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Photos of the Week: Tank Slippers, Baby Sifaka, Molten Steel
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The light on top of the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, illuminates snow falling during a winter storm on February 20, 2019. The National Weather Service in Las Vegas issued a winter-weather advisory for the area overnight. #
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Pro-abortion-rights activists in favor of decriminalizing abortion raise green handkerchiefs as they rally outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 19, 2019. Demonstrators are demanding the decriminalization of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy and that the issue be included in this year's parliamentary agenda after lawmakers voted against the decriminalization of abortion last year. #
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Fans watch as Luke Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels waits to throw the ball inbounds against the Duke Blue Devils during their game at the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, on February 20, 2019. #
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The Spanish tattoo artist Juan Sanchez poses during a photo session at the Mondial du Tatouage tattoo convention at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris on February 14, 2019. #
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A model presents a creation by the Cypriot-born Turkish fashion designer Hussein Chalayan during his 2019 autumn/winter-collection show at London Fashion Week on February 18, 2019. #
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A giant statue of President Donald Trump, depicted as an evil clown holding a puppet of French President Emmanuel Macron in his hand, in a parade during the 135th Nice Carnival in Nice, France, on February 16, 2019 #
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Switzerland's Daniel Yule crashes during the first run of the men's slalom event at the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at the National Arena in Are, Sweden, on February 17, 2019. #
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This photo taken on February 18, 2019, shows a spark of molten steel landing on the hat of a blacksmith during a performance on the eve of the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, in Nuanquan, China, in the country's northern Hebei province. For the performance, known as the Da Shuhua, or Beating the Flower Tree, scraps of metal are heated to scorching temperatures and poured into a bucket, then performers create spectacles of light when they throw them against a cold wall. #
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People jump over a bonfire during an event to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, in Haikou, China, in the country's southern Hainan province, on February 19, 2019. #
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Sage Donnelly of the United States competes in the Women's Freestyle Oceania Championships during the 2019 Australian Canoe Slalom Open in Penrith, Australia, on February 17, 2019. #
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Laurien Van Der Graaff of Switzerland, Sandra Ringwald of Germany, Jessie Diggins of the United States, and Anamarija Lampic of Slovenia compete in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships women's cross-country–sprint quarterfinals in Seefeld, Austria, on February 21, 2019. #
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A referee is hit in the face with a stick during a Florida Panthers celebration after the team scored during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres in Sunrise, Florida, on February 19, 2019. #
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New Zealand teammates huddle prior to the Women's FIH Pro League field-hockey match between New Zealand and China in Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 17, 2019. #
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The moon rises over the Parthenon on the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece, on February 19, 2019. Tuesday’s full moon, or supermoon, appeared brighter and bigger than other full moons because it was close to its perigee, the closest point in its orbit to the center of Earth. #
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A veterinarian from the Citadel Zoo in Besançon, France, feeds Soa, a female crowned sifaka, on February 18, 2019. The crowned sifaka is a critically endangered species from Madagascar. Only six females out of 20 individuals were living in seven zoos worldwide at the end of 2018. #
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Commuters wave to an elephant as it rests on a public road ahead of the annual Perahera festival of the historic Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 18, 2019. About 50 elephants, most of them from the central area of Kandy, along with thousands of traditional drummers, dancers, and monks gathered in the Sri Lankan capital to participate in the city's biggest, two-day annual Buddhist Navam procession. #
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