Ominous statues in Thailand, protests in Serbia and Greece, solar boats in the Netherlands, a crane collapse in London, Formula One racing in Austria, the empty streets of Pamplona, a zoo reopening in Ecuador, a nuclear-power plant in France, a wildfire in California, and much more
Photos of the Week: Chicken Offering, Virginia Creeper, Comet Neowise
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Two lightning bolts frame the One World Trade Center as they hit the Hudson River in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City, during a thunderstorm on July 6, 2020, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. #
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Helicopters give air support to firefighters extinguishing a forest fire that broke out in the Gelibolu district of Turkey's northwestern Canakkale province, on July 7, 2020. #
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This picture taken on July 8, 2020, shows the inside of the fourth cooling tower of the nuclear-power plant of Chinon in Avoine, France, during a decennial control visit. #
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A view of a new emergency care facility that was erected to treat inmates infected with COVID-19 at San Quentin State Prison on July 8, 2020, in San Quentin, California. Over 1,400 inmates and staff at San Quentin State Prison have become infected with the new coronavirus. #
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Girls wearing face shields as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus wait for their parents to enter the zoo on the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, on July 8, 2020. The zoo is reopening but with strict new social distancing protocols for visitors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. #
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Brides wearing their wedding dresses stage a protest against the postponement of their marriages due to the strict protocol for all religious ceremonies within the coronavirus pandemic, by the Trevi Fountain in Rome, on June 7, 2020. Their placards read "give us back the freedom to celebrate," "church doors closed to wedding," "a dream limited by restrictions," and "unrestricted marriage." #
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Ultra-orthodox Jewish men wearing protective face masks swim in the Mediterranean Sea, on a beach segregated for males three days a week, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 8, 2020. #
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A Reuters photographer holds a picture of a reveler sprinting in front of a bull during the first running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival, taken last summer, in front of an empty street, during the second day of the San Fermin Festival, which was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Pamplona, Spain, on July 7, 2020. #
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Gardeners trim back the Virginia creeper on the outside of the Tu Hwnt i'r Bont tea room while it prepares to reopen as lockdown conditions in Wales ease, in Llanrwst, Wales, on July 6, 2020. #
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Guests pose inside teardrop-shaped tents hanging from trees, created by the Dutch artist, Dre Wapenaar, offering an unusual accommodation for tourists in the Belgian countryside, near Borgloon, Belgium, on July 7, 2020. #
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An aerial picture shows students sailing with solar boats along the Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Races) during the Young Solar Challenge in Hindeloopen, Netherlands , on July 7, 2020. The 220-kilometer journey must be completely solar-powered, and accomplished in five days. #
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A person wearing a face mask walks through the main entrance of the Antara Shopping Mall on July 8, 2020, in Mexico City, Mexico. While Mexico is slowly returning to normal, department stores and malls started reopening at 30 percent of their capacity. #
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Riot police officers try to avoid petrol bombs thrown by protesters outside the Greek Parliament during a demonstration against a new law on protest rules in Athens, Greece, on July 9, 2020. #
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Protesters clash with police in Belgrade, Serbia, on July 8, 2020, as violence erupted against a weekend curfew announced to combat a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, despite Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic saying that the weekend curfew was likely to be scrapped. Chaotic scenes rocked Belgrade on July 7, after thousands of people streamed into the city center to protest the president's announcement that authorities would reimpose a round-the-clock weekend lockdown. #
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Visitors look at statues illustrating the fate of people who do bad deeds in a garden depicting a Buddhist version of Hell, at the Wat Saeng Suk temple in the Thai coastal province of Chonburi, on July 9, 2020. #
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Tenggerese worshippers throw a chicken as an offering during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on the crater of Mount Bromo on July 7, 2020, in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. On the fourteenth day of their month-long festival, the Tenggerese make a journey to Mount Bromo to make offerings of rice, fruits, vegetables, flowers, and livestock, throwing them into the volcano's caldera. #
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Comet Neowise is observed from Beijing, China, on July 7, 2020. In some places in the Northern Hemisphere, Neowise will be visible just before dawn until about July 12. After that, it should be visible shortly after sunset for several days, with its closest approach to Earth occurring on July 22. #
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The Chilean nurse Damaris Silva plays the violin for patients suffering from COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit of El Pino de San Bernardo Hospital in Santiago, Chile, on July 2, 2020. #
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