Noah Berger, The Associated PressA plane battling the Ferguson Fire passes the setting sun in unincorporated Mariposa County Calif., near Yosemite National Park on Sunday, July 15, 2018.
Noah Berger, AFP/Getty ImagesAn air tanker drops retardant while battling the Ferguson fire in Stanislaus National Forest, near Yosemite National Park, California on July 21, 2018.
Aaron Favila, The Associated PressEvangeline Garcia paddles a boat-load of piglets to safety at a flooded village in Quezon city, metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Friday, July 20, 2018.
Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018.
Dia Dipasupil, Getty ImagesA view of atmosphere at San Diego Comic-Con International 2018 on July 21, 2018 in San Diego, California.
Charlie Riedel, The Associated PressMallory Cunningham, left, Santino Tomasetti, center, and Aubrey Reece attend a candlelight vigil in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks Friday, July 20, 2018, in Branson, Mo. One of the company's duck boats capsized Thursday night resulting in over a dozen deaths on Table Rock Lake.
Pau Barrena, AFP/Getty ImagesMembers of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue a woman in the Mediterranean open sea about 85 miles off the Libyan coast on July 17, 2018.
Jim Watson , AFP/Getty ImagesA child plays in the waterfall at Yards Park amid warm Summer temperatures in Washington, DC, July 19, 2018.
David McNew, Getty ImagesAn electromagnet is used to pick up some of approximately 3,500 confiscated guns to be melted down at Gerdau Steel Mill on July 19, 2018 in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The weapons were seized in criminal investigations, probation seizures and gun buyback events, and will be recycled into steel rebar for the construction of highways and bridges.
Chris Stowers, AFP/Getty ImagesThis photo taken on July 16, 2018 shows volunteers sorting out plastic bottles at a recycling centre run by a non-profit Buddhist organisation in Taipei. Taiwan started recycling plastic more than a decade ago and today it boasts more than 70 percent recycling rates, according to the Environmental Protection Administration.
Adem Altan , AFP/Getty ImagesTurkish police officers arrest demonstrators, in Ankara, on July 20, 2018 as they were taking part in a protest rally for the anniversary of the 2015 suicide attack in the southern Turkish town of Suruc. It was one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years and the first time the government has directly accused the Islamic State group of carrying out an act of terror on Turkish soil.
Ferdi Awed, AFP/Getty ImagesLava streams down from Anak Krakatau volcano during an eruption as seen from Rakata island in South Lampung on July 19, 2018. The Indonesian volcano known as the "child" of the legendary Krakatoa erupted on July 19, spewing a plume of ash high into the sky as molten lava streamed down from its summit.
Lior Mizrahi, Getty ImagesAn explosion in Quneitra on the Syrian side of the Israeli-Syrian border is seen from the Israeli Golan Heights on July 22, 2018 in Quneitra, Syria.
Omar Haj Kadour, AFP/Getty ImagesA Syrian prisoner released from a regime jail reacts as he embraces a rebel fighter upon his arrival at the al-Eis crossing point south of Aleppo on July 19, 2018.
Steven Senne, The Associated PressWeymouth, Mass., law enforcement officers embrace, left, outside district court, in Quincy, Mass., following the arraignment of Emanuel Lopes, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Lopes, suspected of killing a Massachusetts police officer, as well as an innocent bystander, is being held without bail.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesActivists from animal rights groups 'Animal Liberation Wave' and 'Last Chance for Animals' hold dead puppies retrieved from a dog meat farm, as they protest against the dog meat trade in Gwanghwamun Plaza in central Seoul on July 17, 2018.
Raul Arboleda, AFP/Getty ImagesA girl is pictured during the commemoration of the "Day of the National heroes and their families" in Bogota on July 19, 2018.
Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty ImagesA worker looks at steam coming from 5th Avenue after a steam explosion tore apart the street in the Flatiron District of New York on July 19, 2018.
Bashar Taleb, AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken on July 20, 2018 shows a fireball exploding in Gaza City during Israeli bombardment. Israeli aircraft and tanks hit targets across the Gaza Strip on July 20 after shots were fired at troops on the border, the army said, with Hamas reporting several members of its military wing killed in the latest flare-up in months of tensions.
Noel Celis, AFP/Getty ImagesA woman looks out of her home at floodwaters as the Marikina river swelled after continuous rain caused by Tropical Storm Inday (Ampil) in Manila on July 20, 2018.
Noel Celis, AFP/Getty ImagesA man paddles a makeshift boat made of insulation from a refrigerator through a flooded street due to continuous rains caused by tropical depression Josie in Marikina, east of Manila on July 22, 2018.
Guido Kirchner, AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken on July 19, 2018 shows the silhouette of a man playing with a ball in the water at the Feldmarksee lake in Sassenberg, Germany.
Said Khatib, AFP/Getty ImagesRelatives mourn over the body of Abdel Karim Radwan, who was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier today, at a hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2018.
Anas Baba, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian relatives react as they arrive at the morgue of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City where the body of Mohammed Badwan was brought after he was shot dead by Israeli forces during protests along the border east of Gaza City.
Yasuyoshi Chiba, AFP/Getty ImagesThis picture taken on July 21, 2018 shows a man holding his handmade Tezutsu hanabi dedicated to the Toyokawa Susanoo Shrine as a part of a Shinto ritual in Toyokawa, central Japan.
Yasuyoshi Chiba, AFP/Getty ImagesThis picture taken on July 20, 2018 shows a man holding his handmade Tezutsu hanabi dedicated to the Yoshida Shrine as a part of a Shinto ritual, on the eve of the Toyohashi Gion festival, in Toyohashi, central Japan.
Wakil Kohsar, AFP/Getty ImagesSupporters of Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, cheer and gesture as they sit on the branches of a tree during his campaign rally, in Islamabad, on July 21, 2018, ahead of the general election.
Ron Johnson, Journal Star via APAerialist Ashley Winn, of Johnny Rockett's Cycle Circus Live Show, performs for the crowd at the Heart of Illinois Fair, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Peoria, Ill. (Ron Johnson/Journal Star via AP)
Ibrahim Yasouf, AFP/Getty ImagesAn evacuated Syrian girl from the area of Fuaa and Kafraya in the Idlib province, looks out of a broken bus window as it passes the al-Eis crossing south of Aleppo during the evacuation of several thousand residents from the two pro-regime towns in northern Syria on July 19, 2018.
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A plane battling the Ferguson Fire passes the setting sun in unincorporated Mariposa County Calif., near Yosemite National Park on Sunday, July 15, 2018.
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