World in pictures, August 7, 2025

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Coconut catches a wave during the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California.Credit:AP Photo/Eakin Howard

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Spiritual leader Eusebio Huanca burns offerings observing the month of Pachamama, or Mother Earth, performing an ancient tradition to ask for a good harvest, on La Cumbre, a mountain considered sacred on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia.Credit:AP Photo/Juan Karita

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A small field of sunflowers is pictured in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP Photo/Michael Probst

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Smoke from the Gifford Fire fills the sky as the sun sets over Los Padres National Forest, California.Credit:AP Photo/Noah Berger

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Police Officers move in to arrest people associated with the ‘anti-fascist’ movement outside the Barbican Thistle Hotel as anti-immigration, ‘stand up to racism’ and ‘anti-fascist’ groups all gather outside in London, England.Credit:Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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Osbourne’s funeral cortege makes it way through the streets of Birmingham past the Black Sabbath Bench in Birmingham, England.Credit:Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

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Scottish Ballet principal Roseanna Leney poses as Mary, Queen of Scots, on the roof of Saltire Court overlooking Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, ahead of the Edinburgh International Festival.Credit:Andrew Milligan/PA

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Afghan boys attend a Quran class at the Abdullah Ibn-Masoud religious school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.Credit:AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

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Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip.Credit:AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi

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A circus performer prepares for Karandash-Fest, a street festival of circus performers in Staritsa, Tver region, Russia.Credit:AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov

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n RNLI lifeguard battles against the strong winds on Portsteward Strand as she plants a warning flag advising swimmers against entering the water in Portstewart, United Kingdom. Credit:Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

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Julio Rodriguez douses J.P. Crawford after Crawford hit a game-winning home run to beat the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Seattle.Credit:AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson

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A woman carries a bottle of water and a bag of items as she walks past a wall painted with the Spanish flag during hot weather in Campo Real, Spain.Credit:AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

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RC Leipzig players, right, battle for a line-out throw during the seventh place match at the German rugby sevens championship in Dresden, Germany.Credit:Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

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A visitor walks by the iconic exhibition hall best known as the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan.Credit:AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

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Delia Donn, 78, gestures to a riot policeman near Congress during weekly protests demanding better pensions for retirees, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Credit:AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

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Malaysian singer Chilla Cha arrives at the Rizman Ruzaini show at Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2025 5 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Credit:Annice Lyn/Getty Images

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Ana Carvajal competes in the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.Credit:Maddie Meyer/Getty Images