Two men compete in the 70th Bavarian finger wrestling championship in Mittenwald, Germany
PETA activists dressed as prisoners stage a protest outside the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Hong Kong
A costumed figure blows into a conch shell during the 55th National Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles
Children attend classes in the basement of a building in Bobryk, Ukraine
A family evacuate from Gaza City ahead of Israel's planned military offensive
A crowd cheers as soldiers march during Vietnam's 80th National Day celebrations in Hanoi
A firefighter joins fellow members of Madrid's forestry brigades at a rally outside the Finance Ministry in Spain
A robot boxes against the CEO of bionics company Psyonic in Olympia, Greece
A reveler wears a mask during the Fireball Festival in Nejapa, El Salvador
Beekeepers take a break after loading beehives onto a pickup truck in Morocco's Atlas Mountains
A resident relocates his belongings after the Yamuna River was flooded by rain in New Delhi, India
People gather at the sight of the Gloria funicular line wreckage in Lisbon, Portugal
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