Lesotho’s Mokhesi Tlholohelo, in blue, and South Sudan’s Hal Hal compete during the men’s light boxing competition at the African Games in Rabat, Morocco, on Aug. 21.

A child waves the Ukrainian national flag as activists and their children hold placards reading “Demand equal access to education” and other slogans during a protest against a ban prohibiting unvaccinated children from attending school in Kiev on Aug. 22.

Argentine twin dancers Nicolás Filipeli and Germán Filipeli perform at the Tango Dance World Championship in Buenos Aires on Aug. 21.

A worker looks through the gate of a closed school in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir on Aug. 19.

Demonstrators hold a giant flag of Pakistan-administered Kashmir during an anti-Indian protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Aug. 18.

A priest walks inside the submerged Hanuman temple near Sangam following heavy rains in Allahabad, India, on Aug. 19.

Students dressed as Hindu gods Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva participate in a cultural event at their school in Mumbai on Aug. 21.

Palestinian Mohammed Eliwa, 17, who lost his leg during clashes on the border with Israel, plays soccer on the beach in Gaza City on Aug. 20.

Flames rise from a forest fire raging in Montaña Alta on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on Aug. 18.

Protesters gather for a rally in Victoria Park in Hong Kong on Aug. 18.

Demonstrators use fire extinguishers during a protest at the Yuen Long metro station in Hong Kong on Aug. 21.

A resident gathers charred debris in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug. 18. At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a neighborhood in the Bangladeshi capital, destroying thousands of shanties.

A worker fumigates an area to prevent mosquitos from breeding in a residential colony during World Mosquito Day in Ahmedabad, India, on Aug. 20.

Participants climb greasy poles in Jakarta on Aug. 17, during Panjat Pinang, a pole-climbing contest to celebrate Indonesia’s 74th anniversary of independence from Dutch rule.

A Kurdish woman visits the grave of a relative during a funeral for a member of the Kurdish Internal Security Police Force in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Aug. 20.

A man helps a sperm whale stranded at San Bartolo beach in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 20.

Turkish police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities, in Diyarbakir, eastern Turkey, on Aug. 21.

Anti-government protesters attend a rally in the Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on Aug. 17.

Salvadoran rape victim Evelyn Hernández celebrates with her lawyers after being cleared of murder in San Salvador on Aug. 19. Hernández gave birth to a stillborn baby at home in 2016 and was accused of murder in El Salvador, which has a strict ban on abortion.

Women walk in Raqqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, on Aug. 21.

Protesters point laser beams toward the police outside the Yuen Long metro station in Hong Kong on Aug. 21.

A fighter loyal to the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord points his gun toward enemy lines during clashes with forces loyal to the strongman Khalifa Haftar in Espiaa, Libya, on Aug. 21.

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tank fires during a training exercise at the foot of Mount Fuji in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture, on Aug. 22.

Fishermen tend to their boats on the shores of Cape Coast Castle on Aug. 18. African American visitors are flocking to Ghana as it marks the “Year of Return” to remember the 400th anniversary of the first slave ship landing in Virginia.

French President Emmanuel Macron hugs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he welcomes him before their meeting at the Chateau of Chantilly near Paris on Aug. 22.

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini kisses a rosary as Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte delivers a speech offering his resignation at the Italian Senate in Rome on Aug. 20.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sit for the national anthems during a ceremony on Johnson’s first foreign visit since taking office in Berlin on Aug. 21.

A girl waits for customers to sell grains to feed the pigeons at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Aug. 22.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron, gives flowers to Brigitte Macron at the French president’s summer retreat on the Mediterranean coast in southern France on Aug. 19.