2021 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Every day until Saturday, December 25, we’ll present one new image of our universe from NASA’s orbiting telescope.
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Bruno Kelly / Reuters A Crackdown on Illegal Gold Dredging in Brazil
Rumors of a gold discovery recently brought hundreds of illegal mining dredges to a river in the Amazon. Officials have set fire to more than 60 of them.
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Xie Mingfei / VCG / Getty Photos of the Week: Apple Crisp, Squirrel Tea, Floating Pumpkin
A crab migration on Christmas Island, dengue-fever outbreaks in Pakistan, a castle in eastern France, migrants crossing the English Channel, and much more
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Carlos Osorio / Reuters A Visit to Churchill, Manitoba, During Polar-Bear Season
Carlos Osorio, a photographer with Reuters, has spent the past week in Churchill, Manitoba, taking photos of polar bears, the town, and the frigid landscape.
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Emilio Morenatti / AP Buried in Volcanic Ash, Scenes from the Canary Islands
Millions of cubic meters of fallen ash now blanket much of the landscape near the eruption.
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Christopher Furlong / Getty Photos of the Week: Pelican Bench, Truffle Hunter, Supply Chain
A snowstorm in Moscow, a vintage-car race in England, flooding in British Columbia, smoggy skies in India, big-wave surfing in Portugal, and much more
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Jennifer Gauthier / Reuters Record Rainfall Floods British Columbia and Washington State
Images from the Pacific Northwest, hard-hit by heavy rains
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Paul Hammett / Natural Landscape Photography Awards Winners of the 2021 Natural Landscape Photography Awards
Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photo competition
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Thilo Schmuelgen / Reuters Photos of the Week: Horse Library, Classroom Cat, Tumbling Panda
A Hindu festival in Bangladesh, snowfall in northern China, fighting in Yemen, a plane crash in Brazil, a gathering of pelicans in Israel, Bonfire Night in England, and much more
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Kyodo / Reuters Autumn Colors and Autumn Chill
One last look at the colorful beauty of this autumn, seen across the Northern Hemisphere
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Hollie Adams / Getty The Journey of Little Amal
Images of an 11-foot-tall puppet, depicting a Syrian refugee girl, that has traveled 5,000 miles in recent months
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Niranjan Shrestha / AP Photos of the Week: Goth Weekend, Dark Moon, Dead Sea
Diwali celebrations in India, a walk through a pond in Belgium, a glacier in Argentina, anti-government protests in Bangkok, a foggy sunrise over San Francisco, and much more
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Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP / Getty A Photo Trip to the Faroe Islands
Images of this rugged, treeless archipelago located in the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland
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Michelle Valberg / BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition Winners of the 2021 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
Some of the winning images from this year’s contest, showcasing the natural world
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Matthew Eisman / Getty Up Close With Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano
Recent images of visitors to Iceland’s newest volcano
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