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© AP Photo / Jack DempseyThe Denver Broncos cheerleaders perform during an NFL preseason football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in Denver.
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The Denver Broncos cheerleaders perform during an NFL preseason football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in Denver.
© Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov / Go to the mediabankLaunch of "Soyuz-2.1a" rocket carrier with "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft from the Baikonur spaceport
Launch of "Soyuz-2.1a" rocket carrier with "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft from the Baikonur spaceport
© Sputnik / Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Fort de Brégançon residence on 19 August 2019.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Fort de Brégançon residence on 19 August 2019.
© AFP 2023 / Goh Chai HinParticipants climb greasy poles at a beach in Jakarta on August 17, 2019, during Panjat Pinang, a pole climbing contest to celebrate Indonesia's 74th anniversary of independence from Dutch rule.
Participants climb greasy poles at a beach in Jakarta on August 17, 2019, during Panjat Pinang, a pole climbing contest to celebrate Indonesia's 74th anniversary of independence from Dutch rule.
© Sputnik / Alexei Kolchin / Go to the mediabankDamir Yusupov, the captain of the Ural Airlines Airbus A321, kicks a ball during a game at the 6th Russian Football Championship. Pavel Pogrebnyak, a striker for FC Ural Yekaterinburg (on the right). Before the match a ceremony to honor the crew of the Ural Airlines Moscow-Simferopol flight took place. On 15 August, Yusupov and his co-pilot landed a passenger plane in a cornfield after the jetliner’s engines were knocked out by birds.
Damir Yusupov, the captain of the Ural Airlines Airbus A321, kicks a ball during a game at the 6th Russian Football Championship. Pavel Pogrebnyak, a striker for FC Ural Yekaterinburg (on the right). Before the match a ceremony to honor the crew of the Ural Airlines Moscow-Simferopol flight took place. On 15 August, Yusupov and his co-pilot landed a passenger plane in a cornfield after the jetliner’s engines were knocked out by birds.
© AFP 2023 / Sergei Supinsky A woman refreshes her cat in a fountain at the Independence Square in Kiev during a heatwave in the Ukrainian capital on August 21, 2019.
A woman refreshes her cat in a fountain at the Independence Square in Kiev during a heatwave in the Ukrainian capital on August 21, 2019.
© REUTERS / Navesh ChitrakarPeople observe the Nil Barahi mask dance festival, an annual event during which dancers perform while posing as various deities that people worship to seek blessings, in Bode, Nepal August 20, 2019.
People observe the Nil Barahi mask dance festival, an annual event during which dancers perform while posing as various deities that people worship to seek blessings, in Bode, Nepal August 20, 2019.
© Sputnik / Ilia Pitalev / Go to the mediabankRussia's tank T-72B3 during the final leg of the 'Tank Biathlon' competitions at the Fifth International army games at 'Patriot' park outside Moscow.
Russia's tank T-72B3 during the final leg of the 'Tank Biathlon' competitions at the Fifth International army games at 'Patriot' park outside Moscow.
© Sputnik / Alexander Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankGirls holding Russian flags during celebrations of the National Flag Day in Novosibirsk
Girls holding Russian flags during celebrations of the National Flag Day in Novosibirsk
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Shtukina / Go to the mediabankRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at Kazan airport
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at Kazan airport
© REUTERS / Borja SuarezPeople swim at the Agaete beach near the smoke from a forest fire in the village of Agaete, on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, Spain August 20, 2019.
People swim at the Agaete beach near the smoke from a forest fire in the village of Agaete, on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, Spain August 20, 2019.
© REUTERS / Agustin MarcarianIvan Nabokin and Anastasia Izvekova, representing Russia, perform during the Stage style final round at the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 21, 2019.
Ivan Nabokin and Anastasia Izvekova, representing Russia, perform during the Stage style final round at the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 21, 2019.
© AFP 2023 / Desiree MartinFlames rise from a forest fire raging in Montana Alta on the island of Gran Canaria on August 18, 2019. - Authorities on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria evacuated residents as a forest fire broke out just days after another blaze raged in the same area.
Flames rise from a forest fire raging in Montana Alta on the island of Gran Canaria on August 18, 2019. - Authorities on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria evacuated residents as a forest fire broke out just days after another blaze raged in the same area.
© AFP 2023 / Yasin AkgulA protester is detained by police during a demonstration against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities, on August 20, 2019, in Istanbul. - The Turkish government removed three mayors from office on August 19 over alleged links to Kurdish militants as Ankara deepened its crackdown on the opposition. The mayors of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van provinces in eastern Turkey -- all members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) elected in March -- were suspended over alleged ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The interior ministry said they would be replaced by the centrally-appointed governors of their provinces.
A protester is detained by police during a demonstration against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities, on August 20, 2019, in Istanbul. - The Turkish government removed three mayors from office on August 19 over alleged links to Kurdish militants as Ankara deepened its crackdown on the opposition. The mayors of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van provinces in eastern Turkey -- all members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) elected in March -- were suspended over alleged ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The interior ministry said they would be replaced by the centrally-appointed governors of their provinces.
