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Australia’s Georgia Godwin on the uneven bars in the women’s artistic gymnastics final. The 28-year-old led the Australian squad to victory, winning gold.

In this image captured by an underwater robotic camera, Asutralia’s Col Pearse competes in the men’s 100m butterfly S10 heats at Tollcross International Swimming Centre.

Cologne, Germany

The ‘Kölner Lichter’ fireworks display lights up the sky over the Rhine

London, UK

Young stags in Richmond Park are silhouetted against the moon, approaching its full buck moon phase 

Zermatt, Switzerland

Rope parties climb the Breithorn from the Matterhorn glacier paradise on a warm summer day in Zermatt

Malang, Indonesia

Olive ridley turtle hatchlings swim out to sea upon their release, having completed the three-month quarantine process at Bajulmati Sea turtle conservation in East Java. The greatest threats to wild sea turtles are poaching for their shells and eggs, high levels of plastic waste in the oceans and coastal development

Nanjing, China

Tourists visit Xuanwu Lake Park in Jiangsu Province to view blooming lotus flowers

Lacanau, France

Boats are moored as a wildfire burns in a forested area in the Gironde after a heatwave and water shortages across much of France

Tasman Arc: Nightscapes honourable mention

Atop Australia’s tallest sea cliffs, the aurora australis arcs across the sky, its curtain sweeping down as if to touch the Tasman Island.

Celestial Dolphin: Deep Sky honourable mention

This emission nebula created by the WR star EZ Canis Majoris is a stunning doubly ionised oxygen (Oiii) object. It was formed by the intense stellar winds generated by EZ Canis Majoris as it enters the final stages of its life.

Tokyo, Japan

A child runs in front of an illuminated apartment building on a housing estate in Kōtō

Muted Ember by Yue Sun (China)

Sonder by Adam Lin (UK)

Hong Kong, China

Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong’s highest peak, photographed from Tsing Yi. Standing at an elevation of 957 metres, Tai Mo Shan is an extinct volcano and a popular hiking spot

New Jersey, US

The skyline of lower Manhattan is reflected on the top of a monument as wildfire smoke from Canada shrouds the sun rising in New York City on Saturday

Venice, Italy: fireworks are launched from boats in St Mark’s Basin during the annual Festa del Redentore, commemorating the city’s deliverance from a devastating plague between 1575 and 1577.