August 5, 2014

An Indian rickshaw-puller transports goods along a road in heavy rain in Kolkata.

The faithful celebrate before a meeting with Pope Francis in St Peter's square at the Vatican.

Rescue workers try to help a driver out of his car stuck over an alley in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, Aug. 4, 2014.  The car rolled off the edge of a road after the driver was late with braking.

A boy sits on his father's shoulders as they cool down in the hot weather at a fountain in Tokyo, Japan.

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, plants a ceramic poppy at the Tower of London to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I.

A firefighter douses hot spots along Highway 89 near Burney, California.  Wildfires in Northern California have burned through more than 100 square miles of terrain.

An elephant immerses behind a window in the elephants' indoor pool at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany.

Orangutan Bimbo chews a stick as it relaxes at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany.

Martin Mrazek carries his surfboard along the Elbe river's channel with artificial waves in Brandys nad Labem, Czech Republic.