Photos of the Week: 6/17–6/23
A heatwave in Europe, floating solar farms in China, the America’s Cup in Bermuda, the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, and much more
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Anthony Wallace / AFP / Getty Scenes From Hong Kong, 'Pearl of the Orient'
Images of the vertical cityscape, street scenes, monuments, people, and natural landscapes of Hong Kong.
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Library of Congress Go Fly a Kite
In recognition of the warmer weather in the northern hemisphere, this is an invitation to take some time, go outside, and set a kite aloft.
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Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP / Getty Photos of the Deadly Wildfires in Portugal
Over the weekend, wildfires in central Portugal killed at least 63 people and injured 135 others.
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Armend Nimani / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: 6/10–6/16
Cosplay in Australia, the brutal Calcio Storico Fiorentino in Florence, a hyperrealistic animatronic baby in Spain, a terrible tower fire in England, and much more
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Matjaz Krivic / Getty Beauty and Color: Scenes From Ethiopia
Ethiopia is home to more than 100 million people and is composed of wildly varying landscapes and an incredible diversity of ethnic and religious groups.
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Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume Winners of the Red Bull Illume Photo Contest 2016
The winners have been announced in the 4th edition of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest photo competition.
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Federico Parra / AFP / Getty Months of Deadly Anti-Government Protests in Venezuela
Beginning on April 1, anti-government demonstrators have staged daily protests across Venezuela, leaving thousands arrested, hundreds injured, and 66 dead.
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Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters Photos of the Week: 6/3–6/9
An open-air hotel room in the Swiss Alps, Comey testifies in Washington, D.C., Lord Buckethead and others vie for votes in the UK, and much more
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NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Reuters The Best of Cassini—13 Years in Orbit Around Saturn
This September, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will take its final measurements and images as it plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere at 77,000 miles per hour, burning up high above the cloud tops.
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AP American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund
In the United States, the German American Bund, an American Nazi organization, was formed in 1936, and soon grew to have tens of thousands of members.
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Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: 5/27–6/2
A Gothic "Victorian picnic" in Leipzig, floating down a Texas river, a metal hijab band in Indonesia, and much more
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Chris McGrath / Getty Desperate Migrants Risk Everything in Deadly Mediterranean Crossings
Getty Images photographer Chris McGrath recently spent two weeks with crew members aboard the Migrant Offshore Aid Station Phoenix as they patrolled the Mediterranean.
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Matjaz Krivic / Getty Beauty and Color: Scenes From Ethiopia
Ethiopia is home to more than 100 million people and is composed of wildly varying landscapes and an incredible diversity of ethnic and religious groups.
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NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Reuters The Best of Cassini—13 Years in Orbit Around Saturn
This September, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will take its final measurements and images as it plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere at 77,000 miles per hour, burning up high above the cloud tops.
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