A gothic "Victorian picnic" in Leipzig, floating down a Texas river, continued unrest and protest in Venezuela, a police robot marks the start of Ramadan in Dubai, a metal hijab band in Indonesia, and much more
Photos of the Week: 5/27–6/2
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A girl watches as Saen Dao, an eight-year-old female Asian elephant, and her mahout perform underwater during a show at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi south of Bangkok, Thailand, on June 1, 2017. #
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Eliot Bassett-Cann, with Moorland Studios, applies a protective coating to the sculpture of William Penn atop City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 2017. The 37-foot bronze sculpture by Alexander Milne Calder has been atop City Hall for 125 years. The sculpture's conservation project happens every ten years and takes four to five weeks to complete. #
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A woman holding a dog walks past the 37,252 flags placed on the Boston Common to honor the number of lost Massachusetts military members on May 29, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. In an annual tradition, volunteers plant tens of thousands of flags on the Boston Common for Memorial Day. #
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Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, North Carolina, embraces her son, Christian Jacobs, 6, while sitting next to the grave of her husband, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chris Jacobs, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Part of the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Sgt. Jacobs served in Afghanistan and Iraq and was killed during a training exercise in California in 2011. #
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Giant female Panda Wu Wen discovers her new enclosure during an official unveiling ceremony at Ouwehands Zoo on May 30, 2017 in Rhenen, Netherlands. Wu Wen and male panda Xing Ya have been in quarantine for six weeks after their arrival from China. #
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump pledged on the campaign trail to withdraw from the accord, which former President Barack Obama and the leaders of 194 other countries signed in 2015. The agreement is intended to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming to a manageable level. #
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Widi Rahmawati (left) and Firdda Kurnia, members of the the metal hijab band Voice of Baceprot, perform during a school's farewell event in Garut, Indonesia, on May 15, 2017. (For those interested, here's a video of VoB covering Rage Against the Machine's Guerrilla Radio) #
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The world's first operational police robot stands at attention as a military cannon is prepared to fire, marking sunset and the end of the fasting day for Muslims observing Ramadan, in Downtown Dubai on May 31, 2017. #
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South African National Defence Force and Air Force aircraft show skills and capability during a military training exercise at Roodewal Air Force base on June 1, 2017, in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. #
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A firework launched by opposition activists explodes amid a group of National Guard riot police motorcyclists during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government, in Caracas on May 31, 2017. #
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Nyibol Lual, 13 years old, helps her family to prepare the land for cultivation on May 31, 2017, in Panthau, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan. The family has a small plot of land where they cultivate sorghum. An estimated 63 per cent of the population in Northern Bahr al Ghazal is experiencing severe food insecurity, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report. The situation is particularly bad in Aweil West and Aweil South counties, where the exhaustion of household food stocks and growing dependence on financially inaccessible markets have left the population facing Emergency levels of food insecurity. #
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An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the French Guiana Space Center with two satellites onboard ViaSat-2, built by Boeing Satellite Systems for the American operator ViaSat Inc and EUTELSAT 172B, built by Airbus Defence and Space for the French operator Eutelsat, in Kourou, French Guiana, on June 1, 2017. #
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Imam Hatip religious school students wave national flags as they wait for arrival of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a graduation ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 26, 2017. #
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From left, France's first lady Brigitte Trogneux, Turkey's first lady Emine Erdogan, Luxembourg's first gentleman Gauthier Destenay, U.S. first lady Melania Trump, Slovenia's Mojca Stropnik, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Iceland's Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir, Norway's Ingrid Schulerud - Stoltenberg, Bulgaria's Desislava Radeva and Belgium's Amelie Derbaudrenghien pose for a group picture at the Royal Castle of Laeken in Brussels, May 25, 2017. #
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A wounded man lies on the ground at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan May 31, 2017. Photographer Omar Sobhani: "As I went forward, I came across a person lying on the ground. I shot four or five shots quickly and he started asking for help. I went to try to help him but security forces were arriving at the same time and pushed me back. I watched him being put into an ambulance and carried off." More from Sobhani on the incident here. #
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A plane's trail and the moon can be seen behind a Pelican, Australia's largest flying bird, as it cleans itself atop a street light on an Autumn day in the northern beaches suburb of Narrabeen in Sydney, Australia, on May 30, 2017. #
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A security guard in an empty alley way in Ogbaru Market on May 30, 2017, during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian Civil War. Nigeria on May 30 marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a civil war, amid renewed tensions and fresh calls for a separate state. The main pro-independence groups -- the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) -- called for a day of reflection. #
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IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon goes airborne and crashes near Helio Castroneves (3) during the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 28, 2017. #
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A boy sits with others as they wait to break their fast at a charity food distribution point along a road during a Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 29, 2017. #
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Performers throw molten iron against a wall to create sparks during a traditional performance ahead of the Dragon Boat festival in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, on May 29, 2017. #
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Riot security forces clash with demonstrators as a motorcycle is set on fire during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in San Cristobal, Venezuela, on May 29, 2017. #
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South African National Defence Force personnel take part in a military training exercise at Roodewal Airforce base, in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, on June 1, 2017. #
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A woman dressed in a traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt holds her cat as she take part in an embroidered shirt parade in central Kiev, Ukraine, on May 27, 2017. #
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A member of the Iraqi rapid response forces fire mortar shells towards Islamic State militants during a battle with Islamic State militants in al-Zanjili neighborhood, north of Old City district of Mosul, Iraq, on May 30, 2017. #
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