A giant figure of the devil burns during the Feast of the Immaculate Conception festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala
A flyboard performer flies over the stage during the Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand
PETA supporters dressed as chained elephants stage a protest against elephant rides and abuse of animals in New Delhi, India
A great egret rides on the back of an alligator in Orlando, USA
A worker makes red paper lanterns at a lantern factory in Tuntou Villiage, China
A man loads a horse cart with sand as a rainbow emerges over Deir al-Balah, in Gaza, Palestine
Birds fly next to burning weeds as a field is cleared for cultivation in Lucknow, India
A person walks along an unlit street during a blackout following fuel shortages in Havana, Cuba
A sign reading "ICE Was Here" stands in a Nativity Scene, with the figures of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph missing, in Dedham, USA
Lightning strikes light up the sky during a thunderstorm in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Two players reach out for a basketball during a NCAA college game in East Lansing, USA
Eerie robot dogs with wax heads of tech giants excrete NFTs as a part of an art installation by artist Mike Winkelmann in Miami Beach, USA
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