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NINGXIANG, CHINA - JULY 08: A challengers lays in a chili-covered pool eat chilies during a chili-eating contest on July 8, 2018 in Ningxiang, Hunan Province of China. Citizen Tang Shuaihui ate 50 chilies in one minute and won the contest. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images)

The best pictures from around the world inlcude musicians, soccer fans, wildlife, war and protests

1 min read·July 27, 2023 - 10:24AM
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An extraordinary chilli challenge, shocking scenes from fire-ravaged Greece and inventive efforts to help zoo animals keep their cool — don’t miss the hottest collection of images from around the world this week.

A fireman gestures as he holds a cat and two rabbits rescued from a fire between the villages of Kiotari and Gennadi on the Greek island of Rhodes on July 24, 2023. The fire crisis, in peak tourism season, sparked the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. Picture: Spyros Bakalis / AFP
A fireman gestures as he holds a cat and two rabbits rescued from a fire between the villages of Kiotari and Gennadi on the Greek island of Rhodes on July 24, 2023. The fire crisis, in peak tourism season, sparked the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. Picture: Spyros Bakalis / AFP

 

Volunteers help pilot whales on Cheynes Beach in Western Australia, after more than 50 other whales in the same pod died stranding themselves. Authorities said they were
Volunteers help pilot whales on Cheynes Beach in Western Australia, after more than 50 other whales in the same pod died stranding themselves. Authorities said they were "optimistic" that the other 45 whales in the pod could survive. Picture: Supplied by Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attraction

 

Steven Camfoo, 58, sits in the tin house he calls home in Drive-in Camp, named after the long-since-shuttered drive-in cinema nearby, in Tennant Creek. Camfoo has lived here for about ten years, despite being disconnected from water, electricity and rubbish collection services, because of a housing shortage. His and other tin sheds still inhabited by long-term residents are leaky in the rain, cold in the winter and scorching hot in the summer. Camfoo collects water in plastic containers pushed in a baby stroller. Picture: Andrew Quilty | See more Andrew Quilty pictures in The Weekend Australian Magazine story on the remote housing crisis
Steven Camfoo, 58, sits in the tin house he calls home in Drive-in Camp, named after the long-since-shuttered drive-in cinema nearby, in Tennant Creek. Camfoo has lived here for about ten years, despite being disconnected from water, electricity and rubbish collection services, because of a housing shortage. His and other tin sheds still inhabited by long-term residents are leaky in the rain, cold in the winter and scorching hot in the summer. Camfoo collects water in plastic containers pushed in a baby stroller. Picture: Andrew Quilty | See more Andrew Quilty pictures in The Weekend Australian Magazine story on the remote housing crisis

 

A woman prays next to a copy of the jewel encrusted Kasperovskaya Mother of God icon recovered from inside the Historical Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa, Ukraine, after the building was hit in a Russian missile attack. Picture: Andre Alves / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A woman prays next to a copy of the jewel encrusted Kasperovskaya Mother of God icon recovered from inside the Historical Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa, Ukraine, after the building was hit in a Russian missile attack. Picture: Andre Alves / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is carried away by police officers after protesting in Oljehamnen in Malmo, Sweden, on July 24, 2023. She took part in the protest shortly after the city's district court convicted and fined her for disobeying police at a rally last month. Thunberg said she acted out of necessity due to the climate crisis. Picture: Andreas Hillergren / TT News Agency / AFP
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is carried away by police officers after protesting in Oljehamnen in Malmo, Sweden, on July 24, 2023. She took part in the protest shortly after the city's district court convicted and fined her for disobeying police at a rally last month. Thunberg said she acted out of necessity due to the climate crisis. Picture: Andreas Hillergren / TT News Agency / AFP

 

Fruit vendors stand in a flooded street in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 24, 2023. Picture: Rizwan Tabassum / AFP
Fruit vendors stand in a flooded street in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 24, 2023. Picture: Rizwan Tabassum / AFP

 

Lemurs eat frozen fruits during a heatwave at a zoo in Skopje, North Macedonia. Picture: Tomislav Georgiev / Xinhua via Getty Images
Lemurs eat frozen fruits during a heatwave at a zoo in Skopje, North Macedonia. Picture: Tomislav Georgiev / Xinhua via Getty Images

