Gallery icon12 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors.August 26, 2026 — 3:59pm1/12A man stands on a boat over a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama’s Caribbean coast.Credit:AP Photo/Matias Delacroix2/12Flamingo’s gather in the sun at the zoo in Cologne, Germany.Credit:AP Photo/Martin Meissner3/12Palestinian girl Miral al-Babli, who lost a leg after being injured during the war between Israel and Hamas, receives swimming training from the Heal Palestine organization at a pool in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.Credit:AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana4/12Hapoel supporters hold flares and chant during a Conference League playoff soccer match between Atalanta and Hapoel Tel-Aviv in Bergamo, Italy.Credit:Spada/LaPresse via AP5/12Low water levels impact the Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire where the normally covered bed is revealed in Woodhead, United Kingdom. England is officially in drought, with water use restrictions impacting 27 million people. Last month was the driest July ever recorded in the country since records began in 1836.Credit:Christopher Furlong/Getty Images6/12Runners compete in a 21km running race in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Credit:AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko7/12People use umbrellas to shield themselves from the scorching sun in Tokyo.Credit:AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko8/12Yakoub Durak stacks wood into a pile at a charcoal production site in a forest in Kocaeli province, Turkey. A handful of family-run producers continue the region’s traditional practice of slowly carbonizing hardwood in earthen kilns to make charcoal for barbecues and restaurants.Credit:AP Photo/Khalil Hamra9/12Musicians play in an under pass in central Kyiv.Credit:AP Photo/Francisco Seco10/12A duck is silhouetted against the setting sun in a park in Bucharest, Romania.Credit:AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru11/12Humanoid robots collided with a wall and catch fire at the end of the 100-meter race during the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China.Credit:Lintao Zhang/Getty Images12/12Elina Svitolina, of Ukraine, left, and Gael Monfils, of France, kiss after winning a mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open tennis championships.Credit:AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura