An open-air hotel room in the Swiss Alps, a mass wedding in China, Comey testifies in Washington, D.C., Lord Buckethead and others vie for votes in the UK, storms and wildfires in South Africa, and much more
Photos of the Week: 6/3–6/9
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, viewed on a screen by participants of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, speaks during a session in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 2, 2017. #
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A woman rides a zipline from the second story of the Eiffel Tower, 115 meters above the ground and 800 meters long, as part of a free event in Paris, France, on June 4, 2017. #
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A hearse carrying the coffin of Eilidh MacLeod draped in the Barra flag is driven across Traigh Mhor beach at Barra airport, after it arrived by chartered plane on June 4, 2017 in Barra, Scotland. The body of the Manchester bomb victim was flown home to the devastated community on the island of Barra ahead of her funeral. The 14-year-old was among 22 people who died in the terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande concert on May 22, which also left dozens injured. #
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Republican U.S. Senator Joni Ernst leads more than 300 bikers riding between Des Moines and Boone during her 3rd Annual Roast and Ride in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 3, 2017. #
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A man dressed in US military uniform pays tribute to a soldier during commemorations marking the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the June 6, 1944, landings of Allied forces in Normandy at the American cemetery on June 06, 2017 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. #
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Artist Niall Jones performs in front of the light installation 'Staging: Lighting Wall 1' by New York-based artist Maria Hassabi during the press preview of the Documenta 14, an exhibition of contemporary art, in Kassel, Germany, on June 9, 2017. #
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Firemen fight a blaze in the Kranshoek area in South Africa on June 7, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said. #
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A giant scaffolding sculpture with an image of Britain's Prime Minister wearing the Union Flag and making a rude gesture towards continental Europe is seen on top of the cliffs overlooking the south coast of England and the Channel, on June 5, 2017. #
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An Indian boy sorts through garbage next to a greater adjutant stork at a large dump in the northeastern state of Assam in Guwahati on June 4, 2017, on the eve of World Environment Day. #
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"Sophia" an artificially intelligent human-like robot developed by Hong Kong-based humanoid robotics company Hanson Robotics is pictured during the "AI for Good" Global Summit hosted at the International Telecommunication Union on June 7, 2017, in Geneva. #
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Thousands of torches are placed in terraced fields by villagers during a local festival praying for good harvest at Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, on June 3, 2017. #
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Hunter Strickland of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies during the bottom seventh inning as fans shield their eyes from the setting sun at Citizens Bank Park on June 3, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. #
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A visitor takes a photo of Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama's 1500 stainless steel balls installation titled 'Narcissus Garden 2017' during a media preview at National Gallery Singapore on June 6, 2017 in Singapore. #
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A man hands a child to a security guard from Iran's parliament building after an assault by several attackers, in Tehran, Iran, on June 7, 2017. Suicide bombers and gunmen stormed into Iran's parliament and targeted the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday, killing 17 and wounding dozens of other people in rare twin attacks. #
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, center, stands next to candidate 'Lord Buckethead', as they wait for the declaration at her constituency to be made for the general election in Maidenhead, England, on June 9, 2017. Lord Buckethead won 249 votes in the election. Also visible, at left (red, fuzzy), is the 'Give Me Back Elmo Party' candidate. #
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Security personnel clean decorations on a House of Culture at the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China, on May 12, 2017. #
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This portrait taken on June 8, 2017, shows evacuee Emmalyn Yorong, 37, with her son Junardo inside a room from a friend's house in Baloi, on the southern island of Mindanao, Philippines. "Ma please feed me. Please ma, I am so hungry," 3-year-old Junardo Yorong's tone of voice that day wasn't any more of a typical entreaty to his mother Emmalyn, 37 but more like a sound of desperation. Nearly 200 people have been reported killed since militants flying black flags of the Islamic State group went on a rampage in Marawi, the main Muslim city in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, on May 23. #
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The 2017 NASA Astronaut Class at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left are Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Robb Kulin, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, Raji Chari, Loral O' Hara, and Jessica Watkins. #
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Iraqis stand in line to receive food aid in western Mosul's Zanjili neighborhood on June 7, 2017, during ongoing battles as Iraqi forces try to retake the city from ISIS fighters. #
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Raphael and Mirjam (right) pose as first guests in the bedroom of the Null-Stern-Hotel (Zero-star-hotel) land art installation by Swiss artists Frank and Patrik Riklin on an alp, mount Saentis, near Gonten, Switzerland, on June 1, 2017. Guests can order overnight stays in the Null-Stern-hotelroom with no walls and roof located at some 1,200 meters (3,937 ft) altitude in the eastern Swiss Alps. #
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Syrians cross a makeshift bridge passing under the original crossing that was destroyed during the ongoing conflict, in Kalta, some 27 kilometers out on the northern outskirts of Raqqa, as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an Alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, try to advance further into the Islamist's Syrian bastion, on June 7, 2017. #
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Couples take part in a competition during a mass wedding of 64 doctoral student couples at Harbin Institute of Technology, a university in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, on June 4, 2017. #
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