Photos of the Week: 2/13-2/19
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180 law clerks line the stairs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in anticipation of the arrival of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's casket at the court building on February 19, 2016 in Washington, DC., Justice Scalia will lie in repose in the Great Hall of the high court where visitors will pay their respects. #
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A worker inspects wheels of parmesan cheese at storehouse belonging to the 4 Madonne Caseificio dell'Emilia dairy cooperative in Modena, Italy, on February 16, 2016. When parmesan prices proved too volatile for Italy's strained banks a dairy cooperative near Bologna came up with a novel solution to its funding needs: bonds backed by wheels of cheese. But 4 Madonne Caseificio dell'Emilia remains an exception among small businesses struggling to get long-term funds in Italy, where a credit crunch risks holding back a fragile economic recovery after more than a decade of stagnation. #
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Children ride on the outside of the Taksim-Tunel tramway as it makes its way down Istiklal Street on February 17, 2016, in Istanbul, Turkey. The traditional trams that serviced the famous shopping street were taken out of service in 1961 and replaced with buses. After Istiklal Street became a pedestrian street the trams were restored and reintroduced in 1990. Although popular with tourists the tramways are still used for commuting and allow people to avoid the steep walk from the Golden Horn to the top of Taksim Square. #
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An attendee tries to get a glimpse of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as he arrives for a campaign stop in Walterboro, South Carolina, on February 17, 2016. #
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Model feebee sits in an art installation titled “Dazzle room” made by artist Shigeki Matsuyama at Room 32 fashion and design exhibition in Tokyo, on February 19, 2016. Matsuyama’s installation features a strong contrast of black and white, inspired by dazzle camouflage used mainly in World War I. #
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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Krill poses among penguins at the Bellingshausen station at King George Island of Waterloo, Antarctica, on February 17, 2016. #
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Firefighters work at a scene of fire from an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, on February 17, 2016. A large explosion, believed to have been caused by a bomb, killed 28 people and injured 61 in the Turkish capital, according to media reports. #
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Whirling Dervishes perform a Sema Ceremony on February 13, 2016, in Konya, Turkey. The Sema Ceremony is performed by members of the Mevlevi Order or more famously known as Whirling Dervishes, due to the whirling performed during the ceremony. The Mevlevi Order of Dervishes was founded by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi. Rumi, whose religion was love, was one of the worlds most read poets, and after his death in 1273 the order was continued by his sons and grandsons. Today pilgrims come from across Turkey and overseas to visit Konya and the site of Rumi's tomb, one of Turkey's most visited tourist attractions. Despite the Mevlevi Order being shut down and made illegal in 1925 by the new Turkey Republic, today the Whirling Dervishes are the symbol of Turkey's tourism campaigns. In 2008, the Sema Ceremony was confirmed by UNESCO as amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. #
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People dance in a club before running in “Cupid's Undie Run” to raise money for charity on February 13, 2016, in Washington, DC. Participants run in their Valentine's-themed underwear, raising funds for the Children's Tumor Foundation. The high temperature on Saturday reached 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-6.6 Celsius). #
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A policeman chases angry supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, near his party headquarters, in Kampala, Uganda, on February 19, 2016. Police in Uganda arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye at his party's headquarters Friday after heavily armed police surrounded the building and fired tear gas and stun grenades at his supporters who took to the streets. #
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A French Air Force’s Dassault Rafale flies during a preview aerial display of the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Center in Singapore on February 14, 2016. #
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Uganda's leading opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party receives a turkey from a supporter during campaign stop in Jinja, in eastern Uganda, on February 12, 2016, ahead of the February 18 presidential election. #
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Men wearing high heeled shoes take part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest number of people running in high heels on February 14, 2016, in Melbourne, Australia. The World's Largest High Heel Race 2016 raised funds for the The Warwick Cancer Foundation. #
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An H-2A rocket carrying the ASTRO-H satellite, developed in collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, and other groups, lifts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on February 17, 2016. Japan successfully launched the observation satellite on February 17, tasked with studying mysterious black holes, the country's space agency said. #
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French art professor Abraham Poincheval sits on a ship mast platform in Rennes, western France, on February 16, 2016, where he plans to meditate and write on questions of perspective as part of an art installation. The platform is 12 meters high and the size of a single bed, and he brought food, clothes and a sleeping bag for his one-week stay. He has done similar performance art projects in and around small, unusual spaces. #
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Ugandan policemen arrest a protester on February 19, 2016, in Kampala as presidential and parliamentary votes were disrupted in the capital by the late arrival of ballot boxes and papers, angry demonstrations by frustrated voters, and police using tear gas. #
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Australian surfer Jarryd Foster drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, on February 19, 2016. The Praia do Norte beach has become a famous beach for big waves surfers around the world since Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara set a world record for the largest wave surfed in 2011. #
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A view of multifamily buildings decorated by painter Roberto Mamani and built by a housing program of Bolivia's President Evo Morales' government in El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, on February 15, 2016. #
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A fighter from the pro-government Popular Mobilization units covers his ears as he sets off a rocket launcher in the village of Taz Khurmatu, on the southern outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, as they try to recapture the nearby village of al-Bashir from ISIS jihadists on February 16, 2016. #
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A Nepalese Hindu devotee sprinkles holy water as he is carried in a vessel during Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, on February 19, 2016. During this festival, devotees recite holy scriptures dedicated to Hindu goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to get a good husband while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a month-long fast. #
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Police (right) spray tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to prevent a gold mine from being built in an ecologically pristine area in the Black Sea region, during a protest outside the premises of the Cengiz Holding conglomerate on February 17, 2016 in Ankara, Turkey. #
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Australian dog trainer and former surfing champion Chris de Aboitiz rides a wave with his dogs Millie (top) and Rama, off Sydney's Palm Beach, on February 18, 2016. #
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Fourteen-year-old supporters Kaylie Kilpatrick (center) and her friend James Hanna pose dress like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Sumter, South Carolina, on February 17, 2016. #
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Iraqis returning to Iraq from Europe kiss the ground at Baghdad International Airport on February 18, 2016. More than 100 Iraqi migrants, who sought for a better life in Europe, returned home on Thursday—some returned because they were homesick, and others returned because they didn't find jobs in Europe, migrants said. #
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