 

A German farmer uses a tractor to plough a protective strip into a cornfield during a field fire near Lutzen. Picture Jan Woitas / DPA / Picture Alliance via Getty Images
A German farmer uses a tractor to plough a protective strip into a cornfield during a field fire near Lutzen. Picture Jan Woitas / DPA / Picture Alliance via Getty Images

 

Lizzo performs at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on July 23, 2023. Picture: Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images
Lizzo performs at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on July 23, 2023. Picture: Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images

 

A beer snake appears in the crowd during the fourth Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture: Oli Scarff / AFP
A beer snake appears in the crowd during the fourth Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture: Oli Scarff / AFP

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is flown by helicopter for a visit to an industrial centre in Belokamenka, Murmansk. Picture: Alexander Kazakov / Sputnik / AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin is flown by helicopter for a visit to an industrial centre in Belokamenka, Murmansk. Picture: Alexander Kazakov / Sputnik / AFP

 

A protester hurls a tear gas canister back towards Kenyan police on the third day of confrontations between authorities and supporters of the Kenyan opposition during anti-government protests in Kibera, Nairobi. Picture: Tony Karumba / AFP
A protester hurls a tear gas canister back towards Kenyan police on the third day of confrontations between authorities and supporters of the Kenyan opposition during anti-government protests in Kibera, Nairobi. Picture: Tony Karumba / AFP

 

Dancers from the Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theatre perform a scene from One Dance at the Lincoln Centre in New York. Picture: Angela Weiss / AFP
Dancers from the Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theatre perform a scene from One Dance at the Lincoln Centre in New York. Picture: Angela Weiss / AFP

 

Festival-goers take videos and photographs during the Lollapalooza event at the Hippodrome de Longchamp in Paris. Picture: Julie Sebadelha / AFP
Festival-goers take videos and photographs during the Lollapalooza event at the Hippodrome de Longchamp in Paris. Picture: Julie Sebadelha / AFP

 

Australia's Ariarne Titmus wins and breaks the world record in the final of the women's 400m freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. Picture: François-Xavier Marit / AFP
Australia's Ariarne Titmus wins and breaks the world record in the final of the women's 400m freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. Picture: François-Xavier Marit / AFP

 

Japan's Katsuhiro Matsumoto competes in a heat of the men's 200m freestyle during the World Aquatics Championships. Picture: Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP
Japan's Katsuhiro Matsumoto competes in a heat of the men's 200m freestyle during the World Aquatics Championships. Picture: Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP

 

Canadian singer Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, performs at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France. Picture: Valery Hache / AFP
Canadian singer Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, performs at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France. Picture: Valery Hache / AFP

 

A July 23 photo reveals the damage to the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa, Ukraine, after a Russian missile strike. Picture: Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP
A July 23 photo reveals the damage to the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa, Ukraine, after a Russian missile strike. Picture: Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP

 

An emu cools off with water amid soaring temperatures at a petting zoo in the northern Israeli kibbutz of Yiron. Picture: Jalaa Marey / AFP
An emu cools off with water amid soaring temperatures at a petting zoo in the northern Israeli kibbutz of Yiron. Picture: Jalaa Marey / AFP

 

Former members of the Colombian Military Forces take part in a demonstration against Colombian President Gustavo Petro outside the National Congress in Bogota. Picture: Juan Barreto / AFP
Former members of the Colombian Military Forces take part in a demonstration against Colombian President Gustavo Petro outside the National Congress in Bogota. Picture: Juan Barreto / AFP

 

A Ukrainian artilleryman fires a 152mm towed gun-howitzer D-20 at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. Picture: Genya Savilov / AFP
A Ukrainian artilleryman fires a 152mm towed gun-howitzer D-20 at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. Picture: Genya Savilov / AFP

 

Belgian rider Dries Devenyns, of Soudal Quick-Step, cycles past a mural by artist Nicolas Maurel during the 16th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France. The stage was a 22km individual time trial between Passy and Combloux in the French Alps. Picture: Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP
Belgian rider Dries Devenyns, of Soudal Quick-Step, cycles past a mural by artist Nicolas Maurel during the 16th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France. The stage was a 22km individual time trial between Passy and Combloux in the French Alps. Picture: Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP

