The Monte Cristo Challenge in France, a wild-mare roundup in Andalusia, bagpipes at the Department of Justice, a Spinosaurus in Philadelphia, the Women’s World Cup in France, mud people in the Philippines, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in Florida, Boeing 737 Max airplanes in Seattle, flooding in Brazil, a bee-wearing record attempt in Turkey, and much more
Photos of the Week: Mermaid Parade, Scarlet Sails, Moss Man
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A huge plume of ash rises from Raikoke Volcano on the Kuril Islands, as viewed from the International Space Station on June 22, 2019. The small, oval-shaped island most recently exploded in 1924, and before that in 1778. Astronauts shot this photograph of the eruption as the column of ash spread out in a part of the plume known as the umbrella region—the area where the density of the plume and the surrounding air equalize and the plume stops rising. The ring of clouds at the base of the column appears to be water vapor. #
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A view of a typical hoguera satirical structure, made mainly of cardboard to portray current events and personalities, burning on the last night of the annual San Juan (Saint John) celebrations in Alicante, Spain, on June 24, 2019. Fires are lit throughout Spain during the festival in which the hogueras and objects that people no longer want are burned, while people make wishes as they jump through the flames. #
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Beekeeper Abdulvahap Semo performs his third attempt to set a bee-wearing record for the Guinness World Records in Turkey's eastern Van province on June 20, 2019. Abdulvahap attracted 10 kilograms of bees during his attempt. #
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People take photographs of fireworks and the brig "Rossiya" (Russia), rigged with scarlet sails, as it floats on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 24, 2019. #
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A horse rears in the crowd during the "Caragol des Born," a mass gathering of horses and people swirling to the rhythm of music played during the traditional Sant Joan (Saint John) festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Minorca, Spain, on the eve of Saint John's day on June 23, 2019. #
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French Prime minister Edouard Philippe and Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev tour the Oscar Niemeyer library during an official visit, on June 24, 2019, in Le Havre, western France. #
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Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are stored in employee parking lots near Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, on June 27, 2019. After a pair of crashes, the 737 MAX has been grounded by the FAA and other aviation agencies since March 13, 2019. #
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 satellites as part of the Department of Defense's Space Test Program-2 mission launches from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25, 2019. #
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A boy sits on a stone in the Sacred Space as he watches fireworks at the end of day one of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2019, in Glastonbury, England. #
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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker speaks to the crowd during the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on June 22, 2019, in Columbia, South Carolina. #
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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren answers questions after a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami on June 26, 2019. #
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Worshippers pour water over the Arai Kannon statue at Koganji Temple in the Sugamo district of Tokyo on June 21, 2019. It is believed that pouring water and polishing the statue with a cloth have healing powers. #
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Villagers help a moss man to dress before a Corpus Christi procession in the village of Bejar, Spain, on June 23, 2019. Four men and two women covered from head to toe in moss paraded through the streets of Bejar to commemorate a daring raid that local legend says helped liberate their town from Muslim occupation some eight centuries ago. #
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A devotee covered in mud and dried banana leaves takes part in the Taong Putik ("mud people") Festival on June 24, 2019, in the village of Bibiclat in Aliaga town, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. Each year, the residents of Bibiclat village celebrate the Feast of Saint John by covering themselves in mud, dried banana leaves, vines, and twigs as part of a little-known Catholic festival. According to locals, Taong Putik traces its history from the Pacific War and reenacts how rain stopped the execution of 14 villagers by Japanese soldiers in 1944. The townsfolk considered this as a miracle from Saint John, and every year since then the villagers roll in mud to show their gratitude to the saint. #
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Japan's Yui Hasegawa celebrates scoring their first goal during the Women's World Cup Round of 16, Netherlands vs. Japan match, at Roazhon Park in Rennes, France, on June 25, 2019. #
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A soccer fan invades the pitch during a Copa America Group C soccer match between Chile and Uruguay at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 24, 2019. #
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Workers install a Spinosaurus model ahead of the exhibit "Dinosaurs Around the World" at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia on June 26, 2019. #
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Attorney General William Barr surprises the audience by playing his bagpipes along with members of the NYPD Pipes and Drums at the beginning of the U.S. Attorneys' National Conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2019. #
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The shadow of the traditional solar monstrance containing the Holy Eucharist falls on Pope Francis' face as he celebrates a mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi in the parish of Santa Maria Consolatrice in Rome's Casal Bertone neighborhood on June 23, 2019. #
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Revelers gather around "Nans Nous," (new dwarves in Catalan), during the first day of the "La Patum" Festival on June 20, 2019, in Berga, Spain. The La Patum festival's roots are found in the theatrical performances of the Middle Ages and is held in the town of Berga each year during the week of Corpus Christi. #
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People gather as horses arrive at the Hermitage of El Rocio during the annual "Saca de las Yeguas" (round-up of the wild mares) in Andalusia on June 26, 2019. Each year in late June, large herds of free-roaming horses are rounded up from the marshes and forests in Donana National Park to be driven past the Hermitage of El Rocio, where they are blessed before heading on to run through the crowded streets of Almonte. #
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