Capybaras in Argentina, a cross-border Mother’s Day in British Columbia, outdoor movie night in Kansas, a boat-house-tricycle in Latvia, a convertible cardboard hospital bed-coffin in Colombia, dazzling art in Shanghai, a see-through mask to allow lipreading, a virtual Senate session in Argentina, and much more
Photos of the Week: Mariachi Zoom, Simulated Chatter, Tahitian Swell
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A dog named Izzy licks its chops as Craig Morland of Crofton, Maryland, buys a bucket of Thrasher's famous fries on the first day of eased coronavirus restrictions for the beach and boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, on May 9, 2020. #
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An employee takes the temperature of a cat at the re-opened Caturday Cat Cafe, which had been temporarily shuttered due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 8, 2020. #
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A police officer wears "thermal corona combat headgear" to monitor the temperature of commuters at a police checkpoint, during a nationwide lockdown in New Delhi, India, on May 11, 2020. #
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Sandra Bagus, the managing director of Bagus hearing aids, presents a self-made mask for deaf people in her shop in Essen, Germany, on May 12, 2020. Bagus designed a mouth and nose protector with a viewing window for deaf people. With one of these masks, conversations with hearing-impaired customers who depend on lip-reading are possible. #
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Combat aircraft fly in formation above a monument during an air parade on Victory Day, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2020. #
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Horny, the goat, poses for a photograph with Sue Meszaros at Streamland Suffolks stud in Ahuroa, north of Auckland, New Zealand, on May 9, 2020. Meszaros runs Streamland Suffolks sheep stud with Karyn Maddren. The couple, who have been together since 2003, breed sheep to sell as breeding stock, running around 400 sheep on their property. Unable to sell stock for breeding during the COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand, they have been left with too many sheep and not enough grass to feed them due to ongoing drought conditions. With no sales possible, the only way to reduce stock numbers has been to send them to slaughter. #
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Th designer Aigars Lauzis boats in a Z-Triton—a tricycle, a boat, and a little house in one—that can be piloted over land and water, designed by the Latvian design company, Zeltini, in Smiltene, Latvia, on May 7, 2020. #
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In this series of photos, staff members show a hospital bed made from cardboard that can convert into a coffin if needed, in Bogota, Colombia, on May 12, 2020. During the pandemic, the company ABC Displays started producing these convertible cardboard hospital beds. The inexpensive bed-coffins are lightweight and can support at least 330 pounds. #
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Primary school students play, wearing protective visor caps made by the city council, in the courtyard of a primary school on May 12, 2020, in La Grand-Croix, France. #
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Matahi Drollet, a professional free surfer, photographed in action at Teahupoo off the coast of Tahiti in French Polynesia on May 11, 2020, on the first big swell since the end of local lockdown measures on April 30. #
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A police officer wearing a traditional Balinese mask, called celuluk, performs during a campaign promoting the wearing of masks as a precaution against the virus outbreak, at a market in Bali, Indonesia, on May 14, 2020. #
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The mariachi duo Villa Maria singer Melissa Villar poses for a photo at her home in Mexico City on May 10, 2020. Villar and her partner, Sergio Carpio, are performing mariachi serenades remotely via Zoom as a way to circumvent the collapse of their livelihood caused by the new coronavirus-pandemic lockdown. #
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Mary Faye Cochran sings "You Are My Sunshine" over the phone to her son Stacey Smith through a window for a Mother's Day celebration at Provident Village at Creekside Senior Living on May 10, 2020, in Smyrna, Georgia. #
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The Italian violinist Fiamma Flavia Paolucci performs at Tor Vergata Hospital in Rome, Italy, on May 12, 2020, as the world marked International Nurses Day, during the country's partial lockdown. #
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Nurses and health-care workers make hearts in celebration of Nurse Week and International Nurses Day outside Mount Sinai Queens in the Queens borough of New York City on May 12, 2020. #
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Members of the Harris County Sheriff's Office salute during a funeral service for Harris County Sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Scholwinski in Humble, Texas, on May 14, 2020. Sgt. Scholwinski died last week after contracting COVID-19. #
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Cardboard cutouts of human beings sit at tables inside the Five Dock Dining restaurant in Sydney, Australia, on May 14, 2020. Restaurants and cafés in New South Wales are preparing to reopen with social-distancing measures in place as the state government relaxes COVID-19 restrictions. Cafés, restaurants, and hotel dining areas are allowed to reopen but can seat only 10 patrons at a time, with at least four square meters of space per person. To make patrons feel more comfortable and feel like they are having a regular dining experience, the Five Dock Dining owner, Frank Angeletta, will use cardboard customers to fill the empty space in his restaurant, along with having taped background noise simulating guest "chatter" playing for ambience. #
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People practice social distancing inside an elevator prior to arriving to their work places at the World Trade Center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after the government announced that private and state companies will reopen their offices after almost two months of lockdown, on May 11, 2020. #
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Four generations of the Sperling family from Chilliwack and Surrey (in British Columbia, Canada) and Linden (in Washington State, U.S.) gathered for Mother's Day along the Canada-U.S. border, which is closed to nonessential travel due to coronavirus restrictions, near Langley, British Columbia, on May 10, 2020. #
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A capybara is seen on the shore of the Laguna de los Padres lake, near Mar del Plata, Argentina, on May 8, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Capybaras have been seen in larger numbers since the lockdown imposed by the government has been keeping people away from public parks. #
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