© AFP 2023 / Ina FassbenderDressed girls stand on a tank during the Video games trade fair Gamescom in Cologne, western Germany, on August 21, 2019.
Dressed girls stand on a tank during the Video games trade fair Gamescom in Cologne, western Germany, on August 21, 2019.
© Sputnik / Yevgeny Odinokov / Go to the mediabankA young man passes by a logo of the international Koktebel Jazz Party festival.
A young man passes by a logo of the international Koktebel Jazz Party festival.
© AFP 2023 / Bertrand GuayThis picture taken on August 21, 2019 in Paris, shows jellyfish displayed in a tank at the Aquarium of Paris. - At the Aquarium of Paris, the excrement of roaches, goldfish and sturgeons feed tomatoes and peppers, to the surprise of visitors. Aquaponic systems are closed circuits, where the fish, via their excrement rich in nitrogen, create fertilizer for the plants, which absorb these nitrates and filter the clean water back to the fish.
This picture taken on August 21, 2019 in Paris, shows jellyfish displayed in a tank at the Aquarium of Paris. - At the Aquarium of Paris, the excrement of roaches, goldfish and sturgeons feed tomatoes and peppers, to the surprise of visitors. Aquaponic systems are closed circuits, where the fish, via their excrement rich in nitrogen, create fertilizer for the plants, which absorb these nitrates and filter the clean water back to the fish.
© REUTERS / Remo CasilliA girl reacts next to Pope Francis as he leads the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, August 21, 2019.
A girl reacts next to Pope Francis as he leads the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, August 21, 2019.
© AFP 2023 / Munir Uz ZamanA child plays on a roof of a burnt house in a slum in Dhaka on August 18, 2019
A child plays on a roof of a burnt house in a slum in Dhaka on August 18, 2019
© AFP 2023 / Tobias SchwarzGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sit for the national anthems during a ceremony with military honours at the Chancellery on Johnson's first foreign visit since taking office on August 21, 2019 in Berlin. Johnson visits Berlin to kick off a marathon of tense talks with key European and international leaders as the threat of a chaotic no-deal Brexit looms.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sit for the national anthems during a ceremony with military honours at the Chancellery on Johnson's first foreign visit since taking office on August 21, 2019 in Berlin. Johnson visits Berlin to kick off a marathon of tense talks with key European and international leaders as the threat of a chaotic no-deal Brexit looms.
© AFP 2023 / StringerFarmers picking water chestnuts in a pond in Yunmeng county, outside Xiaogan City in China's central Hubei province.
Farmers picking water chestnuts in a pond in Yunmeng county, outside Xiaogan City in China's central Hubei province.
© AFP 2023 / Jonathan NackstrandIcebergs float behind the town of Kulusuk in Greenland on August 19, 2019. - Denmark's prime minister said on August 21, 2019 she was "annoyed and surprised" that US President Donald Trump postponed a visit after her government said its territory Greenland was not for sale but insisted their ties remained strong.
Icebergs float behind the town of Kulusuk in Greenland on August 19, 2019. - Denmark's prime minister said on August 21, 2019 she was "annoyed and surprised" that US President Donald Trump postponed a visit after her government said its territory Greenland was not for sale but insisted their ties remained strong.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankBoys watch as cows graze in a field in the district of Omnodelger, in Khentii Province, Mongolia.
Boys watch as cows graze in a field in the district of Omnodelger, in Khentii Province, Mongolia.
© Sputnik / Eugene Odinokov / Go to the mediabankVisitors at the Alfa Future People contemporary music and technology festival in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region.
Visitors at the Alfa Future People contemporary music and technology festival in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region.
© AFP 2023 / StringerProtesters take to the street to face off with Indonesian police in Manokwari, Papua on August 19, 2019
Protesters take to the street to face off with Indonesian police in Manokwari, Papua on August 19, 2019
© REUTERS / Hannah MckayA pelican catches a fish during feeding time in St. James's Park in London, Britain August 21, 2019.
A pelican catches a fish during feeding time in St. James's Park in London, Britain August 21, 2019.
© REUTERS / Parwiz ParwizA man caries a wounded person to the hospital after a blast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 19, 2019.
A man caries a wounded person to the hospital after a blast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 19, 2019.
© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankA salute show during the 'Rostech' international festival of fireworks in Moscow. The festival is dedicated to the art of theatre. Eight teams from the countries of Asia, Europe and North America will perform during the festival.
A salute show during the 'Rostech' international festival of fireworks in Moscow. The festival is dedicated to the art of theatre. Eight teams from the countries of Asia, Europe and North America will perform during the festival.
© AFP 2023 / Valerie MaconBritish actress/model Cara Delevingne arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Original Series "Carnival Row" at the TCL Chinese theatre on August 21, 2019 in Hollywood.
British actress/model Cara Delevingne arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Original Series "Carnival Row" at the TCL Chinese theatre on August 21, 2019 in Hollywood.
A rainbow in a village in Mongolia.