Photos of the month: August

Mr Lordi of the Finnish hard rock band Lordi receives the second dose the COVID-19 vaccination in an event organized in Rovaniemi, Finland August 1, 2021. Lehtikuva/Jouni Porsanger via REUTERS

Iraqi Shi’ite Muslims perform the torch procession during a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi’ite Muslim calendar, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Locals evacuate the area with their animals as a wildfire rages in the suburb of Thrakomakedones, north of Athens, Greece, August 7, 2021. Greece, in the grip of its worst heatwave in three decades, saw more than 500 wildfires across the country. Hundreds of houses and businesses were destroyed. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves

Beirut’s port area is seen from the air, almost a year after an explosion caused by a huge quantity of ammonium nitrate kept at the port for years killed more than 200 people and wounded thousands, in Lebanon, August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Imad Creidi

A hyena stands chained to its handler at a circus in Gabasawa, Kano State, Nigeria, July 27, 2021. Hyenas are often viewed as repulsive and sinister, partly due to their scavenging habits in the wild, but in northern Nigeria some men keep the creatures in their homes, display them at festivals and even use their dung to make remedies.  REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde