Cold lava cascades down the side of Mount Marapi in Indonesia
The aurora borealis illuminates the night sky above the desert near Las Vegas
A woman wades through floodwaters in the town of Garissa, Kenya
Members of Israel's coed Search and Rescue Brigade rest after a march in Latrun, Israel
A boat with a sign that reads "Modi is in all the hearts" near Varanasi, India
A paratrooper holds a snake during the 113th Independence Day parade in Asunción, Paraguay
A controlled demolition is conducted on a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
People participate in the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building in Djenné, Mali
A worker cleans a Buddha statue at a temple in Mojokerto, Indonesia
A carnivorous plant eats an insect at the botanical garden in Bogotá, Colombia
A group of sick pelicans rest on a storage shed in Newport Beach, California
Russia's Daniil Medvedev returns the ball during the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Italy
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