A hiker pauses on a suspension bridge, previously closed because of mudslides, on a trail to the Swiss Alpine Club’s Sciora hut, Bregaglia, #Switzerland
A group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, from the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
View of the Acropolis from the Library of Hadrian in #Athens. In the foreground are columns from a tetraconch church that was inserted into the complex in #LateAntiquity.
In addition to the four journalists killed in Israel’s strike on Nasser Hospital, Hatem Khaled, a photojournalist working for Reuters news agency, is among those wounded.
Remembering the time two members of the Seagulls gang cornerned a member of the Hedgehogs in my neighbourhood, but he resolved the issue by running away 😊 The lesson therefore is always run away... 😁
A view of a tent city along the shore of Gaza City, with buildings destroyed by the Israeli attacks in the background, on Sunday [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu]
"Full many a glorious morning have I seenFlatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye,Kissing with golden face the meadows green,Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy;" - #ShakespeareSunday, Sonnet 33
One of 10 cheetah cubs rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade receives treatment at the Cheetah Rescue and Conservation Centre in Geed-Deeble on the outskirts of Hargeisa, #Somaliland
Freedom for JoJo: the first orangutang rescued in 2009 by Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia in collaboration with the West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency, has, for the first time in more than 20 years, been able to climb trees and experience the forest. This long-awaited moment comes thanks to the creation of a two-hectare semi-wild forest enclosure.
The Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia build the base for a human tower – or castell – during the Gràcia street festival. The Catalan tradition originated in the 18th century but this particular team began in the 1990s, #Barcelona, #Spain
A girl sits on the rubble of her damaged home after flash floods. Heavy monsoon rains have continued to pummel the Indian subcontinent, bringing devastating flooding and landslides and killing hundreds of people in one of the deadliest monsoon seasons in recent years, Pir Baba, #Pakistan
People sit on the debris of their house destroyed by heavy rains. Torrential rains caused intense floods and damaged hundreds of homes in the north-east Nigerian city, #Nigeria
Members of the emergency military unit work to extinguish a wildfire. Wildfires have burned more than 1m hectares (2.5m acres) across Europe, marking 2025 as the worst year on record, a full month before the fire season ends, #Spain
Anfeh, #LebanonSea salt production in Anfeh. Sea water is drawn into shallow, concrete-lined basins, where it evaporates over several months, leaving behind salt crystals that are harvested.
#Hyderabad, #PakistanRain and flooding during Pakistan’s monsoon season, which began on 26 June, has resulted in the deaths of at least 748 people, with 978 injured.
Still some nice view even if it's starting to feel like autumn here, the weather here been really crazy this summer 🤔 I blame #ClimateChange and #Oil #Executives
#Damascus, #SyriaA residential area pictured on the eve of the 12th anniversary of the Eastern Ghouta *chemical weapons* attack, in which the ousted Assad regime killed more than 1,400 civilians with toxic gas.
A streetlight (or camera?), a seagull, and the moon in Porto
#FotoVorschlag: In die Luft geschaut // Looking up into the air
4.7.2025 #Nikon z50II | 35mm (aps-c) | f/11 | 1/250s | ISO400
#summer #portugal #travel #travelphotography #seagull #birds
#streetphotography #urban #urbanexploration #streetphotography
#abstraction #minimalism #amateurphotography #photography #pixelfed #mastoart #fediphoto #dailypicture #dailyphoto #darktable
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What’s that spiky critter? It’s the lowland streaked #tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus). This mammal’s yellow and black quills provide protection from predators, but also serve as a means of communication! The lowland streaked tenrec can rattle its quill tips together, producing a high-pitched sound that’s thought to signal others of its kind.