A hungry polar bear in Russia, rescued cats in the United Arab Emirates, a King Kong sculpture in France, Women's World Cup action in France, exuberant Raptors fans in Toronto, the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, a Harley Davidson rally in Portugal, a “Protest Against Divisiveness” in New York, a decommissioned oil platform in England, aquabike racing in Hungary, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Kangaroo Boxing, Royal Ascot, Moon Pool
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Dogs pull a sled on water-covered sea ice near Qaanaaq, Greenland, on June 13, 2019. An abundance of water from a rapid summer melt had pooled on top of a wide swath of solid sea ice. #
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An aerial view of an Airbus A330 jet being transported in the Gulf of Saros, in the northern Aegean Sea, after it was mounted in Turkey's Edirne province, on June 14, 2019. The plane will be sunk a mile away from the coast at a depth of 30 meters, turning the plane into an artificial reef in the hopes of reviving diving tourism. #
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"Museum of the Moon," by British installation artist Luke Jerram, is suspended above swimmers at Piscina Cozzi in Milan, Italy, on June 15, 2019. The artwork is a 7-meter wide spherical replica of the moon, built at a 1:500,000 scale. #
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Peruvian police stand guard at the border between Peru and Ecuador, after a new migration law was imposed requiring all Venezuelan migrants to have valid visas and passports, in Tumbes, Peru, on June 15, 2019. #
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A lamppost shines in a street as the rest of the Parque Batlle neighborhood goes without electricity, after a massive blackout in Argentina cut power to much of neighboring Uruguay and parts of Paraguay, in Montevideo, Uruguay, on June 16, 2019. #
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Actors portraying Guglielmo Marconi and wife Annie Jameson are photographed during a 100th anniversary re-enactment, after the pair welcomed the first non-stop transatlantic flight by British aviators Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten-Brown, that began on June 14, 1919, departing from Newfoundland, Canada, and crash-landing on June 15, 1919, in the Connemara bog of Derrygimlagh, Ireland. #
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The Brent Bravo topside oil platform is transported on the barge Iron Lady into the mouth of the River Tees en route to the Able UK Seaton Port site for decommissioning in Teesport, England, on June 20, 2019. The 24,800-ton oil platform was transported to an area off the Hartlepool coast by the largest heavy lift vessel ever built, the Pioneering Spirit, from the Shell Brent oil fields 115 miles northeast of Lerwick in Scotland. After arriving off the coast of Hartlepool the 410-foot-high platform was transferred to the barge to be towed into the mouth of the River Tees. At its peak in 1982 the four Shell platforms in the Brent field were producing more than half a million barrels of oil a day. Production at the field was stopped in 2011. #
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A man poses for a picture on steps covered in rainbow colors for Pride Month at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York City on June 15, 2019. Organizers claim it is the largest LGBT pride flag in New York City, measuring approximately 12 by 100 feet. #
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A participant reacts as he prepares to march during a "Protest Against Divisiveness" sponsored by Human Connection Arts in New York's Times Square on June 15, 2019. Several dozen people stripped naked and had their bodies painted in midtown Manhattan as part of the protest. #
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A boy closely observes a bear on the other side of a glass barrier, as the bear refreshes himself in a pool of water at the Rome zoo as temperatures reached 30 degrees C (86 F) on June 15, 2019. #
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Toronto Raptors fans wave to players passing by in open-top buses during a parade through downtown Toronto to celebrate their NBA title in Toronto, Ontario, on June 17, 2019. #
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Italy's Sara Gama is thrown in the air by her teammates after the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France group C match between Italy and Brazil at Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, France, on June 18, 2019. #
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Argentina's Sergio Aguero, (left), photographed in action against Colombia's David Ospina during the Copa America Brazil 2019 Group B match of Argentina v Colombia at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, on June 15, 2019. #
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Scotland's Erin Cuthbert covers her face at the end of the Women's World Cup Group D soccer match between Scotland and Argentina at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, on June 19, 2019. The match ended in a 3-3 draw. #
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A sculpture of King Kong designed by Polish set designer Malgorzata Szczesniak for the opera "The Makropulos Affair," photographed at the Pompidou-Metz museum in Metz, France, during the exhibition "Opera World, the quest for total art - Opera Monde, la quete d'un art total," on June 19, 2019. #
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A stray polar bear walks on a road on the outskirts of the Russian industrial city of Norilsk on June 17, 2019. The hungry polar bear was observed hundreds of miles from its natural habitat, authorities said. #
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