Global Highlights in Images
A child participates in the sacred Ngerebeg ritual in Bali, Indonesia, an ancient Hindu ceremony aimed at expelling evil spirits. In Pasay, Philippines, a protester scuffles with police outside a meeting of foreign ministers at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations attended by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio.
Climate Protests and Wildfires
In London, UK, climate activists from Fossil Free London stage a protest outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, calling on Andy Burnham and the new energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, to stop the Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Sea. Wildfires rage across several regions: in Guadalajara, Spain, firefighters battle a wildfire in La Mierla that has devastated more than 29,000 hectares and caused the evacuation of several hundred people. In Pleasanton, US, an aircraft drops fire retardant on a blaze named Little Fire as residents are ordered to evacuate in California. Wildfires also break out in Palermo, Sicily, fueled by strong winds, and in Var, France, smoke billows over houses in the village of Cotignac.
Environmental and Cultural Scenes
In Kayseri, Turkey, a worker walks across the dried salt flats of Lake Palas Tuzla, where harvesting cannot take place this year due to surface area expansion from heavy rainfall increasing the water level. In Katra, India, a stranded Hindu devotee waits at the starting point of the pilgrimage to the holy Vaishno Devi temple after heavy rainfall suspends the journey for a third day. In Oregon, USA, a yellowjacket wasp holds a piece of flesh from the carcass of a Northern Pacific rattlesnake on a road near Elkton. In Banda Aceh, Indonesia, dancers perform the Tarek Pukat during the sea feast festival, giving thanks for abundant harvests. In Tokyo, Japan, a child runs in front of an illuminated apartment building on a housing estate in Kōtō.
