Photos of the Week: Tall Ships, Cool Catacombs, Bastille Day

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A person swims in calm water, with the Toronto skyline barely visible in the background, obscured by a thick orange haze of smoke.
Steve Russell / Toronto Star / GettyA swimmer checks out the smoke from Northern Ontario forest fires that has the Toronto skyline shrouded in haze, as viewed from Humber Park West, in Toronto, on July 15, 2026.
Thick plumes of smoke rise above a wildfire.
Anthony Soufflé / Minnesota Star Tribune / GettyPlumes of smoke rise from the Camp Fire over Moose Lake as multiple wildfires burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness prompted its closure and evacuation on July 14, 2026, in Ely, Minnesota.
A double rainbow hangs in the sky above an ancient mountaintop fortress.
VCG / GettyA double rainbow hangs in the sky above the Gyantse Dzong fortress on July 16, 2026, in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
A soccer player carries a taxidermy raccoon as he gets off a plane.
Jan Langhaug / NTB / AFP / GettyNorway’s striker Erling Braut Haaland carries a taxidermic raccoon as he gets off the plane after Norway’s national soccer team landed at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport on July 13, 2026. Norway was knocked out of the World Cup in its quarterfinal match, against England.
An eagle clutches a small fish in its talons, flying above a fjord.
Thomas Trutschel / Photothek / GettyA white-tailed eagle catches a fish in the Saltfjord, in Saltbrygga, Norway, on July 14, 2026.
A close-up view of an owl chick
Omer Urer / Anadolu / GettyA close-up view of one of two owl chicks receiving treatment from veterinarians with the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks in Düzce, Turkey, on July 14, 2026. The chicks were found after falling from their nests when they were about a week old. Veterinarians are monitoring their physical and behavioral development to prepare them for release back into their natural habitat.
A fan dressed in a devil costume cheers as Tour de France cyclists pass by.
Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP / GettyThe German cycling enthusiast Dieter “Didi” Senft, nicknamed “El Diablo,” cheers as a pack of riders cycles past during the ninth stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, bound for Ussel, France, on July 12, 2026.
A small electric raceboat speeds past.
Joe Portlock / GettyAn E1 electric race boat speeds past during a practice session ahead of the E1 Series Monaco GP on July 16, 2026, in Monaco.
Several tall sailing ships sail toward a harbor in a long parade.
Joseph Prezioso / AFP / GettyTall ships make their way toward Boston Harbor during the Sail Boston Parade of Sail in Massachusetts on July 11, 2026.
Fireworks and a drone light show, creating an image of the Statue of Liberty, seen in front of the Eiffel Tower
Thomas Padilla / APFireworks and drones illuminate the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on the eve of Bastille Day celebrations on July 13, 2026.
Seven large propeller-driven military aircraft fly in formation during an air show.
Ludovic Marin / AFP / GettyFrench Air and Space Force and German Air Force Airbus A400M aircraft perform a flyover during the annual Bastille Day military air show over Champs-Élysées Avenue, in Paris, on July 14, 2026.
An egret flies low above calm water, toward other seabirds on rocks.
Pablo Porciuncula / AFP / GettyA great egret flies near the Paquetá-Barcas Rio ferry terminal on Paquetá Island, Brazil, on July 11, 2026.
An aerial view of many rows of hillside solar panels
VCG / GettyAn aerial view of hillside solar panels in an agrivoltaic power-generation project in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China, seen on July 16, 2026
An aerial view of a large cemetery situated beside a green soccer field
Martin Mejia / APResidents play soccer alongside Belaunde cemetery, in the Comas neighborhood of Lima, Peru, on July 12, 2026.
A catacomb wall, lined with many skulls and bones
Pierre Crom / GettyA record number of visitors sought relief in the Paris Catacombs during a heat wave on July 15, 2026, in Paris, France. About 20 meters beneath the streets of Paris, the renovated sections of the underground ossuary maintain a constant temperature of about 57°F (14°C), making them one of the coolest publicly accessible places in the city.
People stand on a bridge above a New York City street, looking toward the low sun in the distance.
Craig T Fruchtman / GettyNew Yorkers gather on 42nd Street near Times Square to see the “Manhattanhenge” solar spectacle on July 12, 2026, in New York City.
A small French town, seen at night, beneath a mountain with a line of wildfire burning across it
Manon Cruz / ReutersThe town of Die stands beneath an encroaching wildfire that has been scorching nearby mountains for several days, during a heat wave affecting a large part of the country, in Drôme department, France, on July 9, 2026.
Trees erupt in flames during a wildfire.
Ethan Swope / APWildfire engulfs trees in the Summit Fire in Llano, California, on July 10, 2026.
A brush fire burns on a hillside above several school buses parked in a lot.
Hans Gutknecht / Los Angeles Daily News / MediaNews Group / GettyA brush fire burns near Center Pointe Parkway, in Santa Clarita, California, on July 15, 2026.
Many rows of similar-sized houses, seen at sunset, from above
Stephen Lam / San Francisco Chronicle / Hearst Newspapers / GettyAn aerial view of homes in the Merced Manor neighborhood, seen at sunset, in San Francisco, on July 13, 2026
A mix of damaged, collapsed, and partially-damaged residential buildings, seen weeks after an earthquake
Leonardo Fernández Viloria / ReutersA drone view shows damaged buildings in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes, at the Hugo Chávez housing complex, built under the Venezuelan government’s “Gran Mision Vivienda” initiative, in Catia la Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 13, 2026.
A drone's-eye-view of a hedge maze
Sebastian Kahnert / DPA / GettyVisitors walk through a hedge maze in Kleinwelka, in Bautzen, Germany, on July 10, 2026.
An aerial view of people riding in a small boat in a flooded forest.
Meng Delong / VCG / GettyTourists take a boat ride in the “Water Forest” at Luyanghu Wetland Park on July 16, 2026, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
Dozens of small gold-colored plastic Mozart sculptures stand on short grass.
Matthias Schrader / APFour hundred gold-colored plastic Mozart sculptures by the German artist Ottmar Hörl stand for the 270th birthday of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, Austria, on July 15, 2026.
Runners wearing dinosaur costumes race on a horse-racing track.
Lindsey Wasson / APParticipants sprint to the finish line in the teen race during the T-Rex World Championship Races at Emerald Downs, in Auburn, Washington, on July 12, 2026.
A bull leaps in the air, ridden by a bull rider, during a rodeo.
Amy Harris / Invision / APGarrett Green competes in the Bull Riding Finals event during the 2026 Calgary Stampede on July 12, 2026, in Calgary, Alberta.
A swimmer dives into a lake on a hot day.
Ellen Schmidt / APA swimmer dives into Cedar Lake on a very hot day in Minneapolis on July 13, 2026.
Two women sharing an umbrella walk together in heavy rain.
Maxim Shemetov / ReutersTwo women sharing an umbrella walk together in heavy rain in Beijing, China, on July 10, 2026.

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