Back to school in Georgia, a raccoon on the mike in California, Highland cattle in Scotland, damage after the explosion in Beirut, a pyrocumulus cloud in California, a bunker shot in England, rafts in a Chinese water park, flooding in Sudan, huge walls in Croatia, cooling in a pool in Spain, and much more
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A couple share a kiss at the "Purple Rain" installation at the Lycée Jacques-Decour on August 2, 2020, in Paris, France. Part of Festival Paris l'Eté, the installation by Pierre Ardouvin is a tribute to the song by Prince and allows visitors to role play while equipped with umbrellas, accompanied by the song. #
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A Proton-M carrier rocket with the Briz-M booster, carrying the Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103 Russian telecommunication satellites, blasts off from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 31, 2020. #
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The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on August 2, 2020. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley returned after spending 64 days in space. #
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The Dutch cyclist Dylan Groenewegen (on the ground, center) and fellow riders collide during the opening stage of the Tour of Poland race in Katowice, Poland, on August 5, 2020. The Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and underwent five hours of surgery on Wednesday, after he was thrown into and over a barrier at 80km/h in a tragic conclusion to the opening stage of the Tour of Poland. #
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A long line of motorcycle riders forms at a quarantine checkpoint on the first day of a reimposed lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, on August 4, 2020, in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines. #
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Locals stand next to their destroyed house after the overflow of the Magua River due to heavy rains caused by Hurricane Isaias in the city of Hato Mayor, northwest of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on July 31, 2020. #
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An Australian Army ARH-90 Tiger Helicopter lands on Pikelot Island in the Federated States of Micronesia where three men, who were missing for three days, were found safe and healthy on August 2, 2020. #
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People eat lunch in a dining area set up in the Glendale Galleria Mall parking garage, as the global outbreak of coronavirus continues, in Glendale, California, on July 31, 2020. #
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An aerial view of tourists floating in rafts in a reservoir, waiting their turn to slide down the flume to the left, at Shunhuang Mountain National Forest Park in Yongzhou, Hunan province, China, on August 1, 2020. #
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Yamil Carcamo (bottom left) sits with his family at a drive-in road rally to watch a telecast of the Miami Heat basketball team playing the Boston Celtics during the coronavirus pandemic, on August 4, 2020, in North Miami, Florida. #
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The Seattle Mariners first baseman, Evan White, tracks a foul ball next to cutout photos of fans in the stands during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, on August 2, 2020, in Seattle. #
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Emily Price plays her second shot out of the first green side bunker during the Rose Ladies Series Grand Final at North Hants Golf Club on August 5, 2020, in Fleet, England. #
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A woman wears a mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as she leaves prayers for Eid Al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, in the Old City of Jerusalem, on July 31, 2020. #
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A firefighting airplane flies away from a pyrocumulus ash plume after making a retardant drop on a ridge as firefighters continue to battle the Apple Fire near Banning, California, on August 1, 2020. #
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An aerial view of ruined structures at the port of Beirut, damaged by an explosion a day earlier, on August 5, 2020, in Lebanon. As of Friday, more than 150 people were confirmed dead, with thousands injured, when an explosion rocked the Lebanese capital. Officials said a waterfront warehouse storing explosive materials, reportedly 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, was the cause of the blast. #
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A woman sits amid the rubble in her damaged house in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on August 6, 2020, two days after a massive explosion shook the Lebanese capital. #
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The art installation "Ricotta Records" by the Swedish artist collective Anonymouse, known for creating mouse-themed miniatures and displaying them in public spaces, is seen on Nygatan street in Lund, Sweden, on August 5, 2020. #
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A performer in a giant panda costume welcomes a flight carrying actual giant pandas named Yun'er and Zhen Sheng, at Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on August 5, 2020. #
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A museum technician cleans the V&A Rotunda Chandelier by Dale Chihuly, during preparations to reopen the Victoria & Albert Museum, after the coronavirus outbreak caused its closure, in London, England, on August 4, 2020. #
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A young flamingo wades during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species, in Aigues-Mortes, near Montpellier, France, on August 5, 2020. #
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A raccoon pauses at a microphone on the course, during a practice round prior to the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park on August 5, 2020, in San Francisco, California. #
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