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Participants compete in a greased-pole climbing competition held to celebrate Indonesia’s 80th Independence Day, at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)Voters stand in line at a polling station during general elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A demonstrator is detained for blocking a road with others during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)District of Columbia National Guard soldiers patrol inside Union Station as a couple pose for their engagement photos, in Washington, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Rescue workers transport the body of a victim recovered from the rubble of a home destroyed by flash flooding in Qadir Nagar, near Pir Baba, Pakistan, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)President Donald Trump greets Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Policewomen march during Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)South Africa’s Jesse Kriel, front, is tackled by Australia’s Len Ikitau during a rugby championship test match at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Frans Lombard)Crowds gather along the Baltic Sea shoreline in Scharbeutz, northern Germany. Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)A man battles a wildfire in Veiga das Meas, northwestern Spain, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
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