Keyboard art in the Ivory Coast, darts fans in London, a new Boring Company tunnel in California, a coast-guard rescue in Turkey, a terrible fire in Brazil, huge protests in Budapest, a giant Santa in Shanghai, a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles, and much more
Photos of the Week: Halo Moon, Crouching Boy, Festive Penguins
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A riot-police officer stands front of a Christmas tree in Budapest, Hungary, as demonstrators protesting against recent legislative measures introduced by the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stand outside Parliament on December 14, 2018. #
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Honduran immigrants, part of a caravan from Central America traveling with the intention of reaching the United States, jump over a border fence into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico, on December 14, 2018. #
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Snow covers the roofs of the so-called Alter Flecken, the historic core of downtown Freudenberg, Germany, with half-timbered houses from the 17th century, in the heart of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, near the city of Siegen, on December 16, 2018. #
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An aerial image of an industrial warehouse consumed by fire in the northern part of Toluca, Mexico, on December 17, 2018. According to information provided by the municipal civil-protection service, the accident was caused by a short circuit in the electrical installations. Three hundred and fifty employees were evacuated, and medical attention was given to two people for anxiety and smoke inhalation. #
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Residents of the Educandos neighborhood stand near their burning houses as firefighters try to control a massive fire in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, late on December 17, 2018. According to the Manaus Civil Defense Department, the fire destroyed at least 600 homes and its origin is still unknown. #
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An aerial view of the 2,500-ton Eyyubi Mosque being relocated on a self-propelled modular transporter to a new location in Turkey's Hasankeyf district on December 21, 2018. #
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Miguel Herrera, América's coach, celebrates during the final second-leg match between Cruz Azul and América as part of the Torneo Apertura 2018 Liga MX at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, on December 16, 2018. #
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A Chilean dockworker is detained by riot police during a protest against the port operator TPS (South Pacific Terminal) demanding that temporary workers be included in collective bargaining in Valparaiso, Chile, on December 18, 2018. #
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A Gentoo penguin gets into the festive spirit of Christmas by interacting with Christmas baubles at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium on December 21, 2018, in Sydney, Australia. #
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A woman walks on roller skates past a burning barricade as the port-workers protest continues on December 18, 2018, in Valparaiso, Chile. The strike that begun in November has caused merchant and transatlantic ships to be diverted to other ports, causing serious economic issues for the city of Valparaiso. The workers demand improvement in their payments and their working conditions, and they have announced that they will radicalize the protests if they don't receive answers from the government. #
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Mounted police units take security measures around the National Academy of Music during a demonstration by the gilets jaunes, or "yellow vests," in Paris, France, on December 15, 2018. #
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Crouching Boy, a sculpture by Michelangelo, is shown during a press preview at Fondazione Alda Fendi in Rome on December 14, 2018. The sculpture was borrowed from the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, Russia, and will be in Rome until March 10, 2019. #
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People stand under a light installation by the Munich artist Manfred Beck of mbeam studio in front of the Gasteig municipal cultural center in Munich, Germany, on December 18, 2018. #
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A modified Tesla Model X electric vehicle enters a tunnel before an unveiling event for the Boring Company's Hawthorne test tunnel on December 18, 2018, in Hawthorne, California. On Tuesday night, the Boring Company officially opened the Hawthorne tunnel, a preview of Elon Musk's larger vision to ease traffic in Los Angeles. #
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An artwork created with discarded phone keyboards is pictured at the workshop of the 24-year-old artist Desire Koffi in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast, on December 3, 2018. #
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Li Wenzu has her head shaved to protest the detention of her husband and the Chinese human-rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was detained during the 709 crackdown, in Beijing, China, on December 17, 2018. Li and a group of women protested the detention of their husbands, who have have been held since 2015, when more than 200 lawyers and activists were detained in a swoop, known as the 709 crackdown, on those who had taken on civil-rights cases considered sensitive by China's tightly controlled courts. #
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