 

Police officers talk to a man using a hose as they try to evacuate people in the Lagonisi area of Greece amid an ongoing wildfire threat. Picture: Spyros Bakalis / AFP
Police officers talk to a man using a hose as they try to evacuate people in the Lagonisi area of Greece amid an ongoing wildfire threat. Picture: Spyros Bakalis / AFP

 

 

Dancers compete during the Inveraray Highland Games in the grounds of Inveraray Castle, Scotland. The event celebrates Scottish culture and heritage with field and track events, piping, highland dancing competitions and physical tests such as tossing the caber. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
Dancers compete during the Inveraray Highland Games in the grounds of Inveraray Castle, Scotland. The event celebrates Scottish culture and heritage with field and track events, piping, highland dancing competitions and physical tests such as tossing the caber. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images

 

An aerial photo shows visitors riding camels at the Shapotou scenic area, part of the Tengger Desert near Zhongwei in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The area is enjoying its peak tourism season with up to 10,000-plus daily visitors. Picture: Wang Peng / Xinhua via Getty Images
An aerial photo shows visitors riding camels at the Shapotou scenic area, part of the Tengger Desert near Zhongwei in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The area is enjoying its peak tourism season with up to 10,000-plus daily visitors. Picture: Wang Peng / Xinhua via Getty Images

 

Fans at Federation Square in Melbourne celebrate the Matildas' win as they watch the opening FIFA Women's World Cup match in Australia between Australia and Ireland. Picture: Darrian Traynor / Getty Images
Fans at Federation Square in Melbourne celebrate the Matildas' win as they watch the opening FIFA Women's World Cup match in Australia between Australia and Ireland. Picture: Darrian Traynor / Getty Images

 

A dragonfly sits on a Lotus flower during the Lotus and Water Lily Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC. The festival, put on by the National Parks Service, occurs every year when the flowers are at peak bloom. Picture: Stefani Reynolds / AFP
A dragonfly sits on a Lotus flower during the Lotus and Water Lily Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC. The festival, put on by the National Parks Service, occurs every year when the flowers are at peak bloom. Picture: Stefani Reynolds / AFP

 

A swan is captured to be measured and checked during a “Swan Upping” on the River Thames in Staines, west of London. Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the River Thames and dates from the 12th Century. Picture: Henry Nicholls / AFP
A swan is captured to be measured and checked during a “Swan Upping” on the River Thames in Staines, west of London. Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the River Thames and dates from the 12th Century. Picture: Henry Nicholls / AFP

 

Participants take part in a horse-drawn cart race, an annual event during the holy month of Shravan in Prayagraj, India. Picture: Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
Participants take part in a horse-drawn cart race, an annual event during the holy month of Shravan in Prayagraj, India. Picture: Sanjay Kanojia / AFP

 

The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Australian-born bassist, Michael Peter Balzary, aka Flea, performs during the Vieilles Charrues music festival in Carhaix-Plouguer, France. Picture: Damien Meyer / AFP
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Australian-born bassist, Michael Peter Balzary, aka Flea, performs during the Vieilles Charrues music festival in Carhaix-Plouguer, France. Picture: Damien Meyer / AFP

 

Union members set up a picket near a billboard for the Barbie movie outside Warner Bros Studio in Burbank, California, as part of Hollywood's actors and writers strike. Picture: Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Union members set up a picket near a billboard for the Barbie movie outside Warner Bros Studio in Burbank, California, as part of Hollywood's actors and writers strike. Picture: Mario Tama / Getty Images)

 

America's Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook compete in the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan. Picture: Adam Pretty / Getty Images
America's Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook compete in the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan. Picture: Adam Pretty / Getty Images

 

Princess Diana's historic black sheep jumper goes on view alongside Buckingham Palace letters at Sotheby's in London, England. The items will be part of an inaugural Fashion Icons sale at Sotheby's in New York in September. Picture: Tristan Fewings / Getty Images for Sotheby's
Princess Diana's historic black sheep jumper goes on view alongside Buckingham Palace letters at Sotheby's in London, England. The items will be part of an inaugural Fashion Icons sale at Sotheby's in New York in September. Picture: Tristan Fewings / Getty Images for Sotheby's

