A greased-pole walk in Massachusetts, a heavy-metal music festival in France, destructive wildfires in California, hurricane damage in Barbados, a hot-dog-eating competition at Coney Island, scenes from the Glastonbury Festival in England, sumo wrestlers at the Lincoln Memorial, and much more
This photo essay originally misidentified the artist Daniela Capaccioli.
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The Sphere lights up on June 29, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. #
Statues of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan are seen at the Guaishan scenic area in the city of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous region, on June 29, 2024. #
Sumo wrestlers with the Sumo and Sushi exhibition event visit the Lincoln Memorial during a tour of Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2024. #
Birmingham Royal Ballet performs "Interlinked" on the Pyramid Stage during day five of the Glastonbury Festival 2024 in Glastonbury, England, on June 30, 2024. #
Deer run along a ridge at dusk in San Antonio, Texas, on July 1, 2024. #
The Thompson fire burns around Lake Oroville in Oroville, California, on July 2, 2024. A heat wave is sending temperatures soaring, resulting in red-flag fire warnings throughout the state. #
A woman walks in a lavender field in Valensole, France, on July 3, 2024. #
Serbian conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramovic calls on the crowds to hold a seven-minute silence on the third day of Glastonbury 2024, in the village of Pilton in Somerset, England, on June 28, 2024. #
Competitors race past a sunflower field in the Emilia Romagna countryside during the second stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, between Cesenatico and Bologna, in Italy, on June 30, 2024. #
A girl watches the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks over New York City on July 4, 2024, in Hoboken, New Jersey. #
A member of the Boi Bumba Caprichoso association performs during the Boi Bumba folklore festival at the Bumbodromo in Parintins, Amazonas State, Brazil, on June 28, 2024. #
Miki Sudo celebrates after winning the women's title during the 2024 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot-dog-eating competition at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York on July 4, 2024. Sudo won after consuming a record-breaking 51 hot dogs. #
Mert Gunok of Turkey saves a headed shot by Christoph Baumgartner of Austria (not pictured) during the UEFA EURO 2024 round-of-16 match between Austria and Turkey at Football Stadium Leipzig on July 2, 2024, in Leipzig, Germany. #
A boy plays with a football in the water during a warm day at the El Cuilio pool in San Salvador, El Salvador, on June 28, 2024. #
A drone view shows partially submerged temple and pagoda atop the island of Luoxingdun, as water levels at Poyang lake are nearing historic highs following heavy rainfall in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China, on July 4, 2024. Click here to see a photo of the same location during a period of extreme drought in 2022. #
A fisherman looks at fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados, on July 1, 2024. #
A municipal worker shows owlets rescued from a fallen tree after a powerful storm in Montenegro's capital, Podgorica, on July 2, 2024. #
A Bengal tiger rests in a shaded area in a zoo in the Karatay district of Konya, Turkey, on June 24. #
A vehicle burns as flames engulf a home during the Thompson Fire in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024. #
An air tanker drops fire retardant over a house during the Toll Fire in Calistoga, California, on July 2, 2024. #
An Atlantic puffin with a beak full of sand eels heads to feed its chicks on Skomer Island, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on June 30, 2024. #
A rare blue-colored tree frog holds on to a leaf in the Karacabey district of Bursa, Turkey, on June 28, 2024. #
Raven Saunders wears a mask as she competes in the women's shot-put final on day nine of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field, on June 29, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon. #
A folkloric-music dancer stands beneath a cable car in La Paz, Bolivia, on June 30, 2024 #
A photo shows the art creation "Mass" by Australian sculptor Ron Mueck, on display at the Voorlinden Museum, in Wassenaar, Netherlands, on June 28, 2024. #
A man arrives at the Grand Mosque for Friday prayers in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on June 28, 2024. #
Contestants walk along a 40-foot greased pole over water in an attempt to grab the flag at the end of the pole during the 94th annual Sunday Greasy Pole contest at St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on June 30, 2024. #
Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes perform live onstage at the Hellfest Open Air Festival in Clisson, France, on June 30, 2024. #
A cyclist falls during practice ahead of the Challenge Downhill mountain-biking race, in La Paz, Bolivia, June 30, 2024. #
A worker transports share bikes to a tourist destination in downtown Beijing, China, on June 29, 2024. #
A person dangles from a Dive and Walk attraction at the landmark Tsūtenkaku Tower, in Osaka, Japan, on July 1, 2024. #
This photograph taken on July 3, 2024, shows the art piece "Le Reve de Fitzcarraldo" ("Fitzcarraldo's Dream"), by the Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira, displayed in front of the Nantes Opera in downtown Nantes, France, as part of the Voyage a Nantes art festival, which runs from July 6 to September 8, 2024. #
A cow stands inside a small uninhabited house in Hantay bag in the Bulgan province of Mongolia on July 1, 2024. #
A milu deer with electrical wiring tangled in its antlers walks in the Tiaozini wetland in Yancheng, in China's Jiangsu province, on July 3, 2024. #
An art installation featuring wire-mesh sculptures by the Italian artist Daniela Capaccioli is seen on the lake at Parc Montsouris in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France, on July 1, 2024. #
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