A White Walker roams Northern Ireland; mass performances take place in Mexico and North Korea; Chinese tourists dine in a cliffside restaurant; Cher performs in New Zealand; the sun rises over Japan; flooding threatens parts of the U.S. and Mali; artworks are displayed in England, Italy, and Turkey; a Japanese satellite visits an asteroid; American bison are raised in Mexico; and much more
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Please Feed the Lions, an interactive installation in Trafalgar Square by Es Devlin, part of the London Design Festival, photographed on September 18, 2018, in London #
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An Indian devotee carries an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh for immersion in the Indian Ocean as part of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival at Pattinapakkam Beach in Chennai, India, on September 16, 2018. #
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A National Guard vehicle drives past a truck that was washed off the roadway by floodwaters in Dillon, South Carolina, on September 17, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. #
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A dog wearing a bandana sits in a stroller during a demonstration against bullfighting and animal abuse organized by the animal rights organization PACMA in Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid on September 15, 2018. #
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A herd of American bison of genetically pure lineage is reproduced as part of a bison-and-grassland-conservation program in North America at El Uno Ranch in Chihuahua state, Mexico, on September 14, 2018. #
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The Kenyan shop owner Peter Mwangi sits on a motorbike he covered with artificial grass to attract customers on September 17, 2018, in downtown Nairobi. Mwangi says he also customized the motorbike to raise awareness of environmental issues. #
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The armed police officer Liang Hongqiang, dressed in a suit weighing more than 66 pounds, sweats during an explosive-removal drill on September 16, 2018, in Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. #
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An artist performs in the opera Cleaning the Mirror, by Marina Abramovic, during the exhibition "Marina Abramovic: The Cleaner" in Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy, on September 19, 2018. #
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through the scope of a Chukavin sniper rifle (SVC-380) during a visit to the military Patriot Park in Kubinka, outside Moscow, on September 19, 2018. #
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President Donald Trump hands out prepackaged meals at Temple Baptist Church, in an area impacted by Hurricane Florence, on September 19, 2018, in New Bern, North Carolina. #
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Bob Richling carries Iris Darden, 84, out of her flooded home as her daughter-in-law Pam Darden gathers her belongings in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, North Carolina, on September 17, 2018. #
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An aerial view of the French artist Saype's giant land-art fresco showing a little girl dropping an origami boat into Lake Geneva, painted to support the cause of the NGO SOS Mediterranée, which specializes in the rescue of immigrants at sea, on September 17, 2018, in Geneva #
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The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is seen as it launches with the NASA Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard on September 15, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth's ice. #
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This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the shadow (center left) of the unmanned Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 over the asteroid Ryugu on September 21, 2018. Hayabusa2 released two small Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid on Friday in a research effort that may provide clues to the origin of the solar system. JAXA said confirmation of the rovers' touchdown has to wait until it receives data from them on Saturday. #
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Muslim Shiite women mourn during the holy day of Ashoura at the Sadat Akhavi Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on September 20, 2018. Ashoura is the annual Shiite commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the seventh century. #
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of the Vizhnitz Hassidic sect listen to their rabbi on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea as they participate in a Tashlich ceremony in Herzeliya, Israel, on September 17, 2018. Tashlich, which means "to cast away" in Hebrew, is the practice in which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically "throw away" their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. #
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Chilean police officers march with puppies, future police dogs, during the celebration parade for Chile's 208th independence anniversary in Santiago on September 19, 2018. #
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An actor dressed as a White Walker character from Game of Thrones waits to pounce on unsuspecting fans as the Winterfell Festival takes place at Castle Ward in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, on September 16, 2018. The HBO television series is largely filmed in the province, with key scenes shot at the Castle Ward location. The series has also boosted the region's economy through tourism and a growing film-production industry, and the final season is expected to air early next year. #
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Cavaliers and Roundheads fight over the city of Gloucester to commemorate the 375th anniversary of the English Civil War Siege of Gloucester as part of the Gloucester History Festival. More than 100 reenactors took part in the mock battle in Gloucestershire, England, beginning on September 15. #
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Members of the Mexican army form a mosaic with national flags during a parade celebrating the anniversary of the country's independence at Zocalo Square in Mexico City on September 16, 2018. #
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Yuka Yasuda (second from left) and Kotono Kozuma (third from left) of Japan pose during the trophy presentation of the Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic at Shin Minami Aichi Country Club's Mihama Course in Mihama, Aichi, Japan, on September 16, 2018. #
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