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A meteor visible over the Matka mountain, near the Macedonian capital Skopje Photograph: Georgi Licovski/EPA The Guardian

A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over Stonehenge Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters The Guardian

A meteor streaks across the sky against a field of stars above Grazalema, southern Spain Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images The Guardian

A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over Leeberg hill in Grossmugl, north of Vienna, Austria Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters The Guardian

A long exposure image across the night sky over Bukelon castle near the village of Matochina, Bulgaria Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA The Guardian

A Perseid meteor illuminates the sky over Nanning, China Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features The Guardian

The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris left by comet Swift-Tuttle meteor streaks past stars during the Perseid meteor shower over El Torcal nature park reserve in the southern Spanish town of Antequera, near Malaga Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters The Guardian

A man marooned by flood waters, alongside his livestock, waves towards an Army helicopter for relief handouts in the Rajanpur district of Pakistan's Punjab province on August 9, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) The Boston Globe

The burnt-out trunk of a tree is seen in a forest near a village of Zdorovie, Russia on August 10, 2010. (VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images The Boston Globe

A small dog wears a face mask for protection against forest fire smoke in Moscow on August 10, 2010. (VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images The Boston Globe

A view looking down at a full water bucket suspended below a helicopter before it is released over a forest fire near the settlement of Kustarevka, Russia on August 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov) The Boston Globe

A Russian Emergency Ministry Mi-26 helicopter lifts a bucket of water to drop onto a burning forest near the village of Plotava, Russia on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev The Boston Globe

A Russian man works to stop a fire near the village of Dolginino on August 4, 2010. (ARTYOM KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images The Boston Globe

Light shines through forest fire smoke near a Russian Orthodox church 30km from Moscow in Zelenaya Sloboda late on August 3, 2010. (ARTYOM KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images) The Boston Globe

A burning forest is seen near village Dolginino, Russia on August 4, 2010. (ARTYOM KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images The Boston Globe

Un soldado que opera la ametralladora pesada en un helicóptero UH-60 Black Hawk en la base militar de Kandahar, Afganistán muestra su casco con una leyenda atemorizante. (AFP) La nación, Argentina

Pakistani flood survivors cross a bridge near a damaged home in Medain, a town of Swat valley on August 2, 2010. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) The Boston Globe

A Pakistani volunteer uses a small boat to evacuate locals in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 30, 2010. (A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) The Boston Globe