A member of Welcome 66, a group focused on social integration, teaches a migrant how to swim, in Canet-en-Roussillon, southern France. AFP
A member of Welcome 66, a group focused on social integration, teaches a migrant how to swim, in Canet-en-Roussillon, southern France. AFP
Fishing boats moored at a port in Xiamen city, China's Fujian province, where Typhoon Doksuri is expected to land. AFP
Fishing boats moored at a port in Xiamen city, China's Fujian province, where Typhoon Doksuri is expected to land. AFP
A woman salvages produce from the remains of a building burnt in a forest fire near Meloula, north-western Tunisia. AFP
A woman salvages produce from the remains of a building burnt in a forest fire near Meloula, north-western Tunisia. AFP
All is quiet in an alley in Iao Hon neighbourhood, Macau. AFP
All is quiet in an alley in Iao Hon neighbourhood, Macau. AFP
Women watch from a balcony as Shiite mourners participate in a procession on the eight day of Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, in Chennai. AFP
Women watch from a balcony as Shiite mourners participate in a procession on the eight day of Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, in Chennai. AFP
A closed beauty salon in Kabul. The Taliban have ordered all such businesses in Afghanistan to shut. AFP
A closed beauty salon in Kabul. The Taliban have ordered all such businesses in Afghanistan to shut. AFP
The War Memorial in Seoul on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire pact. EPA
The War Memorial in Seoul on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire pact. EPA
Idols are offered to a deity at a Hindu temple near Puducherry, south-east India. EPA
Idols are offered to a deity at a Hindu temple near Puducherry, south-east India. EPA
Grain fields in the Harz mountains near Wernigerode, Germany. AP
Grain fields in the Harz mountains near Wernigerode, Germany. AP
A motorcyclist prepares to cross an underpass filled with silt and floodwater from the Yamuna river after excessive rain in Delhi. AP
A motorcyclist prepares to cross an underpass filled with silt and floodwater from the Yamuna river after excessive rain in Delhi. AP
A volunteer feeds a swift chick after it was found on the ground during a heatwave near Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters
A volunteer feeds a swift chick after it was found on the ground during a heatwave near Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters
Marine scientist Angela Stevenson dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she has collected as part of a restoration project in Laboe, Germany. Reuters
Marine scientist Angela Stevenson dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she has collected as part of a restoration project in Laboe, Germany. Reuters
Volunteers help stranded pilot whales return to the sea on Cheynes Beach, Western Australia. AFP
Volunteers help stranded pilot whales return to the sea on Cheynes Beach, Western Australia. AFP
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (C-R) and French designer of the Olympic torch Mathieu Lehanneur (C-L) pose during the torch's presentation on the the river Seine, as the landmark Eiffel Tower is seen in background, in Paris, on July 25, 2023, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (C-R) and French designer of the Olympic torch Mathieu Lehanneur (C-L) pose during the torch's presentation on the the river Seine, as the landmark Eiffel Tower is seen in background, in Paris, on July 25, 2023, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

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