Sydney
Lightning stops play in the first round match between Germany’s Angelique Kerber and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic during the 2018 Sydney International tennis tournament.
Photograph: Steve Christo/Corbis/Getty Images
Ontario
An observation point at the base of Niagara Falls is covered in ice as the falls are illuminated.
Photograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images
Gaza Strip
Palestinian children on a donkey cart during a rainy day in Khan Younis.
Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
Caracas, Venezuela
Men sort through the debris they pulled from the bottom of the polluted Guaire river in search of gold or anything of value. Venezuela holds the world’s largest oil reserves, but the global drop in crude prices and plummeting production under nearly two decades of socialist rule has left many in the country of 30 million people struggling to survive.
Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP
Pisco, Peru
The Toyota of Alicia Reina and her co-driver, Carlos Dante Pelayo, both from Argentina, burns after catching fire during the third stage of the 2018 Dakar rally. They escaped unhurt.
Photograph: Ricardo Mazalan/AP
Donetsk, Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer close to the frontline near the village of Novoluhanske.
Photograph: Markiian Lyseiko/EPA