Mount Fuji at sunset, a farewell to the hospital ship Comfort, a burial in Tijuana, a fire at a camp for displaced people in Mali, a prison riot in Peru, ballroom-dancing practice in Australia, King’s Day in the Netherlands, a social-distancing motorbike in India, and much more
Photos of the Week: Pineapple Toss, Deserted Temple, Bioluminescent Waves
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People watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly past an apartment building as they perform a flyover tribute above New Jersey and New York City to honor COVID-19 frontline workers on April 28, 2020, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. #
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A man walks his dog at sunset beside a deserted Mussenden Temple, built in 1785 by the Earl Bishop, above Downhill Beach in Downhill, Northern Ireland, on April 27, 2020. #
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A lifeguard tower is seen as bioluminescent waves crash on the sand, shining with a blue glow, in Manhattan Beach, California, on April 28, 2020. The bioluminescence is a phenomenon caused by certain kinds of phytoplankton associated with red tide that generate a pulse of blue light as the waves crash. #
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Self-made automobile engineer Partha Saha (left) tries out his modified bike, designed for social distancing, with his daughter Pragya Saha, in front of their house, in Aralia village on the outskirts of Agartala, India. #
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Haflinger mares with their foals run during this year's first outing, heading toward grassy fields at Europe's largest Haflinger stud farm in Meura, Germany, on April 28, 2020. #
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The T-Rex Walking Club, a group of people that gathers in a variety of inflatable costumes and parades through neighborhoods in hopes of cheering up the community during the coronavirus lockdown, is photographed in Ferndale, Michigan, on April 27, 2020. #
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A girl plays the national anthem of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on her cornet on King's Day, April 27, 2020, in Harkema, the Netherlands. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year's traditional festivities were all canceled, including the royal-family visit to the city of Maastricht. #
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Roxana Solano wears personal protective equipment as she plays the guitar and leads a sing-along at a temporary quarantine and isolation facility for homeless people in North Miami, Florida, on April 27, 2020. #
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A North Chinese leopard is seen within its enclosure at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Ashford, Kent, on April 29, 2020. Members of staff have been forced to wear personal protective equipment when close to the animals and disinfect cage padlocks and handles after contact, because of the possibility of passing the coronavirus to their cats. The coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown measures have also meant that Big Cat Sanctuary has closed its doors to the public, and its income has disappeared while the cats continue to need food, shelter, and veterinary care. The government has announced that it will offer a financial bailout to help meet the continuing expenses of zoos and sanctuaries while they are closed to visitors. #
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A local resident dressed as Yamraj, the Hindu god of death, wearing a coronavirus-themed balloon necklace, poses during an awareness event about social distancing and staying at home, in New Delhi, India, on April 28, 2020. #
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Surrounded by police, a man exits a closed beach with his arms raised in Galveston, Texas, on April 26, 2020. The man ran into the surf after being chased by police earlier. #
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The Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art, which has become well known for having an orange traffic cone placed on its head by students and revelers in the city, is seen sporting a face mask on April 29, 2020, in Glasgow, Scotland. #
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A police officer stands on the roof during a prison riot at Castro Castro prison in Lima, Peru, on April 27, 2020. Peru's prison agency reported that three prisoners died from causes still under investigation after a riot. Inmates complained that authorities were not doing enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus inside the prison. #
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A young woman runs between burned huts in the informal Faladie camp for displaced people in Bamako, Mali, on April 28, 2020. A fire destroyed much of the main camp for displaced people in Bamako, where more than 1,000 people who fled the violence in central Mali have found refuge. #
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Tape is placed around playground equipment that has been closed off to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Kinuta Park in Tokyo, Japan, on April 27, 2020. #
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South Koreans wear masks and sit according to social distancing as they prepare for an insurance-planner examination of the General Insurance Association of Korea at Seokyeong University's playground on April 25, 2020, in Seoul, South Korea. #
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Joseph Neufeld Jr. looks over caskets of bodies at the Gerard J. Neufeld funeral home during the coronavirus pandemic, in the borough of Queens, New York, on April 26, 2020. #
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Members of the New York Police Department salute the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort, as it departs Manhattan's West Side to return to Naval Station Norfolk on April 30, 2020, in New York City. The USNS Comfort, a floating hospital, departed New York after the last patient aboard was discharged earlier this week. The Comfort's 1,000 beds and 12 operation rooms were deployed to ease pressure on New York hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic. #
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A health-care worker pets a New York Police Department horse as people cheer and applaud to show their gratitude to medical staff and essential workers outside NYU Langone Health hospital on April 23, 2020, in New York City. #
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Milkman Darren Clark makes a home delivery during his rounds in the town of Albury. Business for his company, Mr. Milk, is booming as the spread of the coronavirus continues in Hertfordshire, England, on April 26, 2020. #
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Bangkok, Thailand, as seen from the viewing platform of the Baiyoke Sky Hotel on April 29, 2020, showing illuminated, intersecting highways, empty of vehicles, after the start of a curfew #
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A nurse wearing protective gloves holds the hand of a patient in the palliative-care unit of Eugenie Hospital in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on April 23, 2020. #
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