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Demonstrators in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, confront police during a protest against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, July 29, 2024. Both Maduro and his political opponent claimed victory in the country’s election on Monday, a vote that was marked by accusations of fraud and counting irregularities. (Phoot by Carlos Landaeta/AFP Photo)

Protesters confront police during an anti-government demonstration in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, on July 29, 2024. The protest followed a presidential election where both incumbent Nicolás Maduro and his main opponent claimed victory, amid widespread allegations of fraud and counting irregularities.(Phoot by Carlos Landaeta/AFP Photo)

Spectators wearing inflatable pig costumes looks on from the roadside during the 6th stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 163,5 km between Macon and Dijon, on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP Photo)

Spectators wearing inflatable pig costumes watch from the roadside during the sixth stage of the 111th Tour de France, a 163.5 km route from Macon to Dijon, on July 4, 2024.(Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP Photo)

Firefighters walk along a hillside with scorched ground behind them while fighting the French Fire in Mariposa, Calif., on Friday, July 5, 2024. (Photo by Noah Berge/AP Photor)

Firefighters traverse a scorched hillside while battling the French Fire in Mariposa, California, on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Noah Berge/AP Photor)

Passengers in the back of a taxi film themselves as they leave the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, July 17, 2024. (Photo by David Goldman/AP Photo)

Passengers film themselves from the back of a taxi as they pass the Eiffel Tower, now adorned with the Olympic rings, in Paris on July 17, 2024, ahead of the Summer Olympics.(Photo by David Goldman/AP Photo)

A baby sea otter named Luna chews on a teething toy while being cared for at the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Center on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. She was found last month on British Columbia’s Vargas Island with remnants of her umbilical cord still attached. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

A rescued baby sea otter, named Luna, chews on a teething toy at the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre on July 30, 2024. She was found alone last month on Vargas Island, British Columbia, with remnants of her umbilical cord still attached. (Photo by Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

People attend the 2nd Papagayos and Cometas Festival (Kite Festival) to celebrate the start of the holiday season in Puerto Progreso, Yucatan State, Mexico, on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Hugo Borges/AFP Photo)

People attend the 2nd Papagayos and Cometas Festival (Kite Festival) celebrating the start of the holiday season in Puerto Progreso, Mexico, on July 20, 2024.(Photo by Hugo Borges/AFP Photo)

Staff members of restaurants prepare a 76-meter-long torta, as they attempt to establish a new world record, at the annual Torta Festival, Mexico on July 31, 2024. Staff members of several restaurants of the country, gathered at the annual Torta Festival to prepare a 76-meter-long torta, which is a Mexican sandwich filled with meat and various ingredients, in two minutes and ten seconds, breaking their last year record for the world's longest Torta. (Photo by Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Staff from various Mexican restaurants prepare a 76-meter-long “torta” (a traditional Mexican sandwich) during the annual Torta Festival on July 31, 2024. They set a new world record for the longest torta, completing it in two minutes and ten seconds and breaking their previous year’s record.(Photo by Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A '“Recortador'” jumps over a bull in the bull ring during the Recortadores festival at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

A “recortador” leaps over a bull during a Recortadores festival at the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, on July 7, 2024.(Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Ignacio Sanchez, dressed in a feathered costume, takes part in a procession celebrating Saint Francisco Solano, in Emboscada, Paraguay, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Hundreds of Catholic parishioners in Paraguay don bird-like costumes and parade down the streets to honor the 16th century saint said to possess miraculous powers. (Photo by Jorge Saenz/AP Photo)

Ignacio Sanchez, dressed in a feathered costume, takes part in a procession honoring Saint Francisco Solano in Emboscada, Paraguay, on July 24, 2024. Hundreds of Catholic parishioners don bird-like costumes to honor the 16th-century saint, who is believed to possess miraculous powers.(Photo by Jorge Saenz/AP Photo)

A person holds a toy rifle in front of a banner during a demonstration to commemorate the 49th Anniversary of the Student Massacre that occurred on July 30, 1975, in San Salvador, El Salvador on July 30, 2024. The university students claim that 49 years ago the army and members of the National Guard of El Salvador stopped a student march with an armed attack that remains unpunished. And the current Salvadoran government does not clarify the case, and also increases the economic debt for the university budget. (Photo by Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A demonstrator holds a toy rifle in front of a banner during a rally commemorating the 49th anniversary of the 1975 Student Massacre, in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 30, 2024. Protesters allege that the current government has not clarified the historical case, which involved a deadly armed attack on a student march by state forces, while also increasing the public university’s debt.(Photo by Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images)

People watch at sunset the Paris 2024 Olympic Games cauldron attached to a balloon in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)

People watch the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron, attached to a balloon, at sunset in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris on July 28, 2024.(Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)

A man looks at a statue of the Greek god Poseidon on a beach during the passage of tropical storm Beryl in Progreso, on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, on July 5, 2024. Beryl weakened to a tropical storm Friday after hitting Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane, with fierce winds causing material damage but no injuries along the tourist-rich Yucatan Peninsula. (Photo by Hugo Borges/AFP Photo)

A man looks at a statue of the Greek god Poseidon on a beach during the passage of Tropical Storm Beryl in Progreso, Mexico, on July 5, 2024. Beryl weakened to a tropical storm after hitting the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane, causing material damage but no injuries.(Photo by Hugo Borges/AFP Photo)

Revelers run with bulls from the Jandilla ranch during the sixth day of the running of the bulls at the San FermÌn fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Friday, July12, 2024. People test their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Revelers run with bulls from the Jandilla ranch during the sixth day of the San Fermín running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, on July 12, 2024.(Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

This photograph shows a drone light show to celebrate the arrival of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race in Nice, southeastern France, on July 20, 2024. The final stage of the 2024 Tour de France takes place in the french riviera city of Niceon July 21, 2024, due to the Olympics in the French capital. (Photo by Valéry Hache/AFP Photo)

A drone light show illuminates the sky over Nice, France, on July 20, 2024, to celebrate the arrival of the 111th Tour de France. The race’s final stage was held in Nice instead of Paris due to the upcoming Olympic Games.(Photo by Valéry Hache/AFP Photo)

Protesters smash an advertising board during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Protesters smash an advertising board during demonstrations in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 29, 2024, a day after the official election results declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner.(Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A Colombian child with military clothes greets Members of the Colombian Army during a military parade within celebrations for Independence Day in Bogota on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A child dressed in military attire greets soldiers during a parade celebrating Colombia’s Independence Day in Bogotá on July 20, 2024.(Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.(Photo by Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Members of the Jedi Knight Academy (JKAMX) hold lightsabers during training at a park in Mexico City on July 6, 2024. Members of JKAMX, a community of Star Wars enthusiasts who train in swordsmanship skills using lightsabers, undergo exams and tournaments to advance in ranks to become a Jedi Master swordsmen. Their sport has now spread to various Mexican states and has been recognized by the Mexican Sport Confederation (CODEME) and the National Commission of Sport (CONADE). (Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP Photo)

Members of the Jedi Knight Academy (JKAMX) train with lightsabers in a Mexico City park on July 6, 2024. The community, recognized by Mexican sports authorities, holds exams and tournaments where members can advance in rank to become “Jedi Master” swordsmen.(Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP Photo)

Fireworks light up the sky during the Canada Day celebrations at Ashbridges Bay Park in Toronto, Canada on July 1, 2024. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Fireworks light up the sky during Canada Day celebrations at Ashbridges Bay Park in Toronto on July 1, 2024.(Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Julia Everson
Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.