Typhoon Yagi over the South China Sea
- Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves at least 40 people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
- An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
- A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.
- The Summer Paralympics close in Paris, France.