A presidential visit to the United Kingdom, rainbow flags on the Stonewall National Monument, flooding on the Mississippi River, opposition rallies in Venezuela, sculpture on New York’s High Line, D-Day anniversary observations in France, a humpback whale near San Francisco Bay, Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Turkey, and much more
Photos of the Week: Jupiter Vortex, Sika Deer, Big Air
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The Vallone dei Mulini, or Valley of the Mills, photographed in Sorrento, Italy, on June 5, 2019. Pictured here are the ruins of an ancient flour mill, sawmill, and public washhouse. #
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Deer graze on Alatau Maraly farm in Kasymbek gorge, in Kazakhstan's Almaty region, on May 31, 2019. Maral stags at this private farm undergo an annual cutting of their antlers to be sold to pharmaceutical companies. #
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A tourist raises her hand above the antlers of a wild sika deer as it walks through a crowd in Nara, Japan, on June 6, 2019. Nara's free-roaming deer have become a huge attraction for tourists. However, an autopsy on a deer that was recently found dead near one of the city's famous temples revealed 3.2kg of plastic in its stomach and caused concern about the effect of tourism as Japan struggles to cope with a huge increase in domestic and international tourists. #
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A man looks at a photograph by the French photographer Robert Doisneau titled The Fate Line: Pablo Picasso at Vallauris, 1952, during the presentation of the photo exhibition "Picasso, Photographer's Gaze," on June 5, 2019, at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. #
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The British musician Florence Welch of the band Florence and the Machine performs at the 2019 Governors Ball Festival at Randall's Island in New York City on June 1, 2019. #
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Indonesian Muslim men twirl fire during a parade as Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, on June 4, 2019, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. #
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High above Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of an area within a Jovian jet stream showing a vortex that has an intensely dark center on May 29, 2019. Nearby, other features display bright, high-altitude clouds that have puffed up into the sunlight. Photo released on June 6, 2019. #
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This picture taken on May 31, 2019, from the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower shows an aerial view of Muslim worshippers gathering around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. #
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A humpback whale breaches in a lagoon in Alameda, California, on June 4, 2019. Scientists are concerned about the whale, which has been swimming in a lagoon off the San Francisco Bay for more than a week. According to the Marine Mammal Center, the whale appears to be unhealthy and is likely malnourished. #
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U.S. President Donald Trump; the first lady, Melania Trump; French President Emmanuel Macron; and his wife, Brigitte Macron, watch a flyover in the Normandy American Cemetery to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Normandy, France, on June 6, 2019. #
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U.S. President Donald Trump inspects the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace in central London on June 3, 2019, on the first day of the president and first lady's three-day state visit to the U.K. #
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Guardsmen faint as the Household Division rehearses Trooping the Colour for the Colonel's Review ahead of the Queen's birthday parade next week, on Horseguards Parade in London, England, on June 1, 2019. #
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Women play drums during a protest against gender violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 3, 2019. The grassroots movement "Ni una menos," or Not One Less, is marking its fourth anniversary by remembering the hundreds of women who have been murdered since its founding, and demanding laws to curb the sexist violence that continues to permeate Argentine society. #
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Simone Leigh's Brick House, a 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a black woman, stands atop the Spur, the last section of the High Line park to be converted into public space, in New York City on June 4, 2019. #
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Argentina's Juan Ignacio Londero reacts as he plays against Spain's Rafael Nadal during their men's singles fourth-round match on day eight of the Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 2, 2019. #
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Juan Guaidó, Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president (wearing a blue shirt at the bottom center of the photo), speaks to supporters during a visit to Socopo in Barinas state, Venezuela, on June 1, 2019. Guaidó took his campaign to oust President Nicolás Maduro to the birthplace of Hugo Chavez, the socialist leader's mentor. #
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A boy carries a lamb as people collect flowers to use them on herbed cheese (also known as otlu peynir) in the Catak district of Turkey's eastern Van province. #
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Iguazu Falls, as seen from the Brazilian side on the border with Argentina, near Foz do Iguacu, on June 4, 2019. The quantity of water falling from the falls has doubled over the past few days following heavy rains in the region. #
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Floodwaters from a swollen Mississippi River take over the Gateway Arch grounds and nearly submerge a statue of Lewis and Clark on June 6, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. Residents along the Mississippi River were bracing for the expected arrival of the crest at near-record levels on Friday. #
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A park ranger places rainbow flags at the Stonewall National Monument, the first LGBTQ national monument, dedicated to the birthplace of the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil-rights movement, on June 4, 2019, in New York City. #
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Roberto Márquez, a Mexican U.S. resident, places a United States flag on the border wall next to the Rio Grande to demonstrate against the immigration policies of Donald Trump on the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on June 6, 2019. #
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump look out of a window at Buckingham Palace during the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, in London, England, on June 3, 2019. #
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