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The Sturgeon Moon, the old US Farmer's Almanac name for the full moon in the month of August, rises over Galata Tower in Istanbul

The Sturgeon Moon rises over the Galata Tower in Istanbul (Image credit: Yasin Akgul / AFP via Getty Images)

Migrants attempt to board a smuggler’s boat off the coast of Gravelines, northern France (Image credit: Sameer Al-Doumy / Getty Images)

Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze kicks the ball during a soccer match in London (Image credit: Dave Shopland / AP)

A crane fly is spotted in Pont-Audemer, France (Image credit: Joel Saget / Getty Images)

Employees of the attorney general’s office release balloons to honor Sen. Miguel Uribe after he was killed, in Bogota, Colombia (Image credit: Ivan Valencia / AP)

A traditional dancer participates in the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples festival in San Salvador, El Salvador (Image credit: Jose Cabezas / Reuters)

People compete in the annual international waterfall jumping competition in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Image credit: Amel Emric / Reuters)

A farmer carries floral arrangements during the Flower Festival in Medellín, Colombia (Image credit: Jaime Saldarriaga / Getty Images)

A hairless English-French bulldog mix was crowned the winner of this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog contest in Santa Rosa, California (Image credit: Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Image)

A man dressed in an animal costume takes a break on a street in Madrid, Spain (Image credit: Manu Fernandez / AP)

Runners take off at the starting line of the annual City to Surf fun run in central Sydney, Australia (Image credit: David Gray / Getty Images)

A gorilla eats ice cream during a heatwave in Prague, Czech Republic (Image credit: David W Cerny / Reuters)

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