Gigantic rice bowls in Hong Kong, a basketball-playing robot in Tokyo, a chocolate gorilla in Belgium, walled cats in China, considerate drum practice in Japan, the Museum of Selfies in California, the Naked Pig Skiing Carnival in China, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Holy Week Rodeo, Volkswagen Graveyard, Soccer on an Ice Floe
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Read moreAlpacas wait in their pens before being judged at the British Alpaca Society National Show held at The International Center in Telford, Shropshire, on March 24, 2018. The two-day British Alpaca Society National Show brings together alpacas from across the country vying to be awarded the title of "Supreme Champion" in either the Huacaya or Suri fleece categories. #
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Read moreVisitors explore artist Matt Elson's infinity box, entitled "You And Me Together," at the Museum of Selfies, in Glendale, California, on March 29, 2018. The interactive pop-up museum, which explores the history and culture of the selfie phenomenon, will be open for two months starting on April 1. #
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Read moreAn art installation by the American sculptor Mark Jenkins, called "Project 84," which aims to raise awareness of male suicide rates in the United Kingdom, is seen on the roof of a building in central London, England, on March 26, 2018. #
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Read moreA dog named Golfa, dressed in a Spanish Legionnaire costume, is seen after Spanish Legionnaires carried a statue of the Christ of Mena outside a church during a ceremony ahead of the Mena brotherhood procession during Holy Week, in Malaga, Spain, on March 29, 2018. #
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Read moreFrom left, Rumford, Maine, firefighters Mark Arsenault, Ray Crockett, and Brian Lyle, along with other teammates, compete in the Masters of the Hose ski race at the Sunday River ski resort on March 25, 2018, in Newry, Maine. The 28th annual race raises money for the Sunday River Community Fund. The fund supports charitable organizations in neighboring communities. #
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Read moreStudents clash with riot police outside the Education Ministry building during a protest in Santiago, Chile, on March 27, 2018, after Chile's constitutional court struck down a law that would have banned universities operating for profit, dealing a blow to free-tuition reforms brought in by former leftwing president Michelle Bachelet. #
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Read moreA gaucho is thrown off a wild horse during the "Criolla del Prado" rodeo during Easter Week in Montevideo, Uruguay, on March 25, 2018. The traditional "jineteadas" have been a popular Holy Week tradition since 1925, and were named a national sport by Uruguayan lawmakers in 2006. #
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Read moreMen dressed as demons whip a resident during a ceremony known as Los Talciguines, as part of religious activities to mark the start of the Holy Week in Texistepeque, El Salvador, on March 26, 2018. #
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Read moreThe shadow of Air Force One, with President Donald Trump aboard, falls on a fairway at the Courses at Andrews golf course on approach to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on March 25, 2018. The president was en route to Washington, D.C., after spending the weekend in Palm Beach, Florida. #
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Read moreReacquired Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, California, on March 28, 2018. Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back about 350,000 vehicles, the automaker said in a recent court filing, and is now storing thousands of vehicles around the United States. #
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Read moreA woman contemplates the "ComingWorldRememberMe" art installation to commemorate World War I on March 29, 2018, in Ypres, Belgium. The central part of the sculpture is a large bronze egg with a glass crack, surrounded by 600,000 clay sculptures, each with a unique dog tag, representing the 600,000 lives lost in Belgium in World War I. #
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Read moreBalloons fly after being released by people who gathered to commemorate the 64 victims of a shopping-mall fire in Kemerovo on a day of national mourning in Russia, in Minsk, Belarus, on March 28, 2018. #
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Read moreA man practices with a traditional Japanese Taiko drum near a carpark in Akigase Park on March 24, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. In densely populated Tokyo, where space is limited and consideration for one's neighbors remains paramount, a carpark in a remote corner of the city provides the perfect location for a few hours of uninterrupted drumming practice. #
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Read moreSheep, brought in by the association Naturama, graze within the prison enclosure of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, France, as part of an eco-pasture project on the prison's green spaces on March 27, 2018. #
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Read moreA gigantic sculpture representing a" like" button, a typical feature of social-networking services, stands in front of Porta Garibaldi in Milan, Italy, on March 25, 2018. Written on the side of the sculpture: “L'importante nella vita è avere like,” or "The important thing in life is to have likes." The authorship of the installation is still unknown. #
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Read moreStevante Clark, brother of Stephon Clark, disrupts a special city-council meeting at Sacramento City Hall on March 27, 2018, in Sacramento, California. Hundreds packed a special city-council meeting at Sacramento City Hall to address concerns over the shooting death of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police. #
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Read moreA visitor boxes with a painted image of President Donald Trump on display at the Museum of Illusions in Hollywood, California, on March 27, 2018. The pop-up museum contains a series of optical illusions, giving the visitor the chance to produce unusual 3-D photos of themselves. #
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Read moreThe basketball-playing robot named CUE prepares to shoot the ball during a halftime-show rehearsal for a Japanese B-league basketball match in Tokyo on March 28, 2018. #
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Read moreKV Svalbard's crew, formed by Norwegian navy privates and scientists from Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, play soccer as they are protected from polar bears by armed guards in the arctic environment in the sea around Greenland, on March 22, 2018. Picture taken March 22, 2018. #
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Read moreA performer interacts with Taiwanese artist Chou Yu-Cheng's exhibit, "Refresh, Sacrifice, New Hygiene, Infection, Clean, Robot, Air, Housekeeping, www.agentbong.com, Cigarette, Dyson, Modern People," during the media preview of the annual Art Basel exhibition in Hong Kong on March 27, 2018. #
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Read moreLittle Enzo pulls on the lead of 17-year-old Belinda on a farm in Heckenbach, Germany, on March 27, 2018. Belinda has so far given 150,000 liters of milk in her life. #
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