Flooding in Irkutsk, a freak hailstorm in Mexico, an eruption near Sicily, Fourth of July fireworks in New York, a DMZ visit in North Korea, Women's World Cup semifinals in France, water shortages in India, haute couture fashion in Paris, surfing in Sydney, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Cool Pup, Orion Launch, Pitch Invader
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Journalists climb into the cooling tower of the third and fourth units, still under construction, at the Mochovce nuclear power plant, western Slovakia, on July 2, 2019. #
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A fireworks display follows the "Salute to America" ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial, on July 4, 2019, in Washington, DC. The presentation featured armored vehicles on display, a flyover by Air Force One, and several flyovers by other military aircraft. #
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A drone photo shows thousands of colorful handmade carpets laid under the sun on a field to soften their color in Dosemealti district of Turkey's Southern Antalya province, on July 2, 2019. #
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Araya A. Hargate presents a wedding dress creation by designer Georges Hobeika as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019/20 collection show in Paris, France, on July 1, 2019. #
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A model walks the runway in a wedding gown during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019–20 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 3, 2019. in Paris, France. #
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A NASA Orion spacecraft lifts off from pad 46 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 2, 2019, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch is for a test of the capsule's launch abort system (LAS), which is a rocket-powered tower on top of the crew module built to very quickly get astronauts safely away from their launch vehicle if there is a problem during ascent. #
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People are seen near the site of a gas explosion after heavy machinery accidentally hit a pipeline of the Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex, in Celaya, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, on July 1, 2019. #
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A Darjeeling Himalayan Railway steam train, which runs on a 2-foot-gauge railway and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, passes by a market in Ghum, India, on June 27, 2019. #
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French oyster aquaculturist Jean-Christophe Cabrol checks the growth of oysters covered with sea squirts on collector lines in a shellfish farming pond in Bouzigues, near Montpellier, France #
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United States' Alex Morgan celebrates after scoring her side's second goal during the Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and the United States, at the Stade de Lyon, outside Lyon, France, on July 2, 2019. #
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A member of the United States Air Force Academy cadre yells at a basic cadet as he attempts to stand at attention during the start of basic training for the class of 2023 on June 27, 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. #
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People participate in the NYC Pride March on June 30, 2019, in New York City. The march marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan on June 28, 1969, widely considered a watershed moment in the modern gay-rights movement. #
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Marsh Suliman, one of a group of Syrian refugees, attends a photo call on Calton Hill as the refugees look to raise £25,000 to put on their play, Euripedes’s "The Trojan Women," on July 1, 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The play would be a new adaptation of Euripides’ anti-war tragedy, written and acted by a cast of Syrian refugees living in Glasgow, performed in Arabic (with subtitles) and English. #
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This handout photo obtained from the Twitter account of @mariocalabresi shows the eruption of the Stromboli volcano on July 3, 2019, on Stromboli island, north of Sicily. The volcano erupted dramatically on July 3, reportedly killing a hiker and sending tourists fleeing, but firefighters could not immediately confirm any casualties. #
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A woman and a child walk on a huge pile of hail in the eastern area of Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on June 30, 2019. The accumulation of hail in the streets of Guadalajara buried vehicles and damaged homes. #
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