Photos of the Week: Smoky Skies, Lazy Day, Mug Shot

Wildfires in Greece and Canada, paddleboarding in Maine, an anti-terror exercise in South Korea, flooding in Southern California, migrating flamingos in Turkey, a weigh-in at London Zoo, a T-Rex race in Washington State, and much more

People hold hands during a community paddle out for those affected by the Maui fires, organized by nonprofit Na Kama Kai, at Kuhio Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 19, 2023. At least 115 people are known to have died in what was the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century. #

Competitors race during the Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta at the Salem Merry-time Fest on August 19, 2023, in Salem, Massachusetts. The custom boats—made from corrugated cardboard and duct tape—must fit at least two people and compete in a set of heats, racing from Derby Beach to a buoy and back to win prizes. #

Racers, including eventual winner Ocean Kim (No. 5), burst out of the gates during the championship race at the T-Rex World Championship Races at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington, on August 20, 2023. #

Medalists Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy, Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco, and Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya celebrate their accomplishments, splashing in a water pit on the track in front of photographers at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary, on August 22, 2023. #

A tiny frog sits in the bottom of a hanging planter that is being watered on a hot day in Harahan, Louisiana, on August 20, 2023. #

Frank the Meerkat is weighed during London Zoo's Annual Weigh-In, on August 24, 2023. #

A puma licks her month-old albino cub, born in captivity, in their enclosure at Thomas Belt Zoo in Juigalpa, Nicaragua, on August 22, 2023. #

Flamingos arrive at their wintering grounds, Kocaçay Delta in the Karacabey district of Bursa, Turkey, after spending the summer near Venice, Italy, on August 20, 2023. #

An influencer wearing a Barbie-inspired dress walks at The Edge observation deck during sunrise at Hudson Yards, in New York City, on August 19, 2023. #

The "Forever Marilyn" statue, designed by artist John Seward Johnson II, is framed by storm clouds as Hurricane Hilary heads north toward Southern California, in Palm Springs, California, on August 19, 2023. #

A sunset view during the third inning between the Chicago White Sox and the Seattle Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2023. #

From left: Firda Marsya Kurnia, Euis Siti Aisyah, and Widi Rahmawati of the group Voice of Baceprot perform at the New Parish in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2023. #

South Korean protesters scuffle with police during a rally against the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, on August 22, 2023, in Seoul, South Korea. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that Japan would begin to discharge treated radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant on August 24, despite lingering safety concerns. #

A woman walks past as South Korean soldiers participate in an anti-chemical and anti-terror exercise at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, on August 22, 2023. #

Students cheer as they watch the successful moon landing of India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft at the Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi, India, on August 23, 2023. India landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements. #

Paula Birmingham of South Portland, Maine, glides along on her stand-up paddleboard as the sun rises behind Ram Island Ledge Light, off Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on August 24, 2023. #

A picture taken at sunset on August 21, 2023, shows a helicopter carrying water with the sun in background, as a huge wildfire rages through forested areas surrounding Teide National Park, on the Canary Island of Tenerife. #

Flames burn a forest during wildfires near the village of Sykorrahi, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region of Greece, on August 23, 2023. #

A black bear walks across a road near the community of Enterprise on August 17, 2023, following wildfires across the Northwest Territories, in Canada. #

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills of West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023, as seen from Kelowna. Canada is experiencing a record-setting wildfire season, with official estimates of about 34 million acres already scorched. #

Vehicles drive through floodwaters following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Thousand Palms, California, on August 21, 2023. Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California with record rainfall, closing schools, roads, and businesses. #

Members of the Cathedral City Fire Department rescue residents in the bucket of a front-end loader following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Cathedral City, California, on August 21, 2023. #

Resident Viktoria Aksenova assesses the damage and removes debris from her apartment, which was struck by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on August 23, 2023. #

Emergency specialists carry a body bag near the wreckage of a private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Tver region, Russia, on August 24, 2023. Prigozhin was reportedly aboard the aircraft, and is believed to have been killed along with nine others. #

A rider with Moto Stunts International performs a fire stunt on August 24, 2023, in West Bay, Dorset, England. #

Flames rise as a wildfire burns on Mount Parnitha, in Athens, Greece, on August 24, 2023. #

A herd of sheep and goats are led by shepherds on a dusty path in the foothills of Mount Nemrut, in the Tatvan district of Bitlis, Turkey, on August 20, 2023. #

Members of an international religious movement called the White Brotherhood perform a ritual dance to welcome their spiritual new year on the top of Bulgaria's Rila Mountain, near Babreka lake, on August 19, 2023. #

A barge sits moored in shallow water along the banks of a dried-out branch of the Loire River in Loireauxence, France, during an ongoing drought and series of heat waves, on August 21, 2023. #

A pigeon drinks at a public fountain during a heat wave in Mulhouse, France, on August 22, 2023. #

A woman carries a pig during World Day of Laziness celebrations in Itagui, Colombia, on August 20, 2023. #

A boy rests under a tree in Kansas City, Missouri, while watching the sun set as triple-digit heat indexes continued in the Midwest, on August 20, 2023. #

Sarah Sokoloski swims in Lake Okanagan in West Kelowna, British Columbia, beneath a sky filled with wildfire smoke on August 19, 2023. #

An osprey takes off from its perch at the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Rock Hall, Maryland, on August 21, 2023. #

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is shown in a police-booking mug shot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a grand jury brought back indictments against him and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020-election results in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 24, 2023. #

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