Week in pictures: A look at the most compelling photos from around the world

A F16V prepares for an evening take off as part of a combat readiness mission at the airbase in Hualien, Taiwan, August 17, 2022. (REUTERS)

People shelter with an umbrella in the rain in London, Wednesday Aug. 17, 2022.. After weeks of sweltering weather, which has caused drought and left land parched, the Met Office's yellow thunderstorm warning forecasts torrential rain and thunderstorms that could hit parts England and Wales. (AP)

A view of the peninsula of Sirmione, on Garda lake, Italy, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Lake Garda water level has dropped critically following severe drought resulting in rocks to emerge around the Sirmione Peninsula. (AP)

Mumbai: Devotees pray before they form a human pyramid to break the 'dahi handi', an earthen pot filled with curd suspended in the air, as part of celebrations of 'Janmashtami' festival, at Dadar in Mumbai, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (PTI Photo)

A boy cools off in a public fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Hot weather has set in with temperatures rising up to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit) in Lithuania. AP/PTI

A Polish soldier stands on a wharf by the contaminated water of Oder river during sunset in the village of Widuchowa, Poland August 17, 2022. (REUTERS)

An Afghan woman walks with her children on the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022. (REUTERS)

Residents walk next to their donkeys carrying wood in the village of Bulla Hagar in northern Kenya Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. (AP Photo)

This photo provided by the French Navy shows rescue workers rescuing a sailing family after the storm in Revelatta, Corsica island, Friday, Aug.19, 2022. The storm produced gusts of more than 220 kph (136 mph) in some areas Thursday. About 45,000 households were without power in the Mediterranean island of Corsica, where at least five people were killed and dozens of people were injured.(AP)

Amalie Garcia, 54, stands next to The Dolmen of Guadalperal, a megalithic monument that emerged due to drought at the Valdecanas reservoir in El Gordo, western Spain, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. In the wake of three heatwaves and little rain in sight, Spain's reservoirs are getting emptier by the week, and not just in traditionally more arid southern part of the country. Spain's drought began early in the year after the country suffered its second driest winter in more than 60 years, according to the government. (AP Photo)