From surfing to stilts, Hindu deity, and harvesting water chestnuts

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Noah Seelam/AFP

An artist dressed as Hindu deity Mahakali, performs during a procession to mark Bonalu festival at Akkanna Madanna temple in Hyderabad on July 29, 2024.

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Omar al-Qattaa/AFP

Displaced Palestinians play football in the courtyard of a UN-run school in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 23, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

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AFP

Farmers harvest water chestnuts in a pond in Huaian, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on July 25, 2024.

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Carl de Souza/AFP

Spectators with various international flags cheering on from their balconies are pictured from the boat of Brazil's delegation sailing along the river Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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Josh Edelson/AFP

A property is seen in flames as the Park fire continues to burn near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California on July 26, 2024.

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Yuri Cortez/AFP

Members of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) queue at a polling station during the Venezuelan presidential election, in Caracas on July 28, 2024.

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Nhac Nguyen/AFP

An aerial picture shows flood waters surrounding and submerging homes in Ben Voi village on the outskirts of Hanoi on July 28, 2024.

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Hussein Falleh/AFP

Shiite Muslim pilgrims lift banners as they walk on the muddy shore of the Gulf at the start of their march from Iraq's southern city of al-Faw toward Karbala on July 29, 2024, ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival.

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Odd Andersen/AFP

US' Nyjah Huston competes in the men's street skateboarding final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on July 29, 2024.

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Jerome Brouillet/AFP

Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the 5th heat of the men's surfing round 3, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 29, 2024.