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A boy bobs in the waters of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, with the Lakhta Centre, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Children watch a movie on a mobile phone at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince., Haiti, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Children watch a movie on a mobile phone at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince., Haiti, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
People walk on a sandbar underneath the Danube’s Margareth Bridge in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026, as the river, which runs through 10 European countries, has receded never-before-seen low water levels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
People walk on a sandbar underneath the Danube’s Margareth Bridge in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026, as the river, which runs through 10 European countries, has receded never-before-seen low water levels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Farmers offload harvested tomatoes in Kimana, on the outskirts of Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
Farmers offload harvested tomatoes in Kimana, on the outskirts of Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
An aerial view of people sunbathing and playing volleyball at the Dobrinja public pool, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
An aerial view of people sunbathing and playing volleyball at the Dobrinja public pool, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A man with a dog perched on his shoulder balances on an electric unicycle at a street crossing in Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A man with a dog perched on his shoulder balances on an electric unicycle at a street crossing in Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Majed Tafesh, 3, runs after his cat while playing among the tents at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Majed Tafesh, 3, runs after his cat while playing among the tents at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Vendor Elsie Andol sells bananas during rain due to the Southwest Monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm Kujira on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Vendor Elsie Andol sells bananas during rain due to the Southwest Monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm Kujira on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wash mud off themselves after covering their bodies with it at the Dead Sea in the West Bank, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wash mud off themselves after covering their bodies with it at the Dead Sea in the West Bank, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)