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Photos of the Week: Night Harvest, Heavy Surf, Pumpkin Kong

A dog fashion show in the Philippines, the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, an ice cave in the French Alps, a traditional rodeo in Mexico City, and much more

By · September 11, 2026 · 4 min read
This article was originally published by The Atlantic and is republished here under license.
A person wearing a wingsuit flies overhead, with trees in the background.
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Wingsuit flyer Michael Brewer of the U.S. trial jumps off a mountain to hit a target during the 12th World Wind Loading China Grand Prix on September 10, 2026, in Zhangjiajie, China.
A person wears a giant butterfly costume during a parade.
Adam Gray / Getty
A person wears a giant butterfly costume during the annual West Indian Day Parade on September 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Two football fans, completely covered in colored glitter, cheer in the stands.
Noah Lantor / AP
Florida State students react during a stadium-wide power outage before an NCAA college football game against SMU in Tallahassee, Florida, on September 7, 2026.
A praying mantis perches on the stem of a heather plant.
Frank Hammerschmidt / DPA / Getty
A praying mantis perches on the stem of a heather plant in the Lieberose Heath in Brandenburg, Germany, on September 8, 2026.
Two basketball players from opposing teams talk on a court. One looks up at their much-taller opponent.
Ebrahim Noroozi / AP
Paige Bueckers of Team USA talks to China’s Zhang Ziyu during the Women’s Basketball World Cup match between China and the United States in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2026. The official listed height of Ziyu (age 19) is 7 feet 4 inches (223 cm).
A tourist poses for a photograph overlooking Rio de Janeiro, as the wind blows their long hair upward.
Joao Luiz Bulcao / Hans Lucas / AFP / Getty
A tourist poses for a photograph overlooking Rio de Janeiro from Corcovado, Brazil, on September 5, 2026, with Sugarloaf Mountain visible in the background.
Handlers escort a longhorn mascot onto a football field through a cloud of smoke.
Eric Gay / AP
The University of Texas mascot, Bevo, is brought onto the field by handlers for an NCAA college football game between Texas and Texas State in Austin, Texas, on September 5, 2026.
Sparks fly as a blacksmith prepares horseshoes.
Marco Ugarte / AP
A blacksmith prepares horseshoes during the annual Charro Fest, a traditional Mexican rodeo, at the Lienzo Charro Constituyentes arena in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 5, 2026.
A shepherd leading a mule stands in a stream beneath a natural tunnel through melting snow pack.
Özkan Bilgin / Anadolu / Getty
Local shepherds and villagers pass through snow tunnels measuring up to 40 meters long, formed beneath unmelted snow masses even late into the summer, to care for their livestock in the high-altitude pastures of the Bahçesaray district in Van, Turkey, on September 3, 2026.
Five tourists stand in an ice cave.
Laurent Cipriani / AP
Tourists walk in the ice cave of the Mer de Glace glacier, at Montenvers station in Chamonix, France, on September 5, 2026.
Workers take part in a nighttime grape harvest.
Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP / Getty
Workers from the Herdade das Servas winery take part in a nighttime grape harvest in Estremoz, Portugal, on September 3, 2026. Night harvesting is a strategic winemaking technique adopted mainly in regions with very hot climates, such as the Alentejo or the Douro, where summer daytime temperatures can exceed 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Harvesting grapes between sunset and sunrise offers technical advantages for wine quality and winery sustainability.
A worker guides a giant pumpkin that is being lifted in a sling by a crane.
Pavel Bednyakov / AP
A worker lifts a giant pumpkin during a weigh-in competition at the Battle of Giants harvest festival in Moscow, Russia, on September 10, 2026.
A person carves a face into a pumpkin.
Michael Bahlo / DPA / Getty
Daniel Brehmer carves a face into a pumpkin at the Klaistow Adventure Farm in Brandenburg, Germany, on September 5, 2026.
A person takes a photo of a large King Kong figure made of pumpkins.
Michael Bahlo / DPA / Getty
A visitor takes a photo of a King Kong figure made of pumpkins at the Klaistow Adventure Farm in Brandenburg on September 5, 2026.
A person with many bows in their hair poses before a parade.
Heather Khalifa / AP
A member of the Belmont Baby Dolls poses for a photo before the start of the West Indian Day Parade on September 7, 2026, in Brooklyn, New York.
A heavily-tattooed man with a blue mohawk sits beside a wall covered in colorful prints.
Leon Neal / Getty
A heavily tattooed man prepares to display his body art during the Big London Tattoo Show at ExCel London on September 5, 2026, in London, England.
A firefighter carries a pry bar, walking past many burning objects after a missile attack.
Kostiantyn Liberov / Libkos / Getty
Firefighters deal with the aftermath of a massive Russian missile and drone attack on September 8, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A toddler plays with a toy on an apartment floor, with a view through large windows of smoke rising from a fire in buildings in the distance, following a missile attack.
Vlada Liberova / Libkos / Getty
Nine-month-old Noi, the son of Ukrainian photographers Kostiantyn Liberov and Vlada Liberova, plays by a window as smoke rises outside following a Russian missile and drone attack, on September 8, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A small quad-rotor drone flies overhead, smoke trailing from its body, after being hit by a laser weapon.
Sebastian Christoph Gollnow / DPA / Getty
A commercially available drone is shot down by a high-energy laser developed by the defense start-up Ground A, demonstrated in Berlin, Germany, on September 7, 2026.
A large Amazon cargo plane sits on its nose after a crash.
David Santiago / AP
An Amazon cargo plane sits on its nose at Miami International Airport after overshooting a runway on September 7, 2026, in Miami, Florida.
A person wearing a Spider-Man costume extinguishes a wildfire with a hose.
Reina / AFP / Getty
A resident wearing a Spider-Man costume extinguishes a wildfire at Kereng Bangkirai in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, on September 9, 2026. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia and Malaysia for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra.
A large group of new police officers stand in even rows in a stadium during a graduation ceremony.
Moises Castillo / AP
New National Civil Police officers attend their graduation ceremony in Guatemala City on September 9, 2026.
A large crowd, seen from above, all reaching arms inward toward a small gap at center, where they will try to build a human pyramid.
Indranil Mukherjee / AFP / Getty
Hindu devotees prepare to form a human pyramid to break a suspended curd-pot on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, on September 5, 2026.
People form a small human pyramid to break a suspended pot during a festival on a rainy day in India.
Debarchan Chatterjee / NurPhoto / Getty
Devotees take part in a traditional pot-breaking ritual to celebrate Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, in Kolkata, India, on September 5, 2026.
An aerial view of a wave crashing against a seawall in front of a residential neighborhood.
Mario Tama / Getty
An aerial view of a Pacific Ocean wave crashing into a seawall protecting beachside homes in Long Beach, California, on September 7, 2026. Heavy surf generated by offshore Hurricane Marie, during a record-breaking period of ocean heat and an emerging El Niño, caused minor coastal flooding along the Long Beach Peninsula.
Many solar panels stand above several ponds in China, seen from above.
AFP / Getty
Solar panels stand above ponds in Yangzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, on September 9, 2026.
An overhead view of two people arranging fish to dry on long platforms
Muhammad Amdad Hossain / NurPhoto / Getty
An aerial view shows workers spreading and drying small fish on traditional bamboo racks under the sun in Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, on September 4, 2026.
A small dog wears a costume, posed in front of an arrangement of fabric objects made to look like a large feast.
Aaron Favila / AP
A dog named Hartly wears a costume during a “Dog Pawshion Show” in Manila, Philippines, on September 4, 2026.
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