August 21, 2023

A man surveys debris following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary, at Thurderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.

Local resident Linah Shanga sits in front of election posters, ahead of the presidential elections, in Mbare township, in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Pheu Thai's prime ministerial candidate, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, attends a birthday celebration held by red shirt supporters, a day ahead of her father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, coming home from self-exile, at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

People use a piece of clothing to hide from the sun, during a heat wave in Milan, Italy.

A fire-fighting helicopter drops water over a wild fire near Prodromos, 100km northeast from Athens.

The canceled status of an Air Koryo flight from North Korea's capital Pyongyang is seen in red on an information board at Beijing Capital international airport. North Korea's national airline was set to make its first commercial flight in over three years on August 21, only to be canceled at the last minute. 

Women gather at a clinic to have their children vaccinated in Niamey, Niger. Severe economic and travel sanctions, imposed by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS after mutinous soldiers ousted the country's democratically elected president in July, are taking a toll on Nigeriens.

Newlyweds visit an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles located on the main street Khreshchatyk as part of the upcoming celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine, amid Russia's invasion, in central Kyiv, Ukraine.

Soldiers of the South African National Defence Force make an honor guard as President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives at the OR Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni, ahead of the 2023 BRICS Summit, in this handout photograph from the Brazilian Presidency.

A cyclist tops a hill at sunset Aug. 20, 2023, in San Antonio, where temperatures continue to hit the triple-digit mark.