From horses, floats, and a large balloon that make their way down University Avenue during the Provo Freedom Festival Parade in Provo, Utah to a boy on a bicycle who cools off from the extreme heat under the spray of an opened fire hydrant in Brooklyn, New York, these highlights of the week will give you thrills. These pictures provide up-to-date and accessible information to keep you informed about everything important that occurred these days, so don’t miss them!

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Horses, floats, and a large balloon make their way down University Avenue during the Provo Freedom Festival Parade in Provo, Utah. This is one of the largest parades in the country to celebrate the 4th of July, drawing over 300,000 people.

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People attend the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York City. Joey Chestnut won the contest, eating a Coney Island record 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty

A cow walks through a burning pasture in Guinda, California. Californian authorities have issued red flag weather warnings and mandatory evacuation orders after a series of wildfires fanned by high winds and hot temperatures ripped through thousands of acres.

Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty

A firefighter scrambles to stop a wildfire as wind drives embers across Highway 20 near Clearlake Oaks, California.

Noah Berger / AP

Members of New York Police Academy’s July 2018 graduating class of 726 new NYPD police officers pledge the Oath of Office during their graduation ceremony.

Bebeto Matthews / AP

Tens of thousands pack Mexico City’s main square, the Zocalo, as Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers his victory speech. Lopez Obrador claimed victory in Mexico’s presidential election, calling for reconciliation.

Christian Palma / AP

An audiovisual light show is projected over the walls of Damascus Gate out side the Old City during a light festival in Jerusalem, Israel.

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Mount Agung spews ash in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia. The volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali erupted Monday evening, ejecting a 2,000-meter-high (6,560-foot-high) column of thick ash and hurling lava down its slopes.

Firdia Lisnawati / AP

Lightning dwarfs city lights as a distant thunderstorm passes by Dodge City, Kansas.

Charlie Riedel / AP

A firefighting air tanker drops Foscheck fire retardant on a hillside ahead of the County Fire in Guinda, California. The fast-moving County Fire that started on Saturday afternoon has scorched nearly 45,000 acres as it continues to burn through dry grass and brush.

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A French military diver member of the FS Pluton M622 navy de-mining ship, swims above the wreck of a USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane, which crashed in 1944 during the Second Wold War, off the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) along with the help of the French navy are using divers to search for any remains of the U.S. pilots that died during WWII, and to identify them using their DNA.

Boris Horvat / AFP / Getty

An aerial view of people at Konyaalti Beach in Antalya, Turkey, on a sunny day with temperature reaching about 107 F (42 C).

Orhan Cicek / Anadolu Agency / Getty

Two activists climb on top of the 60-meter (197-foot) Christopher Columbus tower after placing a vest with the words “Open Arms” on the statue in Barcelona, Spain. The activists were attempting to turn attention to the loss of life of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean Sea.

Emilio Morenatti / AP

A model presents a creation by designer Iris Van Herpen as part of her Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018/2019 collection show in Paris, France.

Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters

Women wearing facekinis play on a beach in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

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Yoga enthusiasts perform yoga for relaxation by a stream at the Three Gorges reservoir area in Yichang, Hubei Province, China.

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Women wearing wedding dresses take part in the so-called “brides’ match” at the FIFA Fan Fest in Kazan, Russia, a host city for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Alexey Nasyrov / Reuters

People take part in the nationwide “Families Belong Together” march as they walk along the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.

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An Afghan pigeon fancier, Abdul Ghani, 70, sits as he feeds his pigeons flying from the rooftop of his home in Herat province.

Hoshang Hashimi / AFP / Getty

A boy on a bicycle cools off from the extreme heat under the spray of an opened fire hydrant in Brooklyn, New York.

Shannon Stapleton / Reuters