Art Basel displays in Switzerland, a volcanic eruption in North Sumatra, massive protests in Hong Kong, the L.A. Pride Festival in California, Fashion Week in London, jackaroo and jillaroo school in Australia, Women’s World Cup soccer in France, preparing for Cyclone Vayu in Pakistan, and much more
Photos of the Week: Mammoth Swing, Stanley Cup, Frog Wedding
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Pakistani fishing boats are called back from the sea following a warning by authorities of Cyclone Vayu in the Karachi harbor in Pakistan, on June 13, 2019. The meteorological department issued an alert, warning fishermen to avoid fishing in the Arabian Sea this week, as Cyclone Vayu could cause rough conditions in the sea. #
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A tree stands beneath the roof of the exhibition hall designed by the architects Herzog & de Meuron, photographed during a preview day of Art Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, on June 12, 2019. #
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Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez holds the trophy after winning the junior women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Emma Navarro of the U.S. in two sets, 6–3, 6–2, at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, on June 8, 2019. #
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Marta of Brazil celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's first goal during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France Group C match between Australia and Brazil at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, France, on June 13, 2019. #
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A steward tackles a pitch invader during a Euro 2020 qualifier match between Armenia and Liechtenstein at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, on June 8, 2019. #
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The effigy of the Rocio Virgin is carried on shoulders as pilgrims gather around it during a procession in the village of El Rocio on June 10, 2019. The El Rocio pilgrimage, the largest in Spain, gathers hundreds of thousands of devotees in traditional outfits converging in a burst of color as they make their way on horseback and aboard decorated carriages across the Andalusian countryside. #
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St. Louis Blues players pose for a team photo with the Stanley Cup after defeating the Boston Bruins in game seven of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on June 12, 2019. #
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Inner tube and plank rafts ferry passengers and merchandise freely across the Suchiate River between Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, and Guatemala on June 13, 2019. Mexican officials said earlier in the week they were beginning deployment of the country's new national guard for immigration enforcement, but on Thursday, it was still daily life as usual along the Suchiate, with people and goods moving back and forth in a relaxed flow of cross-border traffic. #
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Migrants from Brazil cross the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, on June 12, 2019, before turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to claim asylum. #
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A flamingo is seen on the sea at Izmir Bird Paradise in Izmir, Turkey, on June 10, 2019. About 20,000 flamingos, hatched at the world's largest artificial breeding island, created in Izmir Bird Paradise, are preparing to fly. #
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A MiG-29 jet fighter of the Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team performs during a rehearsal for an air show, part of the Russian all-army competition Aviadarts-2019, with a portion of the Monument to Soldier and Sailor seen in the foreground, in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, on June 7, 2019. #
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The jillaroo student Rebecca Hatton leans forward to pat her horse following a riding exercise at Leconfield in Mulla Creek, Australia, on June 7, 2019. Leconfield Jackaroo and Jillaroo School is situated among the hills of the Great Dividing Range along Mulla Creek. Led by the horseman and station owner Tim Skerrett, the fourth-generation family property is an hour's drive from Tamworth. The colloquial terms Jackaroo (Cowboy) and Jillaroo (Cowgirl) came to life in the 19th century and remain synonymous with station life in the Australian landscape. Today the lifestyle attracts young men and women from all over the world wanting to experience farmwork in the Australian outback. During the five-day course, up to 15 students at a time are taught natural horsemanship, mustering, shearing, fence building, lassoing, pasture-improvement techniques, branding, yarding, and general horse and stock care. #
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Two occupants of a stranded van are lifted, unhurt, by a crane during heavy rain in this picture released on June 12, 2019, by the Graubuenden police in Spluegen, Switzerland. #
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Members of the Udupi Zilla Nagarika Samithi conduct a "manduka kalyanotsava," or wedding of frogs, an ancient ritual of marrying a male and a female frog in a ceremony believed to bring rains to the region, in the coastal town of Udupi, India, on June 8, 2019. #
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Protesters shelter under umbrellas during a downpour as they occupy roads near the government headquarters in Hong Kong on June 12, 2019. Tens of thousands of protesters paralyzed parts of Hong Kong, blocking major roads in a defiant show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China. #
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Police search a man outside the Legislative Council Complex in Hong Kong late on June 11, 2019, two days after the city witnessed its largest street protest in at least 15 years, as crowds massed against plans to allow extraditions to China. #
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A lawyer comforts the Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, who was detained by police and accused of drug offenses, during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, on June 8, 2019. The writing on the T-shirt reads "Editorial desk demands blood." #
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A man carries a child while he watches Mount Sinabung spewing volcanic materials into the air during an eruption, in Kabanjahe, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on June 9, 2019. #
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People welcome the Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz, after his win in the Giro d'Italia, to his hometown in Tulcan, Ecuador, on June 12, 2019. It's the first time in the 102 editions of the Giro that an Ecuadorian won, and only the second time for a South American. #
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Police officers detain a protester during a march in Moscow, Russia, on June 12, 2019. Police and hundreds of demonstrators faced off in central Moscow at an unauthorized march against police abuse in the wake of the high-profile detention of a Russian journalist. #
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