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The Oak Park Motel was destroyed by the flames of the Beachie Creek Fire east of Salem, Oregon.Rob Schumacher/Statesman-JournalA woman jumps off the harbour side into the sea on the Hoe foreshore in Plymouth south west England.APPeople enjoying the weather at Pontal beach amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to the Brazilian Health Ministry, Brazil has over 4.300.000 positive cases of COVID-19 and more than 131,600 deaths.GettyPresident Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Xtreme Manufacturing, in Henderson, Nevada.APA migrant holds up a baby as others gather on the road near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos. Greece's prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis demanded Sunday that the European Union take a greater responsibility for managing migration into the bloc, as Greek authorities promised that 12,000 migrants and asylum-seekers left homeless after fire gutted an overcrowded camp would be moved shortly to a new tent city.APStreet lamps on the Tilikum Crossing Bridge illuminate smoke from wildfires, in Portland, Oregon. Smoke from burning wildfires has caused poor air quality in Portland and other cities along the West Coast.APRiot police officers detain a protester during a Belarusian opposition supporters' rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus. Protests calling for the Belarusian president's resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office.APA firefighter rakes the ground to starve out a fire at a farm near the city of Pocon, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. In July, the number of fires burning in the Pantanal, which spans about 210,000 square kilometers, reached the highest for the month since the data started being collected in 1998.BloombergA Kashmiri farmer carries stacks of paddy for threshing on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Apart from tourism agriculture is the main source of income and employment in the valley.APJuan Vigon #22 of Pumas UNAM celebrate with teammates after scoring the first goal of his team during the 10th round match between Pumas UNAM and Atletico San Luis as part of the Torneo Guard1anes 2020 Liga MX at Olimpico Universitario Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico.Getty
