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A helicopter is being filled up with water from a tank as a wildfire burns near the village of Spathovouni, near Corinth, Greece. REUTERS/Vassilis Psomas
Chase Kalisz of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 400m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
People take part in the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade, in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Stringer
A man on crutches moves away from tear gas thrown by police during a protest to demand the impeachment of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and against his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, at Consolacao street in Sao Paulo, Brazil. ...more
People pray as screens show devotees gathering via Zoom application during a ceremony to commemorate the Buddhist Lent Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Relatives and the mother of Palestinian Mohammed Al-Tamimi, who was killed by Israeli forces during clash on Friday, according to officials, mourn during his funeral in Deir Nidham in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Paola Egonu of Italy reacts during their volleyball match against the Russian Olympic Committee at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
The full moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York City. REUTERS/Bjoern Kils/New York Media Boat
Pauline Schaefer of Germany in action on the beam at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
James Hall of Britain in action on the parallel bars at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
A lightning is seen striking the tower of a church, at a Petion-Ville street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
A police officer is reflected in a mirror as a demonstrator gestures during an anti-government protest in Tunis, Tunisia. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Pam Brown sits on a small boulder while grieving her losses from the Bootleg Fire, in Sycan Estates, Oregon. REUTERS/Mathieu Lewis-Rolland
People enjoy a balloon ride during the New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning in Readington, New Jersey. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Lena Hentschel of Germany and Tina Puntzel of Germany in action during the 3m springboard synchro at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
A view shows burned vegetation after the Red Apple Fire damaged the area near Wenatchee, Washington. REUTERS/David Ryder
Haiti's former First Lady Martine Moise and her daughter Jomarlie Moise look at each other during the funeral of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. REUTERS/Ricardo...more
A man cleans after heavy rainfall in Pepinster, Belgium. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Team members of China line up before their volleyball match against Turkey at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Athletes participate in an open training at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Simone Biles of the United States in action on the vault at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines in action against Matshu Marcela Sakobi of the Democratic Republic of Congo during featherweight boxing at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Jagger Eaton of the United States in skateboarding action at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Adam Peaty of Britain in action during the 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Simone Pearce of Australia on her horse Destano competes in dressage at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A protestor dressed as Jesus Christ, holding a wooden cross reading "Vaccine kills your natural immunity", is surrounded by French Gendarmes on the Champs Elysees Avenue after clashes on the sidelines of a demonstration against France's restrictions...more
Maria Sakkari of Greece in action during her first round tennis match against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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