From the women's fitness event to the Shadow of Babylon international bike show in Sevastopol; from Mrs. Russia 2019 in Moscow to the eruption of the volcano Piton de la Furnes on the island of Reunion— these are just some of the events that have been taking place around the globe.
Check out this gallery, assembled for you by Sputnik, to stay caught up with the events that have changed our world and spot things that you might have missed!
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Competitors pose for the judges in the women's fitness event at the debut of bodybuilding as an official sport at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Saturday, 10 Aug 2019.
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A Ural Airlines Airbus A-321 with over 200 passengers on board made an emergency landing in the Moscow Region. Thankfully, there were no fatalities and most of the passengers emerged unscathed, making the pilots instant local heroes. The incident occurred 15 minutes after the passenger jet's departure from Zhukovsky airport.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the Shadow of Babylon international bike show, organised by the Night Wolves motorcycle club in Sevastopol, driving a Ural motorcycle with a sidecar. He's joined by the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov (left) and Sevastopol's Acting Governor Mikhail Razvozzhaev (centre, background).
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This photo, taken on 10 August 2019, shows tourists riding camels in the desert in Dunhuang in China's northwestern Gansu province.
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Participants in the finals of the competition "Mrs. Russia 2019" in Moscow.
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People watch the eruption of the volcano Piton de la Furnes on the island of Reunion.
© AFP 2023 / Richard Bouhet
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Swamp football players compete near the village of Dombrovka, Belarus.
© REUTERS / Vasily Fedosenko
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel feeds penguins in Stralsund, Northern Germany.
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Farmers carry beehives during a forest fire on the island of Evia, Greece.
© AFP 2023 / Angelos Tzortzinis
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Participants of the Pirata Abordaia festival in the Spanish city of San Sebastian.
© AFP 2023 / Ander Gillenea
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Wild horse near the village of Kashkarantsy, Tersky district in the Murmansk region.
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Believers at a service honouring the holiday of Kurban Bayram in St. Petersburg.
© Sputnik / Aleksandr Galperin
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MiG-29 aircraft of the "Strizhi" aerobatic team at the Russian stage of the Aviadarts competition at the Dubrovichi aviation training ground near Ryazan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Blinov
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Thousands of people protest against the Romanian government in Bucharest, Romania, 10 August 2019.
© REUTERS / Inquam Photos/George Calin
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A family wades through a street flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, 11 Aug 2019. Monsoon rains have inundated much of Pakistan, leaving large parts of the southern city of Karachi underwater and causing some deaths.
© AP Photo / Fareed Khan
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The crew of the BMD-4M Sadovnitsa, an airborne assault combat vehicle, at the start of the fourth stage of the competition at the Zavelichye training ground in the Pskov Region.
© Sputnik / Maksim Blinov
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with children selected for the Sevastopol Academy of Choreography at the Tauric Chersonesos State Museum-Reserve before the opening of the third annual Chersonese International Opera and Ballet Festival.
© Sputnik / Aleksey Druzhinin
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Starry sky observed in the Krasnodar Territory during the Perseid meteor shower.
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and a spotted alabai puppy named Hayk, who was gifted to him by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in May at his Gorki residence.
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Shtukina
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People walk in the rainstorm as typhoon Lekima approaches in Shanghai, China, 10 August 2019.
© REUTERS / Aly Song
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Police officers fire tear gas as anti-extradition bill protesters demonstrate in the Sham Shui Po neighbourhood in Hong Kong, China, 11 August 2019.
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People walk in the waters of Golubaya Krinitsa (Blue Spring), during the celebration of Orthodox Honey Savior, which is also called the Savior on Water, near the town of Slavgorod, Belarus, 13 August 2019.
© REUTERS / Vasily Fedosenko
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Syrian boys play with plastic guns on the first day of the Muslim religious festival of Eid al-Adha in al-Dana in Syria's rebel-controlled Idlib region, near the border with Turkey, on 11 August 2019. Muslims across the world are celebrating the first day of the Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates prophet Abraham's sacrifice of a lamb after God spared Ishmael, his son.
© AFP 2023 / Aaref Watad
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A migrant reads verses of the Quran aboard the Open Arms, a Spanish humanitarian boat, as it arrives near the coast of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea, Thursday, 15 Aug. 2019. A Spanish aid boat with 147 rescued migrants aboard is anchored off the southern Italian island as Italy's ministers spar over their fate.
© AP Photo / Francisco Gentico
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Firefighters extinguish a fire in Kampar, Riau province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on 13 August 2019. Indonesian authorities are deploying thousands of extra personnel to prevent a repeat of the 2015 fires, which were the worst in two decades and choked the region in a haze for weeks.
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A woman walks in the water at Kalya Beach on the Dead Sea, as Palestinian women chat in the background, near the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jericho; Muslims around the world celebrate the second day of Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God.
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A life-size replica of a Diplodocus dinosaur watches people coming out of the subway in the city centre of Bochum, Germany, Monday, 12 Aug. 2019. The exhibition features models of 33 dinosaurs, placed all around the city centre, it's being held in Bochum due to the discovery of a 316 million-year-old dinosaur track found in a stone pit in the city six years ago.
© AP Photo / Martin Meissner
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A ski lift at the Kalavrita ski centre on Mount Helmos is silhouetted as the moon rises near the town of Kalavrita, Greece, 14 August 2019.
© REUTERS / Alkis Konstantinidis
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Girls posing on stage as part of the celebration of the Day of Physical Education in Moscow
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The famous Kalyazin Bell Tower, part of the submerged monastery of St. Nicholas, is seen in the morning fog in the town of Kalyazin located on the Volga River, 180 km (111 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, 12 Aug. 2019. After the construction of the Uglich Dam in 1939, the old parts of Kalyazin, including several medieval structures, were submerged under the waters of the Uglich Reservoir.
© AP Photo / Dmitri Lovetsky