From Star Wars to streaking meteors and a naughty gorilla

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Hariandi Hafid/AFP

Men kick-fighting during their thanksgiving festival 'Sisemba' after the rice harvest in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on August 11, 2024.

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Loic Venance/AFP

French swimmer Leon Marchand takes the Olympic flame from the cauldron at the Jardin des Tuileries on August 11, 2024, during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP

A Star Wars fan dressed as a character in the 'Training Day' parade in Guanajuato State, Mexico, on August 10, 2024.

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Oli Scarff/AFP

(L-R) Silver medallist Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa, gold medallist Netherlands' Sifan Hassan, and bronze medallist Kenya's Hellen Obiri at the podium ceremony for the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics 2024.

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Sergei Gapon/AFP

A long exposure picture shows a meteor (C) streaking as a satellite crosses the night sky over the Suwalki region of Poland during the annual Perseids meteor shower on August 12, 2024.

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Hussein Faleh/AFP

An Iraqi fisherman ties his boat to a plank in the Shatt al-Arab river at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on August 12, 2024.

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Adrian Dennis/AFP

An artwork by street artist Banksy, the ninth to released in nine days, depicting a gorilla releasing animals, on the front shutter of London Zoo, on August 13, 2024.

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AFP/China Out

Bullet trains parked at Nanjing South railway station in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on August 13, 2024.

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Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images via Getty Images

The 'Cappadocia Balloon and Culture Road Festival' on August 8, 2024 in Nevsehir, Turkey.

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James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images

Swimmers in the Sky Pool, a transparent swimming pool suspended 35m above ground between two apartment buildings in central London on August 12, 2024.