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Crews inflate hot air balloons during the 39th annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport in Readington, New Jersey. The festival, which runs until July 31, will feature as many as 100 balloons.Credit:AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson
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Franz Anton of Germany competes in the Men's Canoe Slalom Heats 2nd Run during the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg, Germany.Credit:Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
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Storm clouds build over a canola field near Cremona, Alberta, Canada.Credit:Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP
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People work to clear a house from a bridge near the Whitesburg Recycling Center in Letcher County, Kentucky.Credit:Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP
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Texas Rangers' Nick Solak breaks his bat as he hits a single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, California.Credit:AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
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A passenger settles into their sleeping car after boarding the night train in Odesa, Ukraine, heading to Kyiv.Credit:AP Photo/David Goldman
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A man rests close to the beach during a summer day, in San Sebastian, northern Spain.Credit:AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos
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A vendor sells snacks at the Galle sea face promenade near the ongoing protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka.Credit:AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena
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British-Bahraini trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Yazz Ahmed performs under Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon in Malmesbury, England. To date, there have been 300 WOMAD festivals on six continents with over 10,000 artists playing to audiences in their millions. This year there will be 150+ music artists from over 40 countries gathering for the fortieth anniversary festival in Wiltshire.Credit:Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
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Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and The Netherlands during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary.Credit:Peter Fox/Getty Images
