Destructive flooding throughout Europe, cliff diving in Austria, deadly wildfires in Portugal, a scene from Fashion Week in Milan, celebrations of Independence Day in Mexico, sparks at the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, and much more
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Moo Deng, a two-month-old pygmy hippo, plays with a zookeeper in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on September 19, 2024. #
An animated model of a dinosaur stands in Dino Park, outside the National Geologic Museum in Bucharest, Romania, on September 16, 2024. #
An elephant swims in front of visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand on September 15, 2024. #
A resident carries his dog as they are rescued from his flooded house in Jesenik, Czech Republic, on September 15, 2024. #
Firefighters give water to a dog that was rescued from a wildfire at the village of Arrancada, Agueda in Aveiro, Portugal, on September 17, 2024. Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires in Portugal that have killed seven people and burned more land in a matter of days than the rest of the summer combined. #
A tree trunk burns during wildfires in Brasilia National Park, in Brasilia, Brazil, on September 16, 2024. #
An artist performs a fire-kettle show during the Mid-Autumn Festival at a night market in Beijing, China, on September 17, 2024. #
A view inside the Sphere during a celebration of Mexican Independence Weekend, between fights, during UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 14, 2024. #
A military cadet holds a bird of prey amid preparations for a military parade celebrating Independence Day hosted by Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, his last before he finishes his term on October 1, in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 16, 2024. #
The sun sets, appearing dark orange due to smoke from wildfires in Brasilia National Park, in Brasilia, Brazil, on September 15, 2024. #
People gather as a full harvest supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor on September 17, 2024, in Glastonbury, England. #
A torrent of water flows along the river Bela on September 14, 2024, in Mikulovice, Czech Republic. Heavy rainfall has been driving floods across the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Austria, and Slovakia. #
This aerial picture shows surfers riding the Mascaret wave up the Dordogne river to the port of Saint Pardon, in southwestern France, on September 18, 2024. The Mascaret is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of water that travels up a river or narrow bay. #
A view of the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 16, 2024 #
Raphaela Richter of Germany races in Stage 1, "Titans," of the UCI MTB E-Enduro World Championships on September 15, 2024, in Canazei, Italy. #
A horse competes in the third race over the sand, on Laytown beach in County Meath, on the east coast of Ireland on September 16, 2024, during the Laytown Races. #
Security forces parade in front of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the 214th anniversary of Independence Day at Zocalo Square in Mexico City on September 16, 2024. #
Undergrowth is entangled on the antlers of a stag as the annual rutting season begins, during above-average seasonal temperatures, in Richmond Park, London, England, on September 19, 2024. #
Stephen Purvis holds his 19-pound, 12-ounce (8.96 kg) leek, which won the "Heaviest Leek" category in the giant-vegetable competition on the first day of the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, held at Newby Hall country house, near Ripon, England, on September 13, 2024. #
Training dummies are seen in the background as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference announcing that Florida law enforcement will launch a criminal investigation of the apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 17, 2024. #
A person looks at Theresa Chromati's "steadfast, step into me (allow silence to create the sounds you desire most)," which is part of Frieze Sculpture, in Regent's Park, in London, England, on September 18, 2024. #
A model walks the runway during the Prada collection show at Milan's Fashion Week Womenswear Spring / Summer 2025, on September 19, 2024, in Milan. #
Piles of plastic waste are pictured at a recycling site next to a residential area on the outskirts of Hanoi on September 17, 2024. #
An aerial view of tourists visiting West Lake on moon boats with illuminated moon-shaped lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday on September 17, 2024, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China #
Residents leave the village of Almofrela by car, fleeing a wildfire, on September 17, 2024, in Baiao, Portugal. #
The northern lights color the sky over the White Mountains just after midnight, on September 13, 2024, as viewed from a mountaintop in Chatham, New Hampshire. #
A man flies a kite as the sun sets at Olympic Park in Munich, Germany, at the end of a late-summer day on September 18, 2024. #
Red Bull Cliff Diving athlete Catalin Preda, of Romania, dives from the 27-meter platform during a training session on September 14, 2024, in Tyrol, Austria. #
A woman with a child enjoys an afternoon at a kans-grass-flower field, in the Sarighat area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 13, 2024. #
Revelers dance with fireworks as they take part in a "Correfoc," or "run with fire," party in Barcelona, Spain, on September 15, 2024. #
Devotees prepare to immerse an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity, Ganesha, in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai, on September 17, 2024, on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. #
This aerial view shows smoke billowing from a forest fire affecting Brasilia National Park, in Brazil, on September 16, 2024. The blaze is the biggest Brasilia has seen this year, as the city recorded 145 days without rain. #
This aerial photograph taken on September 15, 2024, shows a view of the flooded streets in Glucholazy, southern Poland. #
Women save a cat from flooding in Szentendre, near Budapest, Hungary, as the Danube River flooded its banks on September 19, 2024. #
Two monorail trains approach Liziba Station from opposite directions, showcasing a unique design that has trains pass through a residential building, on September 17, 2024, in Chongqing, China. #
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