Protesting the Tour de France, sunflowers in Umbria, fishing in New York, mud games in Germany, murals on a barrier wall in Bethlehem, an Atlantic puffin in Wales, vertical landscapes in China, a women-only motorcycle festival in Germany, wildfires in California and Greece, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Stilt Dance, Pony Swim, Giant Revolver
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Firefighters try to extinguish flames during a wildfire in the village of Kineta, near Athens, Greece, on July 24, 2018. Raging wildfires killed more than 80 people including small children in Greece, devouring homes and forests as terrified residents fled to the sea to escape the flames, authorities said. #
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A picture taken on July 20, 2018, shows a fireball exploding in Gaza City during Israeli bombardment. Israeli aircraft and tanks hit targets across the Gaza Strip on July 20 after shots were fired at troops on the border, the army said, with Hamas reporting several members of its military wing killed in the latest flare-up in months of tensions. #
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A picture taken on July 25, 2018, from the Tal Saki hill in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows a Syrian Aero L-39 Albatros dropping a bomb above buildings across the border in Syria during air strikes backing a Syrian-government-led offensive in the southern province of Quneitra. #
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Tents set up by backpackers line up along a plank walkway on a 2,000-meter-high cliff face of Laojun Mountain during a camping trip in Luoyang, Henan Province, China, on July 21, 2018. The camping trip was part of a series of activities during the Laojun Mountain Camp Festival, allowing backpackers to see the view of the sea of clouds. #
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Italian artist Jorit Agoch (left) paints a mural depicting jailed Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi next to another artist on Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on July 25, 2018. Tamimi was charged earlier this year after a viral video showed her hitting two soldiers in the occupied West Bank. #
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Horse and buggy teams compete in the annual horse buggy races on the mudflats at Duhnen on July 22, 2018, in Cuxhaven, Germany. The races, which in German are known as the Duhner Wattrennen, take place at low tide throughout the day and have been an annual tradition going back to 1902. #
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A participant rides a motorbike at the women-only Petrolettes motorcycle festival in Milmersdorf, near Berlin, Germany, on July 20, 2018. Around 300 biker women from across Europe came together for the third edition of the festival. Women connect their passion for high speed motorbikes with music, movies, races, yoga, and more. #
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Jarrod Harbrow of the Suns contests the ball with Tom Papley of the Swans during the round 18 Australian Football League match between the Sydney Swans and the Gold Coast Suns at Sydney Cricket Ground on July 21, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. #
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An officer on duty (right) attempts to knock down the flames as Ukrainian former serviceman Serhii Ulianov sets himself on fire while protesting against his dismissal from the Armed Forces in front of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine, on July 26, 2018. #
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Competitors, covered with mud, react during the 2018/2019 Wattoluempiade (mud games) in Brunsbuettel, Germany, on July 21, 2018. Around 400 competitors from Germany, Switzerland and the Czech republic performed in several disciplines (like handball, mud races, volleyball soccer) in the mud on the mouth of the Elbe river, near the North Sea. #
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Wild ponies swim across the Assateague Channel during the 93rd annual Pony Swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague on July 25, 2018, in Chincoteague, Virginia. Every year the wild ponies are rounded up on the national wildlife refuge to be auctioned off by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company. #
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Migrants disembark from a dinghy at Del Canuelo beach after they crossed the Strait of Gibraltar sailing from the coast of Morocco, in Tarifa, Spain, on July 27, 2018. #
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A man celebrates after catching fish in a river during the Naoyu Festival at Rong'an County on July 20, 2018, in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Miao people caught fish to express their wishes for a good harvest during the annual Naoyu Festival on Friday in Rong'an county. #
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Festival-goers walk around the site of Camp Bestival, at Lulworth Castle near East Lulworth, in Dorset, England, on July 26, 2018. The child-oriented and family-friendly festival, which lasts until Sunday, is the sister festival for Bestival, which is hosted at the same site and opens next weekend. #
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A police officer pepper sprays a protester as another protester stands in front of the race director's car during Stage 16 of the Tour de France from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon on July 24, 2018. #
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Performers protest violence against black people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 23, 2018. Activists and relatives of black youth who have been killed in Rio de Janeiro marched to demand justice, as they also marked the 25th anniversary of the "Candelaria Massacre" when eight black youths were killed by police. #
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Zafer Erdem, a kinetic sculptor from Rize, works with his own product, a 220 lb (100 kg) giant iron revolver, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 22, 2018. Making the massive iron weapon took about one and a half months. #
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Families with young children protest the separation of immigrant families with a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building, on July 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration faces a court-imposed deadline Thursday to reunite thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, an enormous logistical task brought on by its "zero tolerance" policy on illegal entry. #
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A dancer performs on stilts in honor of Saint Mary Magdalene in a street for the traditional ''Danza de Los Zancos'' (Los Zancos Dance), in the small town of Anguiano, Spain, on July 21, 2018. #
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Alex Morgan of the U.S. Women’s National Team celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2018 Tournament Of Nations women's match between Japan and USA at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 26, 2018. USA won the match 4-2. #
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