A heatwave in Europe, Ramadan in Syria, floating solar farms in China, the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, protests in Washington, D.C., and much more
Photos of the Week: 6/17–6/23
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An Indian supporter of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) wearing a black cloth tied on her face attends a protest rally in support of a separate Gorkhaland state in Darjeeling, in Mumbai, India, on June 22, 2017. Eastern India's hill resort of Darjeeling has been rattled at the height of tourist season after violent clashes broke out between police and hundreds of protesters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha—a long-simmering separatist movement that has long called for a separate state for ethnic Gorkhas in West Bengal. #
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A woman takes photos of a turtle in the waters of Daniel's Head in Somerset, Bermuda, on June 22, 2017. Many turtles were moved from the waters of the Great Sound to prevent collisions with the America's Cup boats racing nearby. #
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A fire-fighting aircraft drops water over a wildfire outside the village of Pedrogao Grande central Portugal, on June 19, 2017. More than 2,000 firefighters in Portugal battled Monday to contain major wildfires in the central region of the country, where one blaze killed dozens of people, while authorities came under mounting criticism for not doing more to prevent the tragedy. #
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An OV-10 Bronco aircraft releases a bomb during an airstrike, as government forces continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi City, Philippines, on June 20, 2017. #
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Debris and smoke are seen after an OV-10 Bronco aircraft released a bomb, during a government airstrike against insurgents from the Maute group, in Marawi city, Philippines, on June 23, 2017. #
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Stephanie Woodward, of Rochester, New York, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, is removed from a sit-in at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office as she and other disability rights advocates protest proposed funding caps to Medicaid on June 22, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. #
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A Belarus' honour guard soldier takes part in a ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, at the Brest Fortress memorial in the town of Brest, some 370 kilometers southwest of Minsk, in the early hours of June 22, 2017. #
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Laura Hunter, age 18, from Barnhill Farm, Shotts, with a Highland calf before the 177th Royal Highland Show on June 21, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Royal Highland Show is Scotland's annual farming and countryside showcase, organised by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. #
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A Somali woman walks past the scene of a suicide car bomb attack on a police station in Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 22, 2017. A number of people are dead and several others wounded in the blast in Somalia's capital, police said Thursday, adding that the bomber was trying to drive into the police station's gate but detonated against the wall instead. #
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Pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 22, 2017. Laylat al-Qadr is the night Muslims commemorate the revelation of the first verses of the Quran to their Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. #
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Ivanka Trump, daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, plays with her daughter Arabella Rose Kushner in the Rose Garden during during a Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2017. #
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A boat pulls a group of solar panels to be connected to a large floating solar farm project under construction by the Sungrow Power Supply Company on a lake created by a collapsed and flooded coal mine on June 14, 2017 in Huainan, Anhui province, China. The floating solar field, billed as the largest in the world, is built on a part of the collapsed Panji No.1 coal mine that flooded over a decade ago due to over-mining, a common occurence in deep-well mining in China's coal heartland. When finished, the solar farm will be made up of more than 166,000 solar panels that could potentially produce enough energy to power a city in Anhui province, regarded as one of the country's coal centers. Local officials say they are planning more projects like it, marking a significant shift in an area where long-term intensive coal mining has led to large areas of subsidence and environmental degradation. However, the energy transition has its challenges, primarily competitive pressure from the deeply-established coal industry that has at times led to delays in connecting solar projects to the state grid. #
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A demolition machine wrecks a wall with an image depicting the World Trade Center Towers in New York, of an old five-story apartment building that is demolished as part of the city authorities' project in Moscow, Russia, on June 20, 2017. #
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stands under heavy rain during a minute of silence, as he takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, on June 22, 2017, marking the 76th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. #
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Syrian residents of the rebel-held town of Douma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, break their fast with the "Iftar" meal on a heavily damaged street, on June 18, 2017, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. #
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In this June 18, 2017 photo, the damaged section of the USS Fitzgerald is seen at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo. The U.S. Navy has identified the seven sailors who died when their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday. #
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A girl stands next to a sculpture in a children's playground in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kiev on June 21, 2017 as Europe sizzled in a continent-wide heatwave. #
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Vincent and Lindsey Mercado and their children walk past an overturned truck and weather damaged homes in the Hyda Hills neighborhood in Bellevue, Nebraska, on June 17, 2017. A severe weather front passed through the area the previous evening. #
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