A young boy takes part in the Eid al-Fitr morning prayer to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan in Burgess Park, London
A Buddhist monk walks past the damaged Mandalay Palace in Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the region
Hot air balloons made from recycled paper rise up during a festival in Wonosobo, Indonesia
Large waves crash near Bronte Beach in Sydney, Australia
Prison guards watch over alleged Venezuelan gang members at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador
A displaced woman holds her cat at a transit center in Pavlohrad, Ukraine
People visit the tombs of relatives at a cemetery in Najaf, Iraq
A humpback whale washes up on the shore of Loegten Bay in Denmark
Boys take part in the Mebuug-buugan mud bath tradition in southern Bali, Indonesia
A protestor in a dinosaur costume waves a flare during a demonstration against university budget cuts in Paris, France
Livestock wades through an area flooded by heavy rain near Trinidad, Bolivia
Texas guard Rori Harmon attempts to save a ball going out of bounds during a basketball tournament in Birmingham, Alabama
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