August 18, 2020

A brown bears cools off in a pool at the bear sanctuary near the village of Mramor, Kosovo.

A Palestinian fisherman cleans up his fishing net after the Israeli decision to close Gaza's fishing zone, on the beach in Gaza City.

Malian soldiers arrive at the Independence Square in Bamako. Prime Minister Boubou Cisse called for "fraternal dialogue" with soldiers who seized a key military garrison and have triggered fears of a coup attempt. 

A slightly injured cow is flown by a helicopter at Klausen Pass in Switzerland.

A woman walks past a showcase with a Torah scroll in the new core exhibition 'Jewish Life in Germany: Past and Present' at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, German.

Theater staff show their resignation letters to Yuri Bondar, Belarusian Minister of Culture, in the Janka Kupala National Theater in Minsk after the theater's director, Pavel Latushko, was fired.

Mapuche indigenous people clash with the police during a protest against the Chilean government to demand the release of an imprisoned spiritual authority, or "machi," in Comuna Imperial, Aug. 17, 2020.

Greg Berndt takes a selfie with the thermometer reading 132° F (55.5° C) at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center in Death Valley, California, Aug. 17, 2020.

The Social Security hospital, which attends COVID-19 patients, stands tall amid homes on the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 17, 2020.

A group of people sit inside a hot tub boat sailing on the River Thames at Canary Wharf in London.