From climbing the greasy pole to the US Democratic convention

Young boys play basketball at night on a playground of Harlem in New York City on August 14, 2024.

Ballet students from warm up ahead of a public show in Kibera, Kenya, on August 14, 2024.

Students take part in a quilt-folding competition during military-style training on a school sports field in Dongyang, in China's eastern Zhejiang province, on August 15, 2024.

Turkish lawmakers fight each other over accusations regarding a jailed opposition deputy stripped of his parliamentary immunity. Two were injured.

The Greek Orthodox church of Panagia Theotokos in the village of Ropoto near Trikala, central Greece. It leans over a mountainside after a landslide in 2012.

Animated kites soar during the Tamil Nadu International Kite Festival on the outskirts of Chennai, India, on August 17, 2024.

A Chicago police officer takes a picture of people posing with a mural of Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Teams take part in a traditional game called Panjat Pinang, climbing greased 7m tree poles to collect prizes at the top, as part of Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta.

A rickshaw rider makes progress along a busy street in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2024.

The Super Blue Moon rises near the Colosseum in Rome, on August 19, 2024.