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Daily life around the world, in photos

2026-08-30 01:48 Last Updated At:01:51

A look at everyday moments across countries, cultures and communities worldwide.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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People enjoy a nice view on rainbow, backdropped by the GUM state shop, left, the St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, walking in Red Square during the golden hour in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People enjoy a nice view on rainbow, backdropped by the GUM state shop, left, the St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, walking in Red Square during the golden hour in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Mohammed Al-Sarsak, 16, makes a kite inside the tent where he lives in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mohammed Al-Sarsak, 16, makes a kite inside the tent where he lives in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A woman walks on a sidewalk at Islamic Revolution street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman walks on a sidewalk at Islamic Revolution street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman and children write wishes on cards along a wishing alley of Bei Shan Da Yuan, a historical and culture attractions spot in Zhuhai in south China's Guangdong province, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman and children write wishes on cards along a wishing alley of Bei Shan Da Yuan, a historical and culture attractions spot in Zhuhai in south China's Guangdong province, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Alfonso Pino trims a customer's hair in his salon in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alfonso Pino trims a customer's hair in his salon in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fairgoers ride the giant slide, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Fairgoers ride the giant slide, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

A man takes a closer look at a sea creature bought from local fishers' catch on the beach of Rongshanliao village on southern China's Hainan province on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A man takes a closer look at a sea creature bought from local fishers' catch on the beach of Rongshanliao village on southern China's Hainan province on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A woman dances as conga musicians play in the streets of Old Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman dances as conga musicians play in the streets of Old Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Ahmed Fakhoury, 27, uses a pottery wheel to make clay pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Ahmed Fakhoury, 27, uses a pottery wheel to make clay pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

People search for gold at a mining site in Iga-Barrière, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

People search for gold at a mining site in Iga-Barrière, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

A tourist wearing a hat poses for a photograph on the rocky Areios Pagos Hill next to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A tourist wearing a hat poses for a photograph on the rocky Areios Pagos Hill next to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Yakoub Durak stacks wood into a pile at a charcoal production site in a forest in Kocaeli province, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. 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. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Yakoub Durak stacks wood into a pile at a charcoal production site in a forest in Kocaeli province, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. 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. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A woman begs for money at Maidan metro entrance during an air raid alarm in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman begs for money at Maidan metro entrance during an air raid alarm in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Yusuke Fujii, a worker at Kurosawa Sangyo Co., a tire recycling company, cools off in the "Dohiyemon BOX," a personal cooling unit dubbed a "human refrigerator," on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Chikusei, north of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Yusuke Fujii, a worker at Kurosawa Sangyo Co., a tire recycling company, cools off in the "Dohiyemon BOX," a personal cooling unit dubbed a "human refrigerator," on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Chikusei, north of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Rocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Women smoke waterpipes as they sit by the Litani River in the village of Qaaqaaiet al-Jisr, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Women smoke waterpipes as they sit by the Litani River in the village of Qaaqaaiet al-Jisr, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

A man stands on a boat over a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama's Caribbean coast, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A man stands on a boat over a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama's Caribbean coast, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People enjoy a nice view on rainbow, backdropped by the GUM state shop, left, the St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, walking in Red Square during the golden hour in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People enjoy a nice view on rainbow, backdropped by the GUM state shop, left, the St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, walking in Red Square during the golden hour in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Mohammed Al-Sarsak, 16, makes a kite inside the tent where he lives in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mohammed Al-Sarsak, 16, makes a kite inside the tent where he lives in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A woman walks on a sidewalk at Islamic Revolution street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman walks on a sidewalk at Islamic Revolution street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman and children write wishes on cards along a wishing alley of Bei Shan Da Yuan, a historical and culture attractions spot in Zhuhai in south China's Guangdong province, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman and children write wishes on cards along a wishing alley of Bei Shan Da Yuan, a historical and culture attractions spot in Zhuhai in south China's Guangdong province, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Alfonso Pino trims a customer's hair in his salon in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alfonso Pino trims a customer's hair in his salon in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fairgoers ride the giant slide, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Fairgoers ride the giant slide, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

A man takes a closer look at a sea creature bought from local fishers' catch on the beach of Rongshanliao village on southern China's Hainan province on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A man takes a closer look at a sea creature bought from local fishers' catch on the beach of Rongshanliao village on southern China's Hainan province on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A woman dances as conga musicians play in the streets of Old Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman dances as conga musicians play in the streets of Old Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Ahmed Fakhoury, 27, uses a pottery wheel to make clay pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Ahmed Fakhoury, 27, uses a pottery wheel to make clay pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

People search for gold at a mining site in Iga-Barrière, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

People search for gold at a mining site in Iga-Barrière, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

