World in pictures, July 29, 2026

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editorsJuly 29, 2026 — 6:44pm1/8James Corrigan of Nike landing in the water while racing in the Men’s Steeplechase final during the 2026 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Icahn Stadium in New York City.Credit:Al Bello/Getty Images2/8A model walks the runway during the House of Masaba show at India Couture Week 2026 in Delhi, India.Credit:Aalok Soni/Getty Images3/8German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (C) lay flowers as they visit the crime scene at Tiergarten park following a car-ramming attack on the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade on July 26, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.Credit:Fadi Yousef-Pool/Getty Images4/8Eliza Pratt of Team England competes during the Women’s 58kg Weightlifting on day four of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at SEC Armadillo in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images5/8NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, center, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev are seen inside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after they landed on July 26, 2026 in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The trio returned to Earth after logging 241 days in space as members of Expeditions 73 and 74 aboard the International Space Station.Credit:Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images6/8Dancers dressed as Kate Bush perform during The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever on July 26, 2026 in Folkestone, England. Credit:Sarah Tilotta/Getty Images7/8Alia Leat of Team England competes in the Women’s Balance Beam Final on day five of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at The Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images8/8Members of the Emergency Military Unit (UME) utilize controlled burns to halt the spread of wildfires in the Madrid border region on July 28, 2026 in Cebreros, in Ávila province, Spain. Credit:Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images