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Water lilies form small islands on Mattheiser Pond. where the water level has dropped and the shoreline is nearly dry following several days of prolonged dry weather, in Trier, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (Harald Tittel/dpa via AP)

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A gray heron crouches among water lilies while searching for prey in Mattheiser Pond, where the water level has dropped and the shoreline is nearly dry following several days of prolonged dry weather, in Trier, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (Harald Tittel/dpa via AP)

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FILE - The Statue of Liberty is visible through haze due to Canadian wildfire smoke during sunset Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

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FILE - The sun is obscured by wildfire smoke as people stop to photograph the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, July 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

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Durian farmer Kie Kim Hwa stands beside a weather and climate sensor station overlooking Penang Island in Balik Pulau, Malaysia, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)