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Llanwrtyd Wells, UK
Competitors take part in the Rude Health World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd peat bog in Powys, mid-Wales
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
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Mashantucket, US
People dance during the Pequot tribal nation’s annual Schemitzun festival at their cultural grounds in Connecticut
Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images
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Damansara, Malaysia
A Daoist priest blows on flames as a part of a ritual to absolve the suffering of the deceased during the annual Hungry Ghost festival
Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA
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Congjiang, China
An aerial shot of the Jiapang rice terraces in Guizhou province in south-west China
Photograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Police at the scene of a non-fatal shooting on the banks of the Rio Bravo, called the Rio Grande by Americans, at the border between Mexico and the US
Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters
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Niamey, Niger
Col Ibro Bachirou Amadou, leader of Niger’s ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) military junta, speaks at a rally at Seyni Kountché stadium
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Loch Ness, UK
The Loch Ness Research Project vessel Deepscan takes monster hunters on a trip on the Scottish loch as part of the biggest search for the elusive monster Nessie in the past 50 years
Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images
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Bitlis, Turkey
A grizzly bear appears to wave at a vehicle on a road to Lake Nemrut, in eastern Turkey
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Moshchun, Ukraine
A memorial to a killed Ukrainian soldier is posted on a tree. The village of Moshchun in the Kyiv region was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting during the initial invasion by the Russian army
Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/EPA
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Cape Canaveral, Florida
The Nasa astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli gestures to her daughters as she departs for a mission to the international space station on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft
Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters
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Bucharest, Romania
People dance in a street during the city’s Dance Night event. More than 200 dancers from 45 studios danced along with passersby in a wide variety of styles
Photograph: Andreea Alexandru/AP
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London, UK
A man enacts the role of Jab, a satirical representation of the oppressions of slavery, during J’Ouvert, which marks the official start of the Notting Hill carnival
Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
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Budapest, Hungary
Sha’Carri Richardson of the US women’s sprint relay team is congratulated by members of the men’s team after winning gold at the World Athletics Championships
Photograph: Ashley Landis/AP
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London, UK
Lightning over the city during a storm
Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Alamy Live News
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Tilburg, Netherlands
A person crowdsurfs during the annual Redhead Days festival celebrating people with ginger hair
Photograph: Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters
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