Engineering fashion in Beijing, a luxury houseboat for rising seas, flooding in Paraguay, father-daughter soccer in Liverpool, murals on the border wall in Mexico, the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Italy, Buddha’s-birthday observations in Taiwan, Lady Macbeth in Greece, skateboarding in Los Angeles, Ramadan in Indonesia, and much more
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The double-amputee dog Cora Rose balances on her hind legs to watch Zach Skow repair her cart on a street in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2019. Cora Rose serves in a California prisoner-therapy program founded by Skow called Pawsitive Change. #
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A skateboarder wipes out as he competes during the Daewon's Picnic invitational skating competition at Lockwood Elementary School, Los Angeles's historic picnic-table skate spot, on May 12, 2019. The competition was held to honor the legendary career of the skater Daewon Song. #
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Tom Daley and Matthew Lee of Great Britain compete in the men's 10-meter synchro platform during day one of the FINA/CNSG Diving World Series at the London Aquatics Center at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England, on May 17, 2019. #
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Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne, known by the stage name Ski Mask the Slump God, performs during day one of the Rolling Loud music festival at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on May 10, 2019. #
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Dancers perform during a general rehearsal of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, an opera by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and directed by the French actor and director Fanny Ardant, at the Greek National Opera in Athens on May 10, 2019. #
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A security guard stands in the Hughes Wing after the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the TWA Hotel at JFK International Airport in New York on May 15, 2019. The former 1962 TWA Flight Center, designed by the architect Eero Saarinen, opened in 1962 and closed in 2001. The new hotel will have 512 mid-century–furnished rooms, an infinity pool, and a lounge on the roof. #
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Thousands of law-enforcement officers and their family and supporters gather for the National Police Week 31st annual candlelight vigil on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2019. #
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People protest against planned cuts to federal spending on higher education by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's right-wing government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 15, 2019. #
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A man holds a candle as he prays with thousands of others during a candle procession at the Fatima Shrine in Fatima, central Portugal, on May 12, 2019. Thousands of pilgrims converged on the Fatima Sanctuary to celebrate the anniversary of Fatima's miracle, when three shepherd children claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in May 1917. #
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A girl and a young woman pose for photographs in front of the cherry blossoms at Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow on May 11, 2019. Hundreds of Muscovite women take advantage of the sunny weather and the cherry blossoms to take pictures in extravagant attire for their social-media accounts. #
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Dancers perform onstage at the Asian Culture Carnival during the Conference on Asian Civilizations Dialogue at the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China, on May 15, 2019. #
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Specimens of Calosoma sycophanta are pictured in the library of the Stuttgart State Museum of National History in Stuttgart, Germany, on May 13, 2019. Calosoma sycophanta are on the Red List of Threatened Species. Scientists at the museum are currently monitoring local insect populations, which research has shown have been declining steadily for decades. Major causes of the decline are the widespread use of pesticides by farmers and the loss of habitat for wild vegetation. #
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Migrants from Guatemala who are seeking asylum rest in a shelter for migrants in El Paso, Texas, on May 15, 2019. Approximately 1,000 migrants a day are being released by authorities in the El Paso sector of the U.S.-Mexico border. #
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Mohamed Salah of Liverpool plays on the pitch with his daughter, Makka, after the Premier League match between Liverpool F.C. and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on May 12, 2019. #
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Spain's Rafael Nadal eyes the ball before hitting a return to France's Jérémy Chardy during their ATP Masters tournament tennis match at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, on May 16, 2019. #
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FC Zenit St. Petersburg players throw their head coach, Sergei Semak, in the air as they celebrate their championship victory after the Russian Premier League match between FC Zenit St. Petersburg and PFC CSKA Moscow in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 12, 2019. #
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Buildings covered by smog are seen in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 16, 2019. Mexico City's air pollution has worsened as a consequence of high temperatures, a lack of rain, and fires located around the city's valley, where schools have been ordered to close and people have been advised to stay indoors and avoid using their vehicles. #
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This aerial photo shows the flooded Chacarita neighborhood of Asuncion, Paraguay, on May 11, 2019. The Paraguay River's normal stage is four meters (13 feet), but it has reached 6.75 meters (22 feet) in the capital due to unusually heavy rains since March. #
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An aerial view shows the Arkup houseboat, a green-energy luxury floating home that can allow owners to adapt as the sea level continues to rise, in Miami Beach, Florida, on May 14, 2019. The Arkup, built by the founders Arnaud Luguet and Nicolas Derouin, is a fully solar-powered and sustainable luxury, livable yacht that has four hydraulic pilings that stabilize the vessel on the seafloor and that can also be used to lift the living quarters above rising ocean waters. #
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A model showcases designs on the runway at the Henan University of Engineering show on day four of China International College Student Fashion Week 2019 at 751D Park in Beijing on May 16, 2019. #
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