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An art installation created by Israeli artist Tal Tenne Czaczkes of a large beach ball made of plastic waste collected from beaches, on display at Gordon beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. EPA

Globe sculptures from The World Reimagined exhibition at Westminster Abbey in London, before the launch of a public art trail. More than 100 artists will unveil globe sculptures, reflecting on colonial histories and the effect of the slave trade. PA

Migrants swim next to their overturned wooden boat during a rescue operation by Spanish NGO Open Arms, south of the Italian Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean. AP Photo

A boy stands in a yurt, the traditional portable dwelling of nomads, on the Suusamyr Plateau close to the ancient network of trade routes of the Silk Road, about 200km from Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. AFP

A Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image shows Po River water levels in northern Italy. The image is part of a three-part time series of the Po Valley, showing the shrinking of the river between 2020 and 2022. Reuters

Boats lie on the dried lake bed in a port in Velence, Hungary. According to authorities, the water level in Lake Velence, a popular tourist attraction near Budapest, is the lowest ever recorded. AP Photo

The opening ceremony of the European Championships in Munich, featuring nine Olympic sports; athletics, beach volleyball, canoe sprint, cycling, artistic gymnastics, rowing, sport climbing, table tennis and triathlon. EPA

An Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane, the world's biggest aircraft, destroyed by Russian troops at an airfield in Hostomel, Ukraine. Reuters

An art installation created by Israeli artist Tal Tenne Czaczkes of a large beach ball made of plastic waste collected from beaches, on display at Gordon beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. EPA

Globe sculptures from The World Reimagined exhibition at Westminster Abbey in London, before the launch of a public art trail. More than 100 artists will unveil globe sculptures, reflecting on colonial histories and the effect of the slave trade. PA

Migrants swim next to their overturned wooden boat during a rescue operation by Spanish NGO Open Arms, south of the Italian Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean. AP Photo

A boy stands in a yurt, the traditional portable dwelling of nomads, on the Suusamyr Plateau close to the ancient network of trade routes of the Silk Road, about 200km from Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. AFP

A Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image shows Po River water levels in northern Italy. The image is part of a three-part time series of the Po Valley, showing the shrinking of the river between 2020 and 2022. Reuters

Boats lie on the dried lake bed in a port in Velence, Hungary. According to authorities, the water level in Lake Velence, a popular tourist attraction near Budapest, is the lowest ever recorded. AP Photo

The opening ceremony of the European Championships in Munich, featuring nine Olympic sports; athletics, beach volleyball, canoe sprint, cycling, artistic gymnastics, rowing, sport climbing, table tennis and triathlon. EPA

An Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane, the world's biggest aircraft, destroyed by Russian troops at an airfield in Hostomel, Ukraine. Reuters

An art installation created by Israeli artist Tal Tenne Czaczkes of a large beach ball made of plastic waste collected from beaches, on display at Gordon beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. EPA

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August 11, 2022

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