo in Seattle, US in the second decade of August 2025. (Photo by ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)

Orangutans play at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle in mid-August 2025.(Photo by ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)

The Seattle Gum Wall on August 19, 2025, located steps from Pike Place Market, has become a must-see tourist attraction and a local landmark in downtown Seattle. Despite being cleaned periodically, the walls re-accumulate gum at a furious clip, and there is scant evidence of the recent cleaning in November of 2024. (Photo by Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

The Gum Wall, a popular tourist attraction near Pike Place Market in Seattle, is shown on August 19, 2025. Despite a recent cleaning in November 2024, the walls are again covered in gum.(Photo by Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Tens of thousands march in Manhattan, New York on August 16, 2025 to demand an end to the starvation and genocide in Gaza. (Photo by Marcus Middleton/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Tens of thousands march in Manhattan, New York, on August 16, 2025, demanding an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.(Photo by Marcus Middleton/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Members of the District of Columbia National Guard stand next to their M-ATV outside Union Station, Sunday, August 17, 2025, in Washington. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

Members of the District of Columbia National Guard stand by an M-ATV vehicle outside Union Station in Washington on August 17, 2025.(Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

Marine Mammal Center volunteers attempt to corral a stranded California sea lion at New Brighton State Beach on August 20, 2025 in Capitola, California. The Marine Mammal Center is seeing an unprecedented surge of sick California sea lions, a vast majority infected with leptospirosis, a disease that can cause irreversible kidney damage. The Marine Mammal Center has seen over 100 sea lions with leptospirosis since July 1, and nearly two-thirds have not survived. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Volunteers from the Marine Mammal Center attempt to corral a stranded California sea lion at New Brighton State Beach in Capitola, California, on August 20, 2025. The center is responding to an unprecedented surge in sea lions sick with leptospirosis.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Flava Flav attends “Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride” Broadway Opening Night at Nederlander Theatre on August 18, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Flava Flav attends the Broadway opening night of “Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride” at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City on August 18, 2025.(Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie attend the Los Angeles photo call for Sony Pictures' “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on August 20, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)

Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie attend a photo call for Sony Pictures’ “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on August 20, 2025.(Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)

Protesters confront members of the National Guard patrolling Union Station with the U.S. Capitol building in the background, in Washington, D.C. on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Alex Kent/Reuters)

Protesters confront members of the National Guard patrolling outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., with the U.S. Capitol in the background on August 16, 2025.(Photo by Alex Kent/Reuters)

A 'water closed' sign at a local beach in Sea Bright, New Jersey, August 21, 2025. Swimming and other water activities were prohibited from the Carolinas, up through the New Jersey Shore, New York, Long Island and Nantucket Island and beyond, the National Weather Service said. Coastal flooding is expected to peak during high tide on Thursday. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

A ‘water closed’ sign at a beach in Sea Bright, New Jersey, on August 21, 2025. Water activities were prohibited along much of the U.S. East Coast due to dangerous conditions from Hurricane Erin.(Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

United States President Donald J Trump leads President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, President Alexander Stubb of Finland President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of the Italian Republic Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US on Monday, August 18, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/PA Wire)

U.S. President Donald Trump leads a group of world leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO’s Mark Rutte, through the Cross Hall of the White House on August 18, 2025.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/PA Wire)

Kevin Han (L), Senior division champion, and James Evans (C), Masters finalist, watch as Giovanni Cischke (R), Masters champion, inspects his trophy at the Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California, on August 17, 2025. Han became the first player to win world titles in two different age divisions after claiming the Juniors crown in 2024. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP Photo)

Masters champion Giovanni Cischke (R) inspects his trophy as Senior champion Kevin Han (L) and Masters finalist James Evans (C) look on at the Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California, on August 17, 2025.(Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP Photo)

A windsurfer in Rockport, Massachusetts, on August 21, 2025. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)

A windsurfer in Rockport, Massachusetts, on August 21, 2025.(Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)

A member of the National Guard gets ice cream during a break at the National Mall in Washington on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Ken Cedeno/Reuters)

A member of the National Guard enjoys an ice cream break while on duty at the National Mall in Washington on August 18, 2025.(Photo by Ken Cedeno/Reuters)

Raymond Hinze
Raymond Hinze is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He's worked as a writer, trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system admin, and various other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together.