Tree weddings in Mexico, an armed church ceremony in Pennsylvania, freezing conditions in Europe, relentless airstrikes in Syria, the colors of Holi in India, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, bipedal robot fights in Japan, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Monster Dog Pull, Drone Fashion, Battle Sledge
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White House Communications Director Hope Hicks leaves the U.S. Capitol after attending the House Intelligence Committee closed-door meeting in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2018. The following day, the White House announced that Hicks had resigned, her final day on the job to take place in the next few weeks. #
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A woman makes her way through the snow on March 1, 2018, in Balloch, Scotland. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the "Beast from the East" combined with Storm Emma from the southwest of Britain to bring further snow and sub-zero temperatures causing chaos on roads and shutting schools. #
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Thousands of believers join Buddhist monks praying at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple during a ceremony on Makha Bucha Day in Pathum Thani, Thailand, on March 1, 2018. #
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The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft is seen under its parachute as it lands with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on February 28, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin returned after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews aboard the International Space Station. #
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Visitors pay their respects as the casket of Reverend Billy Graham lies in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2018. #
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One of several drones used at the Dolce & Gabbana show to fly new handbags from the company’s Fall/Winter collection down the runway during Milan Fashion Week on February 25, 2018. #
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Men wear crowns and hold unloaded weapons at the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, on February 28, 2018. Worshipers clutching AR-15 rifles participated in a commitment ceremony at the Pennsylvania-based church. The event Wednesday morning led a nearby school to cancel classes for the day. The church's leader, the Rev. Sean Moon, said in a prayer that God gave people the right to bear arms. #
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South Koreans gather around a bonfire during "Jwibulnoli," a South Korean folk game, on March 1, 2018, in Seoul, South Korea. The event is part of a "Daeboreum," a Korean holiday celebrating the first full moon of the lunar new year. #
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An Indian man with his face smeared with colored powder smiles during Holi festival celebrations in Chennai on March 2, 2018. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors, is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 2 this year. #
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish child wears a costume during the Purim festival in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 1, 2018. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, which is read in synagogues. #
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French rejoneadora Lea Vincens, 33, poses at the Aracena bullring in Huelva, Spain, on February 25, 2018. A rejoneadora is a mounted bullfighter who uses a lance. #
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Participants ride down a slope during the "Battle Sledge" sleigh festival to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day, at Sokolniki park in Moscow, Russia, on February 23, 2018. #
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Dogs pull beer kegs over the snow during the Monster Dog Pull at Red Lodge Ales on February 25, 2018, at Sam's Tap Room in Red Lodge, Montana. Over 40 dogs from the region pulled beer kegs in the eleventh iteration of the competition to win dog treats and toys. #
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From left, author Ta-Nehisi Coates, with Black Panther stars Lupita Nyong'o and Chadwick Boseman, at The Apollo Theater in New York City on February 27, 2018. The event, presented by the Apollo Theater, the Atlantic, and Afropunk, was titled "Black Panther in Conversation." #
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Robots fight during the 32nd ROBO-ONE tournament in Tokyo, Japan, on February 25, 2018. According to the organizer, the ROBO-ONE, held by the Biped Robotics Association, is a robot fighting competition for bipedal walking robots, aiming to improve the robotic technology and spread the popularity of bipedal walking robots. #
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Smoke billows following a regime air strike on the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, late on February 23, 2018. Syrian regime air strikes and artillery fire hit the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta for a sixth straight day killing 32 civilians, as the world struggled to reach a deal to stop the carnage. #
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Ten-year-old Omar, who was injured in an air strike that killed several members of his family in their home in Otaybah, Syria, receives treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta on February 25, 2018. #
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Aerial view of a Mariachi band performing during an exhibition tennis match between Austrian player Dominic Thiem and German player Alexander Zverev at the "Sinfonia del Mar" forum, before the start of the Mexico ATP 500 Tennis Open in Acapulco, Mexico, on February 26, 2018. #
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Bathers brave the cold to swim in Parliament Lido in north London on March 2, 2018. Britain has been gripped by extreme cold weather and major snowfall throughout the week. #
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A man looks at the art piece "Mossgirl with Silvered Ball" by artist Kim Simonsson during the International Contemporary Art (ARCO) fair in Madrid, Spain, on February 22, 2018. #
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A woman dressed as a bride hugs a tree during a wedding ceremony between people and trees, to raise awareness of and respect for trees and to stop illegal logging in San Jacinto Amilpas, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on February 25, 2018. #
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