Photos of the Week: Mudflat Trot, Waterfall Jump, Pole Vault

Lintao Zhang / Getty Szabo Sopov Kristof of Hungary practices ahead of the 2026 IWWF World Cable Wakeboard & Wakeskate Championships at Shunyi Olympic Cable Park on August 9, 2026, in Beijing, China.

Nick Wass / AP Washington Nationals’ Dylan Crews slides into home plate to score on a single by Daylen Lile during the sixth inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds on August 8, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

Focke Strangmann / AFP / Getty Trotters compete at the first trotting race during the 90th Duhner Wattrennen horse race on the mudflats of the Elbe estuary during low tide in Cuxhaven-Duhnen, Germany, on August 9, 2026.

Huw Fairclough / Getty Horses flee ahead of approaching flames as firefighters battle wildfires on Llangynidr Moor on August 9, 2026, in Ebbw Vale, Wales.

Dipta Wahyu / Reuters A person observes a wildfire burning across a hill slope in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Probolinggo, East Java province, Indonesia, on August 9, 2026.

Amel Emric / Reuters A competitor takes part in the annual International Waterfall Jumping Competition held at Pliva Waterfall in the old town of Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on August 8, 2026.

Eloisa Lopez / Reuters People carry their belongings through an inundated village amid southwest monsoon rains in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, Philippines, on August 10, 2026.

Aaron Favila / AP A worker uses improvised floats while trying to clear a sea of garbage and debris brought by intense monsoon rains at the Redemptorist Water Channel in Parañaque city, Metro Manila, Philippines, on August 11, 2026.

Santiago Saldarriaga / AP Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, on August 10, 2026.

Rescue teams are still working to find more survivors, as time grows short.

More than 270 deaths have been confirmed following Monday’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake.

Raquel Cunha / Reuters Tamy, a search-and-rescue dog, asks its handler, Colombian Naval Infantry Castro Moreno Efren, for affection during rescue operations following an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on August 12, 2026.

Dario Cardona / AP One of the towers of Manizales Cathedral sits at an angle, partially collapsed after an earthquake struck Manizales, Colombia, on August 10, 2026.

Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Performers of Circa: Wolf , which is being staged at Underbelly Circus Hub on the Meadows, hold a photo-call on Calton Hill on August 10, 2026, in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.