The Pan American Games in Peru, a 3-D-printed prosthetic arm in Australia, a baby Sumatran elephant in Indonesia, paddle-boarding pups in the U.K., the Tour de France in Paris, U.S. Democratic presidential debates in Detroit, Vladimir Putin in a submersible, a cranky tiger cub in Istanbul, a hot-air-balloon festival in France, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Vegas Grasshoppers, Poultry Inspection, Eagle Eyes
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Law enforcement officers detain a participant of a rally calling for opposition candidates to be registered for elections to Moscow City Duma, the capital's regional parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on July 27, 2019. #
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Sarah Gascon of the U.S. (center) is marked by Cuban players during the Handball Women's Bronze Medal Match during the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games, in Lima, Peru, on July 30, 2019. #
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A woman shouts at police officers as they advance towards protesters in the district of Yuen Long on July 27, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. She also spent time yelling at demonstrators as well. Pro-democracy protesters continued weekly rallies on the streets of Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill since June 9, as the city plunged into crisis after waves of demonstrations and several violent clashes. #
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A stray cat with a broken piece of a glass jar around its neck, photographed after a failed rescue operation in the Iskenderun district of Hatay, Turkey, on July 28, 2019. The cat had been trying to drink milk from a jar near a garbage container when it got stuck around its neck. #
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Russian President Vladimir Putin dives to the bottom of the Gulf of Finland aboard the C-Explorer 3.11 submersible to explore the Soviet Shchuka-class submarine Shch-308 that sank during World War II, near the Island of Gogland, on July 27, 2019. #
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Team United States competes in the team free artistic swimming finals at the Aquatic Center of Villa Deportiva Nacional on Day 5 of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, on July 31, 2019 #
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2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates, from left: author Marianne Williamson, Representative Tim Ryan, Senator Amy Klobuchar, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Representative Beto O'Rourke, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, former Representative John Delaney, and Montana Governor Steve Bullock pose together on the first night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, on July 30, 2019. #
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Hundreds of hot air balloons take part in the Great Line at the Mondial Air Balloons festival, in an attempt to break the 2017 record of 456 balloons aligning in an hour during the biggest meeting in the world, in Chambley, France, on July 29, 2019. #
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Cyclists ride down the Champs Elysees in Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, during the 21st and last stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Rambouillet and Paris Champs-Elysees, on July 28, 2019. #
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Hundreds of cyclists ride through Bagan to celebrate the region and its ancient structures being named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 26, 2019. #
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Tens of thousands of water bottles, possibly meant for victims of Hurricane Maria back in 2017, sit in a vacant lot in Dorado, 40 km west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 28, 2019. Juan Antonio Rosado Reynes, a spokesman with FEMA, confirmed to AFP on July 29th, 2019 that this water was part of the inventory of the management agency. Refusing to provide more information, he added that their legal department is currently investigating why this water, which was expired and supposed to be discarded and recycled, appeared in this land. #
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A helicopter from the Swedish Icebreaker Oden lands on an ice floe to pick up crew members involved in the retrieval of a scientific acoustic recorder containing valuable data on Arctic marine life movements in the Canadian Arctic on July 25, 2019. #
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Yuyun, a newborn Sumatran elephant, is seen in the Conservation Response Unit of Alue Kuyun, West Aceh Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on July 27, 2019. Yuyun was born on July 24. #
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson inspects poultry during a visit to rally support for his farming plans post-Brexit, at Shervington Farm, St Brides Wentlooge, near Newport, Wales, on July 30, 2019. #
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In Las Vegas, Nevada, grasshoppers swarm a sidewalk a few blocks off the Strip on July 26, 2019. Massive swarms of grasshoppers have descended on the Las Vegas Strip this week, startling tourists and residents as they pass through town on their northbound migration. #
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One of two young Malaysian bears goes outside for the first time at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, on July 26, 2019. The two bear cubs spent the first months of their lives in the maternity ward with their mother, since their birth on May 7. #
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Hailey Wright, 12, tests a 3D-printed prosthetic arm made from recycled hair salon waste by Bernie Craven, founder of Waste Free Systems, during a yoga class at Kilkivan State School in Kilkivan, Australia, on July 26, 2019. Craven is creating prosthetic limbs from recycled plastic shampoo and conditioner bottles, currently testing designs with two young participants who were both born without part of their left forearm and hand. Craven is a semi-retired hairdresser with over 40 years industry experience and estimates that Australian hair salons produce between 40,000 and 50,000 tons of waste per year. #
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Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden is seen prior to competing in the Women's 50m Freestyle Final on day eight of the 2019 FINA World Championships at Nambu International Aquatics Center on July 28, 2019, in Gwangju, South Korea. #
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Wilhem Belocian prepares to compete in the men's 110m hurdles during the France Athletics Championships 2019 at the Henri-Lux stadium in Saint-Etienne, France, on July 28, 2019. #
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Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha (center) and officials salute a portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn during his 67th birthday celebrations in Bangkok on July 28, 2019. #
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In the Diamond Island area of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, major construction projects are ongoing, photographed on July 30, 2019. Money from China has created new roads, airports, skyscrapers, dams, hotels, casinos, restaurants and apartments. Cambodia has been heavily criticized by Western nations over its shrinking political freedoms, as it has grown increasingly closer to China in recent years. #
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Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters in Sai Wan, Hong Kong, on July 28, 2019. Police fired tear gas at demonstrators on Sunday for the second night in a row in another escalation of weeks-long pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. #
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