France: An athlete competes early in the morning on 2 September during the 20th Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), a 173 km route in the Alps that covers France, Italy and Switzerland. (Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP)
Switzerland: This aerial photo taken on September 2 shows players playing rugby on a floating rugby field on Lake Geneva, during the Water Rugby tournament in Lausanne, Switzerland. The three-day tournament is organized by LUC Rugby and more than 240 players in Lausanne, Western Switzerland participated in the tournament. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
Greece: Cars and houses float around in the flooded area of Volos in eastern Greece. At least one person has died after torrential rain hit the country. In addition, the area was devastated by severe wildfires weeks ago. (Photo: Eurokinissi/AFP)
USA: People in Brooklyn watch a test run of the “Tribute in Lights”, a memorial light show for the 9/11 attacks in New York. (Photo: Ed Jones/AFP)
China: A worker drains flood water on a road in Hong Kong. Record rainfall caused widespread flooding in the early hours of September 8, disrupting road and rail traffic. Days before, the city had escaped massive damage from a super typhoon. (Photo: Bertha Wang/AFP)
Palestinian Territories: People go through garbage at a landfill, while smoke from a fire in the site, east of Gaza City, wafts over the area. (Photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP)
Taiwan: Massive waves arrive in Yilan, in eastern Taiwan, as Typhoon Haikui arrives here on September 3. (Photo: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP)