Gaza child amputees learn to swim and more

Palestinian girl Miral al-Babli, who lost a leg in Israel's war on Gaza, receives swimming training from the Heal Palestine organisation at a pool in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on 20 August 2026.

Children enjoy a water fountain at Ebrahim Park as the temperature reaches 40 C in Tehran, Iran, on 20 August 2026.

Female giant panda twins Leni and Lotti sit next to a birthday cake made of iced vegetables, on the day before Leni and Lotti turn two years old, at Zoo Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, on 21 August 2026.

A Galbot humanoid robot takes part in a tennis exhibition match against a human player during the opening ceremony for the second World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China, on 22 August 2026.

This aerial view shows a highway covered with mud and debris after a landslide struck the city of Iquique, due to heavy rainfall in the north of Chile on 19 August 2026.

A local resident stands in front of a scorched forest as a wildfire continues to burn in Deliblatska Pescara some 70 kilometres northeast of Belgrade on 20 August 2026.

An aerial view of farmers harvesting gorgon fruit at Shenyu village in Taizhou, eastern China's Jiangsu province, on 21 August 2026.

Members of Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Police ride a motorcycle past a collapsed structure in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on 21 August 2026, two months after two devastating earthquakes struck.

Pope Leo XIV leads a Mass in the port of Rimini during a pastoral visit on 22 August 2026.

The minaret of a mosque is silhouetted against the setting sun in Doha on 23 August 2026.