“Poopootovs” fly in Caracas protests, a Ferrari races a Roman chariot in Italy, flooding in Quebec, celebrating Buddha’s birthday in Thailand, a hailstorm on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards, and much more.
Photos of the Week: 5/6–5/12
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Workers finish to prepare the exhibition 'SUPPORT' by Lorenzo Quinn, during the 57th Biennale Arte on May 11, 2017 in Venice, Italy. The 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia will be open to the public from the June 13 to November 26, 2017. #
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Artists take part in the reenactment of the Battle of Puebla - Mexico's victory over France in 1862 - during the anniversary celebration at the Penon de los Banos neighbourhood in Mexico City, on May 5, 2017. Although in 1863 France finally took the Mexican capital and installed a five-year regime led by Emperor Maximilian, the Battle of Puebla's importance lies in that it strengthened the Mexican spirit after it prevented Napoleon III from conquering the country in a first attempt. #
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People carrying portraits of deceased relatives who took part in World War Two, march in a parade during Victory Day commemorations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on May 9, 2017. #
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The red carpet at the arrivals area of the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards ceremony is covered by hailstones following a storm, forcing the ceremony to move indoors, in Los Angeles, California, on May 7, 2017. #
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Venezuelan opposition activists march in Caracas on May 6, 2017. Thousands of women dressed in white marched in Venezuela's capital on Saturday to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, whose authority is being increasingly challenged by protests and deadly unrest. #
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A recently painted mural by British graffiti artist Banksy, depicting a workman chipping away at one of the stars on a European Union themed flag, in Dover, England, on May 8, 2017. #
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Sheep stand in front of Stanbrook Abbey Church on May 8, 2017 in Wass, England. Stanbrook Abbey is located in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and claims to be the world's first environmentally friendly nunnery. In 2016, the church won the 2016 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Award for Yorkshire and the Presidents' Award for new church building. Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios at a total cost of 7.5M GBP ($9.7 million US), it features solar panels, rainwater harvesting and a sedum roof. It is home to 20 nuns of the Benedictine order Conventus of Our Lady of Consolation. #
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A Syrian government forces' MiG-23 fighter-bomber drops a payload during a reported air strike in the rebel-held area of Qabun, east of the capital Damascus, on May 6, 2017. #
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A long exposure image of Buddhists carrying candles as they pray during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on May 10, 2017. #
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A woman walks with her dog in snowfall in Podolye village, 70 km (43 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 11, 2017. North winds brought snow to the east of the St.Petersburg region. #
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Farmers rest after harvesting potatoes in Achica Arriva, Bolivia, on May 8, 2017. IIn the Altiplano, western region of Bolivia, farmers rush the harvest before the arrival of the winter frost. #
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Thousands of demonstrators raise white headscarves that the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo wear to symbolize the diapers once used by their disappeared children, as they march to Plaza de Mayo square in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 10, 2017 to protest the application to those charged with human rights crimes of the "2-for-1" law reducing prison sentences by two days for each day a suspect spent in pretrial detention. Argentina's Congress on Wednesday passed a law preventing the early release of inmates convicted of human rights crimes committed during their country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship. #
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The Doppler on Wheels (DOW) vehicle scans a supercell thunderstorm during a tornado research mission, on May 8, 2017 in Elbert County near Agate, Colorado. Doppler on Wheels (DOW) is a mobile doppler radar mounted on a truck that brings instruments directly into storms, allowing scientists to scan storms and tornadoes and make 3-D maps of wind and debris. With funding from the National Science Foundation and other government grants, scientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research try to get close to supercell storms and tornadoes trying to better understand tornado structure and strength, how low-level winds affect and damage buildings, and to learn more about tornado formation and prediction. #
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Anti-government protesters work together to aim a giant slingshot holding a glass bottle of fecal matter, at security forces blocking their march from reaching the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 10, 2017. Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro tried to march to the Supreme Court to protest its decision to gut the opposition-controlled congress of its powers _ a ruling that was quickly rescinded under a barrage of international criticism but that set off weeks of political unrest that have left some three dozen killed. #
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In this May 10, 2017 photo, Bolivarian National Guards shield themselves from a jar of fecal matter thrown at them by anti-government protesters in Caracas, Venezuela. #
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An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter flies in front of a wall of fire during the South Carolina National Guard Air and Ground Expo at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, on May 6, 2017. #
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Supporters of Moon Jae-in, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, light up with their mobile phones during his election campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea, on May 8, 2017. Moon Jae-in won the election, and has begun his five-year term as president. #
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Opposition supporters rally against President Nicolas Maduro with a bottle filled with feces, called "Poopootovs", which is a play on Molotov cocktails, before throwing it at security forces during protests, in addition to the usual rocks and petrol bombs, in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 10, 2017. #
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Press photographers take a photo lying on the stone blocks of the Red Square during a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade on May 7, 2017, in Moscow, Russia. #
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In this May 6, 2017 photo provided by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge smoke rises from a wildfire east of Fargo, Georgia, Firefighters were battling Sunday to prevent the fire from spreading, authorities said. #
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Ferrari driver Fabio Barone steers his Ferrari 458 Italia during a race against a Roman chariot drawn by two horses on the "Ben Hur" movie set at Cinecitta World amusement park on May 11, 2017 in Castel Romano near Rome. #
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