Firefighters wave flares and trade union flags as they climb the ‘Triumph of the Republic’ statue in Place de la Nation during a public sector workers’ rally in Paris, France (Image credit: Thomas Samson / AFP / Getty Images)
A pair of purple herons jostle in an urban wetland in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Image credit: Krishan Kariyawasam / NurPhoto / Getty Images)
Sri Lanka’s Eshan Malinga avoids a short ball from England’s Jamie Overton during a cricket match at The Oval in London, United Kingdom (Image credit: Glyn Kirk / AFP / Getty Images)
The shipwreck of a fishing boat emerges amid historically low water levels on the Rhine River near Neuss, Germany (Image credit: Chistopher Neundorf / EPA / Shutterstock)
A prize-winning guinea pig is draped with a winner’s ribbon during the National Guinea Pig Show in Taupo, New Zealand (Image credit: Ben Strang / Getty Images)
A tightrope walker performs during the Chuseok holiday at Namsan Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea (Image credit: Xinhua / Shutterstock)
A man prepares his boat near the proposed construction site of one of Africa’s biggest oil refineries, on Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya (Image credit: Luis Tato / AFP / Getty Images)
China’s Lin Shan competes in the women’s 1m springboard final diving event during the 2026 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan (Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Images)
A group of tourists climb Mount Etna amid a haze of volcanic smoke, on the island of Sicily, Italy (Image credit: Roman Pilipey / AFP / Getty Images)
Ballet students practice at the National Ballet School in Havana, Cuba (Image credit: Ramon Espinosa / AP Photo)
A mob of giant petrels scavenge the floating carcass of a southern right whale near Puerto Madryn, Argentina (Image credit: Maxi Jonas / AP Photo)
A group of fruit traders carry bananas to a market in Lahore, Pakistan (Image credit: K.M. Chaudary / AP Photo)
