World in pictures, August 5, 2026

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editorsAugust 5, 2026 — 2:22pm1/14A “Morenada” dancer performs in the annual parade honoring the “Lord of Great Power”, in La Paz, Bolivia.Credit:AP Photo/Juan Karita2/14Tourists take shelter as they walk in front of the Rome’s ancient Colosseum.Credit:AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino3/14People cool off in the Mediterranean sea during a heat wave in Hadera, Israel.Credit:AP Photo/Ariel Schalit4/14Lava flows out of the crater of the Fuego Volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala.Credit:AP Photo/Moises Castillo5/14A fly and a butterfly feed on flower nectar in a park on a sunny day in Tallinn, Estonia.Credit:AP Photo/Sergei Grits6/14Julian Alonso walks on his property destroyed by a wildfire in El Encinar del Alberche, Madrid province, Spain.Credit:AP Photo/Manu Fernandez7/14People fish in Patriarshy pond at sunset in Moscow.Credit:AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov8/14A person rides a personal watercraft on Okanagan Lake, in Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada, as the Quilpituk Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside across the lake near Fintry.Credit:DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press via AP9/14Children play in the rain on the highway during monsoon showers on the outskirts of Raebareli District, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Credit:AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh10/14An airplane flies in front of the moon as it rises over Istanbul, Turkey.Credit:AP Photo/Francisco Seco11/14Ajah Pritchard Lolo of Team Vanuatu competes during the Women’s 86kg Weightlifting on day six of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Francois Nel/Getty Images12/14A giant AC Milan flag flies next to the coffin in the square facing the St. Ambrogio church during the funeral service of former soccer great Franco Baresi, in Milan, Italy.Credit:Stefano Porta/LaPresse via AP13/14Green Bay Packers guard Dylan Barrett rides a child’s bike to practice at the team’s NFL football training camp.Credit:AP Photo/Matt Ludtke14/14The peloton competing during the Men’s 10Km Scratch Race in the Track Cycling on day nine of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Molly Darlington/Getty Images