Electronic music fans attend day 2 of the 2022 Veld Music Festival in Downsview Park, Toronto, July 30, 2022. The event is back after a 2-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. Also know as 'Veld', the festival is the largest of electronic dance music in Canada and has attracted crowds numbering in the tens of thousands every year since its inception in 2012.
The crowd is reflected in Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry's sunglasses during the Raptors NBA Championship parade, Toronto, Monday, June 17, 2019. An estimated 1.5 million fans attended the parade to celebrate the Raptors first NBA title after a 4-2 victory over the Golden State Warriors. It was also the first time the title was won by a non-US team.
Masqueraders relax moments before going on stage to showcase the new costumes designed for the 2017 Toronto Caribbean Carnival, during the band's launch party at the Boss Club, Markham, Saturday, April 22, 2017. About 10,000 masqueraders and 11 bands are expected to participate in the parade this year.
A homeless man refreshes himself inside a water fountain at Rossio Square, Lisbon, August 2nd, 2018. A heatwave hit Portugal and Spain producing near-record breaking temperatures. Thermometers approached 46 degrees Celsius and Portugal issued red alerts for extreme heat for more than half the country.
Monica Forrester, the program coordinator at Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project, speaks emotionally during a memorial service for Alloura Wells, a trans woman who had gone missing and was then found dead in one of the city’s woodland ravines, Toronto, Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Forrester, a trans woman herself, has long advocated for transgender people.
Lebanese army and Hezbollah members inspect the damage caused by two suicide bombs in a busy area of Beirut's southern district of Bourj al-Barajneh. The twin blasts that killed 45 and wounded more than 200 were claimed by the Islamic State. The explosions were the first attacks in more than a year to target a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon, and came at a time when the group is stepping up its involvement in the Syrian civil war.