 

A hippopotamus eats frozen watermelon to cool off at the Bioparco zoo during a heatwave in Rome. Picture: Tiziana Fabi / AFP
A hippopotamus eats frozen watermelon to cool off at the Bioparco zoo during a heatwave in Rome. Picture: Tiziana Fabi / AFP

 

A contestant lays in a chilli-covered pool to eat the hot peppers during a chilli-eating contest in Ningxiang, China. Tang Shuaihui ate 50 chillies in one minute to win. Picture: Visual China Group via Getty Images
A contestant lays in a chilli-covered pool to eat the hot peppers during a chilli-eating contest in Ningxiang, China. Tang Shuaihui ate 50 chillies in one minute to win. Picture: Visual China Group via Getty Images

 

Clint Johnson, of Pleasant Hill, California, and Melanie Anguay, of Las Vegas, pose next to the heat reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Centre in Death Valley National Park. Picture: Ronda Churchill / AFP
Clint Johnson, of Pleasant Hill, California, and Melanie Anguay, of Las Vegas, pose next to the heat reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Centre in Death Valley National Park. Picture: Ronda Churchill / AFP

 

Children are protected with plastic sheets for a motorbike ride during monsoon rainfall in Hyderabad, India. Picture: Noah Seelam / AFP
Children are protected with plastic sheets for a motorbike ride during monsoon rainfall in Hyderabad, India. Picture: Noah Seelam / AFP

 

An aerial view shows coastal erosion around a home in the Magdalen Islands of Quebec, Canada. Footpaths are caving in, cliffs are receding and the sand dunes are disappearing on the small archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, leaving homes vulnerable to the lashing waves. Picture: Sebastien St-Jean / AFP
An aerial view shows coastal erosion around a home in the Magdalen Islands of Quebec, Canada. Footpaths are caving in, cliffs are receding and the sand dunes are disappearing on the small archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, leaving homes vulnerable to the lashing waves. Picture: Sebastien St-Jean / AFP

 

A worker welds metal at a factory in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, as China reports its economy grew 6.3 per cent year on year in the second quarter, a figure that belies the country's slowing post-pandemic recovery. Analysts warn the number is inflated given the low base of comparison with lockdown-wracked 2022. Picture: AFP
A worker welds metal at a factory in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, as China reports its economy grew 6.3 per cent year on year in the second quarter, a figure that belies the country's slowing post-pandemic recovery. Analysts warn the number is inflated given the low base of comparison with lockdown-wracked 2022. Picture: AFP

 

Locals help firefighters battle a wildfire near the village of Vlyhada near Athens as the Greek capital endures a relentless heatwave. Picture: Milos Bicanski / Getty Images
Locals help firefighters battle a wildfire near the village of Vlyhada near Athens as the Greek capital endures a relentless heatwave. Picture: Milos Bicanski / Getty Images

 

A drone view shows the set of a new film production of Wicked, starring singer Ariana Grande, in Buckinghamshire, England. Filming has been brought to a halt due to the US actors strike. Picture: Leon Neal / Getty Images
A drone view shows the set of a new film production of Wicked, starring singer Ariana Grande, in Buckinghamshire, England. Filming has been brought to a halt due to the US actors strike. Picture: Leon Neal / Getty Images

 

The Bibby Stockholm barge, which has been refitted to serve as living quarters for up to 500 asylum seekers to the UK, arrives at Portland Harbour on England’s south coast. Picture: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
The Bibby Stockholm barge, which has been refitted to serve as living quarters for up to 500 asylum seekers to the UK, arrives at Portland Harbour on England’s south coast. Picture: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

 

Trudy Fischer walks on to the field as some of original 1975 Matildas team reform for a rematch against New Zealand. Picture: David Swift
Trudy Fischer walks on to the field as some of original 1975 Matildas team reform for a rematch against New Zealand. Picture: David Swift
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