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Snapshot: Under the Umbrella

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A woman carries an umbrella on a beach in Valencia, eastern Spain, 10 August 2025, during a day with high temperatures. (Photo by Ana Escobar/EPA)

A woman uses an umbrella for shade on a beach in Valencia, Spain, on August 10, 2025, during a heatwave.(Photo by Ana Escobar/EPA)

People gather in central Newcastle ahead of the Pride march during Northern Pride 2025 on July 19, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Northern Pride is the biggest LGBTQ Pride festival in the North East of England. The event helps to promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender culture through public celebration of LGBTQ heritage and engaging in education and cultural activities within the community to help raise awareness of the issues people face regarding sеxual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and s*x characteristics whilst aiming to build mutual respect and working to end discrimination. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Crowds gather in central Newcastle ahead of the Pride march for Northern Pride 2025 on July 19, 2025. The festival, the largest of its kind in Northeast England, promotes LGBTQ+ culture and rights through celebration and education.(Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Motorists drive through a flooded road during monsoon rainfall, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)

Motorists navigate a flooded road during monsoon rains in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on July 17, 2025.(Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)

A woman with an umbrella poses on “Les Deux Plateaux”, commonly known as “Columns of Buren”, by French artist Daniel Buren and architect Patrick Bouchain, in the main courtyard of the Palais-Royal in central Paris on July 21, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)

A woman poses with an umbrella on “Les Deux Plateaux,” the art installation known as the Colonnes de Buren, in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal in Paris, France, on July 21, 2025.(Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)

Visitors holding parasols walk through the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, July 28, 2025. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)

Visitors carrying parasols walk across the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on July 28, 2025.(Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses while holding an umbrella next to director Kleber Mendonca Filho before a screening of the film “O Agente Secreto” (The Secret Agent), which was awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Adriano Machado/Reuters)

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, holding an umbrella, poses with director Kleber Mendonca Filho before a screening of the award-winning film “The Secret Agent” in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 7, 2025.(Photo by Adriano Machado/Reuters)

A person prays ahead of a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the WWII U.S. atomic bombing at Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 2025. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A person prays before a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, Japan, at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park on August 9, 2025.(Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

Goodwood racegoers run for cover from a sudden rainstorm on Ladies Day, the third day of the horseracing festival at Goodwood Racecourse on July 31, 2025 in Chichester, England. (Photo by The Times)

Racegoers run for cover from a sudden downpour on Ladies Day at the Goodwood Festival in Chichester, England, on July 31, 2025.(Photo by The Times)

A tourist holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun while watching the changing of the Presidential Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, outside the Greek Parliament, during a heatwave in Athens, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A tourist shades herself with an umbrella while watching the changing of the Presidential Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece, during a heatwave on July 17, 2025.(Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A woman sits on a bench in front of the Mediterranean sea on the “Promenade des Anglais” on the French riviera city of Nice, on July 16, 2025. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)

A woman sits on a bench overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, on July 16, 2025.(Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)

A woman walks past a cardboard representing pandas ahead of the World Games Chengdu 2025 in Chengdu, China on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)

A woman walks past a panda cardboard display in Chengdu, China, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the World Games.(Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)

A drone view shows parasols on a beach of the Adriatic Sea in Shengjin, Albania on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Florion Goga/Reuters)

A drone photograph shows a pattern of parasols on a beach along the Adriatic Sea in Shengjin, Albania, on July 31, 2025.(Photo by Florion Goga/Reuters)

A woman (R) takes a photo next to Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on August 14, 2025, as Typhoon Podul weakens to a severe tropical storm. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)

A woman takes a photograph by Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on August 14, 2025, as Typhoon Podul weakened to a severe tropical storm.(Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)

A pedestrian walks past an overflowing hillside drain spilling water onto a street in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong on August 5, 2025, amid a black rainstorm warning issued by the city's weather observatory. Parts of Hong Kong were brought to a standstill by flooding caused by heavy rains on August 5, after the highest-tier rainstorm warning was issued for the fourth time in eight days. (Photo by Tommy Wang/AFP Photo)

A pedestrian passes an overflowing hillside drain in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay district on August 5, 2025, during a “black” rainstorm warning that caused widespread flooding.(Photo by Tommy Wang/AFP Photo)

People hold umbrellas in the rain in Hong Kong, Thursday, August 14, 2025 as Tropical Storm Podul was moving away from the partially autonomous city. (Phoot by Chan Long Hei/AP Photo)

Pedestrians with umbrellas walk in the rain in Hong Kong on August 14, 2025, as Tropical Storm Podul moved away from the city.(Phoot by Chan Long Hei/AP Photo)

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.