A camel in New York City, the biggest Catrina in the world, the European MTV Awards in Spain, flooding in South Sudan, saffron harvest in Iran, a parade for the Washington Nationals, Bonfire Night celebrations in England, pelican moving in the Czech Republic, a huge skull in Ukraine, and much more.
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A girl smokes and drinks coffee as she rests with her boyfriend on a bench by a huge skull decorating a street cafe in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on November 6, 2019. #
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The "Dragon of Calais" by French street art company "La Machine" parades on November 1, 2019, in the northern France city of Calais, on the first day of a three-day urban show before becoming a city's main touristic attraction. #
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A giraffe-shaped hot air balloon is released during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State on October 5, 2019. Photo released by Getty on November 5, 2019. #
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The buildings of downtown Los Angeles are partially obscured at midday on November 5, 2019, as seen from Pasadena, California. The air quality for metropolitan Los Angeles was predicted to be "unhealthy for sensitive groups" by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. #
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Effigies of Britain's Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg (right) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson are paraded through the streets of Lewes in East Sussex, England, on November 5, 2019, during the traditional Bonfire Night celebrations. Thousands of people attend the annual parade through the narrow streets until the evening comes to an end with the burning of an effigy or 'guy', usually representing Guy Fawkes, who died in 1605 after an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. #
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University students wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose during a news conference to support anti-government protests before their graduation ceremony at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China, on November 5, 2019. #
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Riot police officers who are on fire after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at them are assisted by fellow officers during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile, on November 4, 2019. #
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NHRA top alcohol funny car driver Doug Gordon crashes during qualifying for the Dodge Nationals at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on November 1, 2019. Gordon was uninjured in the crash. #
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Members of the LeBaron family look at the burned car where part of the nine murdered members of the family were killed and burned during an ambush in Bavispe, Sonora mountains, Mexico, on November 5, 2019. President Donald Trump offered Tuesday to help Mexico "wage war" on its cartels after three women and six children from an American Mormon community were murdered in an area notorious for drug traffickers. #
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The installation "Visions in Motion" by artist Patrick Shearn and his studio Poetic Kinetics is seen during a test run in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on November 1, 2019. As Germany and its capital Berlin prepare to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall, the skynet made of 30,000 ribbons that bear aloft the wishes, hopes, and memories of 30,000 people will be on display from November 4 to 10, 2019. #
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Fans cheer while a bus passes during a parade to celebrate the Washington Nationals' World Series victory over the Houston Astros on November 2, 2019, in Washington, D.C. This was the first World Series win for a Washington, D.C., baseball team in 95 years. #
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A girl walks in water after heavy rains and floods forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes, in the town of Pibor, Boma state, South Sudan, on November 6, 2019. #
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A leader of an indigenous community in Brazil wears a feather headdress as he protests against forest destruction in front of the EU headquarters in Brussels, on November 5, 2019. #
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Models walk the runway during Guo Pei's first-ever runway show in the UK, staged to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the V&A Fashion in Motion series on November 1, 2019, in London, England. #
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Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate with the trophy after winning their doubles final tennis match against Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova during the WTA Tour Finals at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, on November 3, 2019. #
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Diego Rolan (left) of FC Juarez celebrates after scoring a goal against Tijuana during the Mexican soccer tournament Apertura match at the Benito Juarez stadium in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on November 3, 2019. #
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An aerial view of a 20-meter-high "Catrina" figure—the biggest in the world—dressed up as a bride, and the "Catrin," her groom, in the main square of Zapotlanejo, Jalisco state, Mexico, on November 1, 2019. #
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England's Andrew Deane (left) jousts with Australia's Phil Leitch during the inaugural "Ashes" jousting tournament between Australia and England at the Kryal Castle in Leigh Creek, some 100 km west of Melbourne, on November 3, 2019. Australia and England took their storied sports rivalry to another level, and another century, this weekend as the two nations faced off in a jousting tournament, won by the Australian side on November 3. #
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Cardinal Dolan and the Radio City Rockettes attend the blessing of the animals on the first day of rehearsal for their starring role in the 2019 Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall on November 4, 2019, in New York City. #
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