Aug. 23-29, 2024
Spain’s annual Tomatina street battle took place in the eastern town of Buñol, where workers on trucks tipped more tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street of the town for participants to throw.
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Aug. 23-29, 2024
Paralympic athlete Araujo dos Santos, of Brazil, spits water to celebrate his victory in the men's 100-meter backstroke -S2 final, at the 2024 Paralympics, in Paris, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Bouquets of flowers are placed on the rooftop of the hearse transporting the remains of Nacional soccer player Juan Izquierdo, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 29, 2024. Izquierdo died at a Brazilian hospital after collapsing on the pitch during a Copa Libertadores soccer match between Nacional and Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the statewide expansion of her Imagination Library, in Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 27, 2024, (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani congratulates his dog Decoy after Decoy delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Baltimore Orioles, in Los Angeles, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Bambie Thug arrives at the premiere of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" in London, Aug. 29, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
A person visits a kaleidoscope room during celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A bee approaches a sunflower on a field on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An aerial view of erupting craters and lava flows on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in Iceland, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
Lucas Guevara and Daniela Bravo compete in the World Tango Championship finals, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Manjui Indigenous children play in the Abisai community in Mariscal Estigarribia, in the western region of Paraguay known as the Paraguayan Chaco, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Migrants wait to disembark from a crowded boat after a thirteen-day voyage from the coast of Senegal, at La Estaca port in El Hierro, Spain, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Maria Ximena)
Revelers pay respect before forming human pyramids while celebrating Janmashtami, a festival that marks the birth of the Hindu God Krishna, in Mumbai, India, Aug. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza Strip, meets his relatives and friends after arriving in the Khirbet Karkur village, near Rahat, southern Israel, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Athletes Charles-Antoine Kouakou, Nantenin Keita, Fabien Lamirault, Alexis Hanquinquant and Elodie Lorandi hold up their torches after lighting the cauldron at the Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Paris, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Angelina Jolie poses for photographers upon her arrival for the premiere of the film 'Maria' during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Aug. 29, 2024. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
An aerial view of the dried bed of Lake Picrolimni amid a severe drought, near Mikrokampos, Greece, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
Shackled migrants line up as they board a flight to be deported to Colombia, at the Albrook airport in Panama City, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A Palestinian man cries while holding a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli Navy sailors mourn during the funeral of Petty Officer 1st Class David Moshe Ben Shitrit, who was killed in a Hezbollah attack, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Storm clouds build above a corn field near Platte City, Mo., Aug. 27, 2024. Farmers are also planting more acres of corn, in part to meet demand for ethanol, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service. It all means more plants working harder to stay cool — pumping out humidity that adds to steamy misery like that blanketing much of the U.S. this week. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Roman Rena waves a flag where the League of United Latin American Citizens' officials held a news conference to respond to allegations of voter fraud by the state's attorney general, in San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd assault brigade fly an FPV exploding drone over Russian positions in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A father hugs his daughter, with his other children nearby, as the family waits to be evacuated in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who earlier in the day suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump, shakes his hand at a campaign rally in Glendale, Ariz., Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A woman takes a photo of former President Donald Trump as he greets supporters while on the campaign trail at a town hall in La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
A farmer holds on as he is dragged through the mud alongside his speeding oxen while competing in the traditional plow race in Dervan, India, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Savannah, Ga., Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
A child looks between crowd barriers watching Vice President Kamala Harris speak at a campaign rally in Savannah, Ga., Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Presidential regiment soldiers perform during the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, backdropped by the St. Basil Cathedral, in Moscow, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Revelers embrace in a pool of squashed tomatoes during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in Bunol, Spain, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Gov. Tim Walz reached out to voters in GOP strongholds in southeast Georgia bus tour.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump as the former president ramped up battleground state travel.
Rescued from Gaza, Israeli hostage Qaid Farhad Alkadi returned to a hero’s welcome in the village he calls home, Khirbet Karkur.
Angelina Jolie dazzles Venice Film Festival with “Maria,” a biopic about opera legend Maria Callas.
Paralympic Games opening ceremony starts the final chapter on a summer of sport in Paris.
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden lounge on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Paralympic athlete Araujo dos Santos, of Brazil, spits water to celebrate his victory in the men's 100-meter backstroke -S2 final, at the 2024 Paralympics, in Paris, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Bouquets of flowers are placed on the rooftop of the hearse transporting the remains of Nacional soccer player Juan Izquierdo, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 29, 2024. Izquierdo died at a Brazilian hospital after collapsing on the pitch during a Copa Libertadores soccer match between Nacional and Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the statewide expansion of her Imagination Library, in Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 27, 2024, (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani congratulates his dog Decoy after Decoy delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Baltimore Orioles, in Los Angeles, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Bambie Thug arrives at the premiere of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" in London, Aug. 29, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
A person visits a kaleidoscope room during celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A bee approaches a sunflower on a field on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An aerial view of erupting craters and lava flows on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in Iceland, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
Lucas Guevara and Daniela Bravo compete in the World Tango Championship finals, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Manjui Indigenous children play in the Abisai community in Mariscal Estigarribia, in the western region of Paraguay known as the Paraguayan Chaco, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Migrants wait to disembark from a crowded boat after a thirteen-day voyage from the coast of Senegal, at La Estaca port in El Hierro, Spain, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Maria Ximena)
Revelers pay respect before forming human pyramids while celebrating Janmashtami, a festival that marks the birth of the Hindu God Krishna, in Mumbai, India, Aug. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza Strip, meets his relatives and friends after arriving in the Khirbet Karkur village, near Rahat, southern Israel, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Athletes Charles-Antoine Kouakou, Nantenin Keita, Fabien Lamirault, Alexis Hanquinquant and Elodie Lorandi hold up their torches after lighting the cauldron at the Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Paris, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Angelina Jolie poses for photographers upon her arrival for the premiere of the film 'Maria' during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Aug. 29, 2024. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
An aerial view of the dried bed of Lake Picrolimni amid a severe drought, near Mikrokampos, Greece, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
Shackled migrants line up as they board a flight to be deported to Colombia, at the Albrook airport in Panama City, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A Palestinian man cries while holding a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli Navy sailors mourn during the funeral of Petty Officer 1st Class David Moshe Ben Shitrit, who was killed in a Hezbollah attack, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Storm clouds build above a corn field near Platte City, Mo., Aug. 27, 2024. Farmers are also planting more acres of corn, in part to meet demand for ethanol, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service. It all means more plants working harder to stay cool — pumping out humidity that adds to steamy misery like that blanketing much of the U.S. this week. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Roman Rena waves a flag where the League of United Latin American Citizens' officials held a news conference to respond to allegations of voter fraud by the state's attorney general, in San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd assault brigade fly an FPV exploding drone over Russian positions in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A father hugs his daughter, with his other children nearby, as the family waits to be evacuated in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who earlier in the day suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump, shakes his hand at a campaign rally in Glendale, Ariz., Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A woman takes a photo of former President Donald Trump as he greets supporters while on the campaign trail at a town hall in La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
A farmer holds on as he is dragged through the mud alongside his speeding oxen while competing in the traditional plow race in Dervan, India, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Savannah, Ga., Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
A child looks between crowd barriers watching Vice President Kamala Harris speak at a campaign rally in Savannah, Ga., Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Presidential regiment soldiers perform during the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, backdropped by the St. Basil Cathedral, in Moscow, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Revelers embrace in a pool of squashed tomatoes during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in Bunol, Spain, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