A tourist wearing a hat poses for a photograph on the rocky Areios Pagos Hill next to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A tourist wearing a hat poses for a photograph on the rocky Areios Pagos Hill next to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Yakoub Durak stacks wood into a pile at a charcoal production site in a forest in Kocaeli province, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. 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. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Yakoub Durak stacks wood into a pile at a charcoal production site in a forest in Kocaeli province, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. 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. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A woman begs for money at Maidan metro entrance during an air raid alarm in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman begs for money at Maidan metro entrance during an air raid alarm in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Yusuke Fujii, a worker at Kurosawa Sangyo Co., a tire recycling company, cools off in the "Dohiyemon BOX," a personal cooling unit dubbed a "human refrigerator," on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Chikusei, north of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Yusuke Fujii, a worker at Kurosawa Sangyo Co., a tire recycling company, cools off in the "Dohiyemon BOX," a personal cooling unit dubbed a "human refrigerator," on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Chikusei, north of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Rocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Women smoke waterpipes as they sit by the Litani River in the village of Qaaqaaiet al-Jisr, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Women smoke waterpipes as they sit by the Litani River in the village of Qaaqaaiet al-Jisr, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

A man stands on a boat over a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama's Caribbean coast, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A man stands on a boat over a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama's Caribbean coast, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa gave New Zealand its first defeat of the year by 33-26 and evened their four-test series at 1-1 at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

The Springboks, over the whitewash in just the second minute, scored all three of their tries in the first half to build a pressure-inducing 24-14 lead by halftime.

Goalkicker Cheslin Kolbe converted them all plus four penalties to keep his side in control on the scoreboard. Kolbe was named the player of the match. He has made all 11 of his shots at the posts in the series.

New Zealand scored more tries — four — but struggled against the rush defense, in the breakdowns and lineouts.

The scrum was the primary hotspot in the first test but it was the lineout where South Africa made a big difference. Lineout mauls platformed two of their tries, and three attacking throw-ins by the All Blacks were spoiled by Eben Etzebeth, who made one steal.

The teams return to Johannesburg for the third test next Saturday.

The All Blacks came into the match still perfect under new coach Dave Rennie after wins in four tests and four matches against South African franchises, but they were set back in Cape Town after just 102 seconds.

South Africa mauled a lineout for 15 meters into the New Zealand 22 and forwards Deon Fourie, Jasper Wiese and Siya Kolisi crashed up and center Jesse Kriel crashed over beside the posts.

From a midfield lineout, quick hands by New Zealand released winger Will Jordan, who slipped tackles by Kriel and Damian de Allende and put scrumhalf Cam Roigard in.

An offside penalty was slotted by Kolbe, who also converted a try by de Allende that began from another 15-meter lineout maul. South Africa led 17-7.

New Zealand's Jordie Barrett just missed a chargedown try but an Ardie Savea break off the back of a lineout led to fullback Damian McKenzie angling untouched into the right corner. The gap was back to three again after 30 minutes.

Kolbe made up for a shanked line kick when he chased a Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu chip and forced a five-meter scrum in the 36th.

Boks coach Rassie Erasmus immediately replaced Fourie, the oldest Springbok test player at 39, and loosehead prop Gerhard Steenekamp with Malcolm Marx, the 2025 world player of the year, and Ox Nché, playing his 50th test. New Zealand held but South Africa played quick pick and goes and Kolisi busted through to help his side lead 24-14 into halftime.

After the break, New Zealand gave away penalties, including two turnovers by Marx, and Kolbe kicked South Africa 30-14 ahead with 30 minutes to go.

It took New Zealand nearly 20 minutes to reply when winger Leroy Carter darted in. Savea’s 33rd test try and Love's extras gave New Zealand a sniff, boosted by a yellow card to South Africa lock Lood de Jager.

But in the final attack after the fulltime hooter, Jordan was overturned by South Africa's Cameron Hanekom.

See AP’s full rugby coverage here

South Africa's Eben Etzebeth, top right, wins a line out against New Zealand's Fabian Holland during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

South Africa's Eben Etzebeth, top right, wins a line out against New Zealand's Fabian Holland during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

South Africa's Damian Willemse, center, is being tackled by New Zealand's Luke Jacobson, right, and his teammate George Bower during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

South Africa's Damian Willemse, center, is being tackled by New Zealand's Luke Jacobson, right, and his teammate George Bower during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

South Africa's Jesse Kriel, left, scores a try as New Zealand's captain Ardie Savea tries to defend during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

South Africa's Jesse Kriel, left, scores a try as New Zealand's captain Ardie Savea tries to defend during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

South Africa's captain Siya Kolisi celebrates with his teammate after scoring a try during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

South Africa's captain Siya Kolisi celebrates with his teammate after scoring a try during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

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