Clashes in Kyrgyzstan, the Pan American Games in Peru, Iowa State Fair preparations, the Amsterdam Canal Pride Parade, memorials for shooting victims in the U.S., the Jember Fashion Carnival in Indonesia, animal rescue in Colombia, the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Hiroshima memorials in Japan, a massive geode in Spain, Yemen’s ongoing civil war, the Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in Germany, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Pikachu Outbreak, Dinosaur Crossing, Ducky Derby
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A family watches explosions at a military ammunition depot near the city of Achinsk in eastern Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region, in Achinsk, Russia, on August 5, 2019. Russian officials say powerful explosions at a military depot in Siberia left 12 people injured and one missing and forced over 16,500 people to leave their homes. #
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Joakim "Jocke" Broden, the Swedish-Czech lead vocalist and songwriter of the band Sabaton performs on stage among pyrotechnics at the Wacken Open Air 2019 heavy metal festival in Wacken, Germany, on August 1, 2019. #
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The art installation "Rain Room" by Random International is seen in the Jackalope Pavilion on August 8, 2019, in Melbourne, Australia. The installation is a 100-square-meter field of continuous rainfall, and is a responsive environment—millions of water droplets respond to one's presence by ceasing to fall wherever movement is detected, allowing visitors to be fully immersed in the rain while simultaneously protected from it. #
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A fighter from a militia known as the Security Belt, that is funded and armed by the United Arab Emirates, takes shelter near the Gabhet Hajr frontline with Houthi rebels, in Yemen's Dhale province on August 5, 2019. Yemen’s civil war has been deadlocked for months, with neither side making major gains. At one of the most active front lines, militiamen backed by the Saudi-led coalition are dug in, exchanging shelling every night with Iranian-allied Houthi rebels only a few hundred meters away. #
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Milagros Carretero, 47, coordinating geologist for the giant geode of Pilar de Jaravia, sits inside the geode on August 2, 2019. The enormous geode is located in a lead mine near the town of Pulpí, Spain. It measures more than 8 meters across and is listed as the largest in Europe and the second-largest in the world. #
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Detail of a light and mirror artwork by artist Anthony James, on display during the Seattle Art Fair at CenturyLink Field on August 04, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. #
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Catalina Marquez Rojas of Chile competes in the Women's Recurve Individual Ranking Round archery event on Day 12 of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games at Complejo Deportivo Villa Maria del Triunfo in Lima, Peru, on August 07, 2019. #
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Mexico's Paola Longoria jumps into the arms of her partner Samantha Salas as they defeat Guatemala's Gabriela Martinez and Maria Rodriguez, in the women's racquetball team gold medal match at the Pan American Games in Lima on August 7, 2019. #
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Identical twin sisters attend the Twins Days Festival at Glenn Chamberlin Park in Twinsburg, Ohio, on August 3, 2019. Twins Day celebrates biological twins and has been held every summer since 1976. #
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A law enforcement officer stands guard during a rally calling for opposition candidates to be registered for elections to the Moscow City Duma, the capital's regional parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on August 3, 2019. #
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An Andean bear, rescued after being abused on a farm while in chains, is photographed at the Santa Cruz Foundation in San Antonio, Cundinamarca, Colombia, on August 2, 2019. The bear was one of several animals rescued from illegal trafficking operations, the fourth-largest industry in Colombia, after drugs, guns and human trafficking. #
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A member of the Ivorian Special Forces chants in a parade during celebrations marking the 59th anniversary of Ivory Coast's independence from France, on August 7, 2019, in Abidjan. #
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A model of Gondanglegi performs during the Indonesia Wonderful Archipelago Carnival, as part of the 18th Jember Fashion Carnival 2019, in Jember, Indonesia, on August 3, 2019. The Jember Fashion Carnival theme this year is is "Tribal Grandeur" and consists of eight parades which include Aztec, Hudoq, Karen, Minahasa, Zulu, Mongolian, Viking, and Polynesian influences. #
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A stunt rider performs in mid-air during the 10th Annual Jericho ATV Festival in Berlin, New Hampshire, on August 2, 2019. The town of Berlin has been revitalizing itself by holding an ATV festival and allowing riders to ride not just through the trails of the town but also through the main roads. "We are a defunct paper mill town area and we have reinvented ourselves and we are pretty happy about it," said Ray Bergeron, owner of Power Sports, an ATV rental shop in town. #
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People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Walmart shooting that left a total of 22 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall WalMart in El Paso, Texas, on August 5, 2019. #
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Rubber ducks float down the Chicago River during the 14th Annual Ducky Derby in Chicago, Illinois, on August 8, 2018. The charity event helps to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois. #
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A man prepares to float a candle-lit paper lantern on the river during an event to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 6, 2019, in Hiroshima, Japan. Japan marked the 74th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in the following years from radiation effects. #
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People participate in the Amsterdam Canal Pride Parade on August 3, 2019, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Crowds of hundreds of thousands cheer on boats along the canals of Amsterdam during the yearly parade that celebrates the LGBTQ community. #
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Tourists on inflatable rafts catch fish at the Gulongxia scenic spot in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, China, on August 2, 2019. Fish swam out of the reservoirs which are releasing water for flood control after typhoon Wipha. #
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Brazil's Ruy Leme Da Fonseca Filho, riding Ballypatrick SRS, falls after a jump in the Eventing Individual Cross Country event during the Pan American Games at the Army Equestrian School in Lima, Peru, on August 3, 2019. #
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Freya Smith, age three, leads one of Erth’s giant dinosaur puppets across the road in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 6, 2019. Australian theatre company Erth was presenting their best-selling show "Dinosaur’s Zoo" as part of Underbelly’s Fringe program. #
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Hot air balloons take to the skies as they participate in the mass ascent at sunrise on the first day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, England, on August 8, 2019. #
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Members of the Kyrgyz special forces block a street during clashes near Kyrgyzstan's former presidential residence, between his supporters and law enforcement, in the village of Koy-Tash, 20 kilometers from Bishkek, on August 8, 2019. Kyrgyzstan's former president was detained in a major security operation on August 8, 2019, police said, a day after clashes between his supporters and law enforcement left one dead and dozens injured. The Central Asian state, which has seen two revolutions in less than two decades, was on the brink of crisis amid a standoff between ex-leader Almazbek Atambayev and his protege-turned-foe President Sooronbai Jeenbekov. #
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Performers dressed as Pikachu, a character from the Pokémon media franchise, march during the Pikachu Outbreak event at night in Yokohama, Japan, on August 8, 2019. A total of 2,000 Pikachus appeared around the city's landmarks in the Minato Mirai area, aiming to attract visitors and tourists to the city. #
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