A polar-bear cub in Germany, a “silly walk” parade in Hungary, mail delivery by boat in Germany, presidential campaigning in Texas, a jet suit in New York, a welcoming sea lion in Japan, the Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, protests on the U.S.-Mexico border, storm damage in Nepal, water shortages in Venezuela, and much more
Photos of the Week: Straw Kongs, Reindeer Races, Yosemite Rainbow
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Her face painted in the colors of the national flag, a supporter of the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president, waits for his arrival in Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela, on March 30, 2019. #
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A woman collects water from a spout in a highway tunnel in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 1, 2019. Since a massive power failure struck on March 7, the nation has experienced near-daily blackouts and a breakdown in crucial services, such as running water and public transportation. #
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Water flows down the Oroville Dam spillway in Oroville, California, on April 2, 2019. California officials opened the flood-control spillway at the nation's tallest dam for the first time since it was rebuilt after crumbling during heavy rains two years ago. #
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A Nepalese boy stands on the roof of a house damaged by a powerful storm in Bara District, 125 kilometers (75 miles) south of Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 2, 2019. Government workers and private volunteers provided food, tents, and clothing Tuesday to the thousands of people in southern Nepal who lost their homes and belongings in a weekend storm. #
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A blimp resembling President Donald Trump floats during a protest against his visit to Calexico, California, as seen through border barriers from Mexicali, Mexico, on April 5, 2019. #
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The British actress Gwendoline Christie arrives for the premiere of Game of Thrones' eighth and final season at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 3, 2019. Christie has portrayed the character Brienne of Tarth since 2012. #
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A woman walks past an artwork depicting French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May by the French street artist Combo on a wall in Paris on April 5, 2019. #
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A Buckingham Palace staff member poses with Queen Victoria's Stuart Ball costume at the press preview for "Queen Victoria's Palace," which goes on public display July 20 at the summer opening of Buckingham Palace, in London, England, on April 2, 2019. #
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People walk past tombstones in a cemetery near residential buildings during the Ching Ming Festival, or Grave Sweeping Day, in Hong Kong on April 5, 2019. Visiting the graves of ancestors during Ching Ming is a Chinese tradition dating back 2,000 years to the Han dynasty, with families paying their respects by cleaning the graves, presenting offerings of food, and burning joss paper. #
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People take part in a "silly walk" parade, inspired by a sketch from the British comedy group Monty Python, to mark April Fools' Day in Budapest, Hungary, on April 1, 2019. #
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Andrea Dovizioso of Italy skips across gravel after falling from his bike during a MotoGP free-practice run at the circuit in Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina, on March 30, 2019. Despite the fall, Dovizioso went on to race in the third-pole position the following day. #
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Two reindeer and their jockeys chase another reindeer that ran loose as they approach the finish line of the one-kilometer ice track of the final in the BRP Poro Cup reindeer race, held on a frozen lake in Inari, Finland, on March 31, 2019. The competition is a six-stage championship that has been run in the north of Finland during the winter months since 1950. Competitors race on skis pulled by a reindeer on a 1,000-meter U-shaped track in the snow. #
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Sparks fly from the front wing of the driver Carlos Sainz Jr.'s car during the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit on March 31, 2019. #
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Sam Rogers, a flight-suit design engineer at Gravity Industries, demonstrates a jet suit at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in New York City on April 3, 2019. #
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Photographers use stepladders and telephoto lenses to spot aircraft during the international military-aircraft exercise Frisian Flag 2019 at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands on April 1, 2019. #
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Crews gather at the start of the Head of the River Race, an annual rowing race dating back to 1926 in which several hundred British and international rowing crews compete to be the fastest over a 4.25 mile (6.8 kilometer) course along the River Thames, in London on March 30, 2019. #
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A woman takes a picture next to the massive wheels of the movable cover of the Shed, a new arts center in Hudson Yards, in New York City on April 3, 2019, during a media preview. #
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The sea lion Leo poses after writing the characters for the new-era name Reiwa during a performance for assembled journalists and park visitors at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Tokyo, Japan, on April 1, 2019. On April 1, Japan revealed Reiwa as the name of the era that will define the new emperor's reign when he ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne next month following a historic abdication. #
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The polar-bear cub Hertha runs in her pen after she was given her name at the Tierpark soo in Berlin, Germany, on April 2, 2019. She was born at the zoo on December 1, 2018. #
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