Mountaintop yoga in China, a sunrise over Glastonbury Tor, a solstice fire in Lithuania, a baby hippo in France, a sneaky gull in Denmark, a field of lavender in England, statues pulled down in the United States, “Rays of Victory” in Russia, a concert for plants in Spain, a ski run in Australia, and much more
Photos of the Week: Yoga Dome, Iron Lady, Speedo Mick
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A photo shows an image of the character Mr. Bean made of different varieties of rice, planted in a paddy in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province, on June 24, 2019. #
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This picture, taken on June 20, 2020, shows a longtail macaque baring its teeth in the town of Lopburi, some 155 km north of Bangkok. Lopburi's monkey population, which is the town's main tourist attraction, doubled to 6,000 in the last three years, forcing authorities to start a sterilization campaign. #
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On Australia's Mount Buller, Fletcher McCormack takes a ski run during his lunch break on June 23, 2020. Victorian ski resorts were permitted to open after June 22, following an easing of coronavirus restrictions across the state. #
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People maintain social distance as they ride a roller coaster at Worlds of Fun Amusement Park on June 22, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri. The park opened Monday with limited hours and reduced capacity in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus as businesses continue to return to normal operations. #
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Nursery plants are seen placed in people's seats during a rehearsal as Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu reopened its doors with a concert for plants, to raise awareness about the importance of an audience after the lockdown, in Barcelona, Spain, on June 22, 2020. #
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People participate in an outdoor yoga class by LMNTS Outdoor Studio in domes, to facilitate social distancing and proper protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Toronto, Canada, on June 21, 2020. #
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President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020. #
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A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump makes a video with his mobile phone from the sparsely-filled upper decks of the arena as the president addressed his first re-election campaign rally in several months, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20, 2020. #
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A general view of a polling place at the Kentucky Exposition Center, photographed during the Kentucky primary on June 23, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Exposition Center was the only polling location open for Tuesday's primary election in Jefferson County, which is home to Louisville and 767,000 residents. #
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Parade formations during the Victory Day military parade in Red Square, marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, on June 24, 2020, in Moscow, Russia #
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The main building of Lomonosov Moscow State University is illuminated during the "Rays of Victory" event, marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, on June 24, 2020 in St. Petersburg, Russia. #
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An athlete performs stunts with a water-jet pack on the first day of the Dubai water-sport festival, near the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in the Gulf emirate, on June 25, 2020. #
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The Swiss acrobat, Ramon Kathriner, performs on the Wheel of Death during the Glacier 3000 Air show, an event marking the reopening of Alpine facilities, on June 23, 2020, above Les Diablerets in Switzerland. #
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Protesters attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2020. U.S. Park Police intervened and the statue was not pulled down. #
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People film the only statue of a Confederate general, Albert Pike, in the nation's capital, after it was toppled by protesters and set on fire in Washington, D.C., early on June 20, 2020. #
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NASCAR drivers push the car of NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace to the front of the grid on pit road before the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, on June 22, 2020. The drivers were supporting Wallace, after a noose was found hanging in the garage he was assigned to. #
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A member of the public enjoys the display of this season's English lavender prior to it being harvested at Roskorwell Farm at St Keverne, in Cornwall, England on June 24, 2020. #
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The Brent Alpha topside oil platform is transported on the Iron Lady cargo barge into the mouth of the River Tees, en route to the Able UK Seaton Port for decommissioning, on June 24, 2020, in Teesside, England. The 17,000-ton oil platform was transported to an area off the Hartlepool coast by the largest heavy lift vessel ever built, Pioneering Spirit, from the Shell Brent oil field situated 115 miles north-east of Lerwick in Scotland. #
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Everton fan Speedo Mick watches the Everton vs. Liverpool match at home, as play resumes behind closed doors following the coronavirus outbreak, in London, England, on June 21, 2020. #
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A veterinary technician vaccinates Cohiba, as owner Sasha Cardenti assists, at a drive-through pet vaccine clinic at Mission Viejo Animal Services Center on June 23, 2020, in Mission Viejo, California. The vaccine clinic is usually conducted by walk-in but was held as a drive-through for safety reasons. #
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Members of the Tempero de Criola band perform amid the coronavirus pandemic at the Turano favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 19, 2020. The group of musicians playing samba offered a small concert to the residents of the Turano favela, most of whom remain quarantined to curb the spread of COVID-19. #
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Indonesian doctors, nurses, and volunteers take part in a group workout in the courtyard of a quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients in Tangerang, Indonesia, on June 22, 2020. #
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A relative touches 76-year-old Jaime, who is suffering from COVID-19, during a final goodbye inside an Intensive Care Unit at the University of Chile's clinical hospital in Santiago, Chile, on June 18, 2020. #
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