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Photos of the Week: River Canyon, Mountain Brook, Cliff Bookstore
The World Robot Conference in Beijing, heavy rainfall in Hong Kong, a full moonrise in Spain, an orphaned jaguarundi in Panama, a wildfire in British Columbia, and much more Burryman Andrew Taylor meets with local residents as he parades through Queensferry, Scotland, encased in burrs, on August 8, 2025. The Burryman event, held annually on the day before the Ferry Fair, features a man dressed in a suit made from around 11,000 burdock heads, ferns, and flowers. Supported by two attendants, the man makes a seven-mile journey through the town. Residents greet him with donations and serve him whisky through a straw, a tradition dating back to 1746, believed to bring good luck and strengthen community spirit. China's Shasha Liu takes a shot during the women's pool 10-ball bronze-medal match against Germany's Ina Kaplan, during the 2025 World Games, in Chengdu, China, on August 13, 2025. Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP / Getty A decorated elephant at the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth, as part of celebrations to mark the festival of Esala Perahera, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on August 8, 2025 A woman watches the sunset, which was shrouded in smoke from distant wildfires, at a park in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 7, 2025. Colby Rex O'Neill / AFP / Getty A wildfire burns on Mount Underwood near Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, on August 12, 2025. William Gregorio and his son Yamry pose for a portrait where their ancestral home used to stand, now submerged in seawater amid rising tides, on August 12, 2025, in Pugad Island, Hagonoy, Philippines. In the Philippines' coastal communities, water has been rising for years due to climate change. But residents say the sharpest surge came because of large-scale reclamation and other man-made coastal developments, which have altered currents and forced the tide farther inland. Now even the gentlest tide can unleash deep floods, drowning streets and homes within minutes. A competitor takes part in the annual international waterfall-jumping competition held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on August 9, 2025. A polar bear rests on ice cubes that were brought to its enclosure during a heat wave, at Prague Zoo, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 13, 2025. A two-week-old orphaned jaguarundi meows as a biologist cares for it at a wildlife veterinary hospital, in Panama City, Panama, on August 13, 2025. Yerai Garcia plays with his dog Greta as a full moon known as the Sturgeon Moon rises in Arguineguín, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on August 9, 2025. Flamingos fly at dawn above a lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra nature reserve, near Malaga, Spain, on August 9, 2025. A girl and her dog wade into a shallow sea at high tide in Gravelines, France, on August 13, 2025 . Nhac Nguyen / AFP / Getty Military forces take part in a National Day parade rehearsal in Hanoi, on August 13, 2025, ahead of Vietnam's 80th National Day, on September 2. A Ukrainian military vehicle equipped with cage armor to defend against Russian FPV drones moves along a road, on August 11, 2025, in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine. A view of the Cliff Bookstore at the Cotton Sinkhole in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, on August 9, 2025. Hussein Faleh / AFP / Getty Shiite Muslims reach to receive a blessing from the tomb of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, at the imam's shrine in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, on August 14, 2025, on the eve of Arbaeen, which commemorates his seventh-century killing. Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP / Getty A worker cleans a statue of Buddha inside the newly built Techo International Airport, in Kandal province, Cambodia, on August 11, 2025. Japan's Nanoha Kida competes during the women's changquan - jianshu - qiangshu wushu event at the 2025 World Games, in Chengdu, China, on August 9, 2025. Cui Jun / Beijing Youth Daily / VCG / Getty A Unitree Robotics humanoid robot demonstrates skills prior to a boxing match during the 2025 World Robot Conference, in Beijing, China, on August 10, 2025. Ricardo Monreal of Necaxa battles for possession with Ángel Azuaje of Pumas UNAM during the fourth-round match, part of the Torneo Apertura 2025 Liga MX at Estadio Olímpico Universitario, in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 10, 2025. Justin Chin / Bloomberg / Getty Rainwater rushes down a stairway in Kennedy Town district during heavy rainfall, in Hong Kong, China, on August 14, 2025. Buddy and Cheryl Rooney stay cool in a mountain brook at Diana's Baths, a popular swimming hole in North Conway, New Hampshire, on August 12, 2025. A woman with a hose tries to battle a fire in Santa Baia De Montes, Spain, on August 14, 2025. Los Angeles County Sheriff Search and Rescue evacuates a horse as the Canyon Fire burns in Hasley Canyon, California, on August 7, 2025. Oleksandr Ratushniak / Reuters Fire burns in an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in the town of Bilozerske, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on August 10, 2025. People enjoy the water of the Bourne River beneath hanging houses in Pont-en-Royans, France, on August 7, 2025. CFOTO / Future Publishing / Getty Tourists walk across the Maling River Canyon in Xingyi City, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou province, China, on August 10, 2025. Owen Humphreys / PA Images / Getty Dolphins leap in the North Sea near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, England, on August 11, 2025. Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
