Roller-skating in New York City, windstorm damage in Utah, wildfire damage in Oregon, a massive canvas painting in Dubai, protests in Colombia and Chile, beachgoers in Rio de Janeiro, a fire in a Greek refugee camp, prison conditions in El Salvador, arrivals at the Venice Film Festival, an early snowstorm in Colorado, and much more
Photos of the Week: Chief Mouser, Drone Star, Ice Swimmer
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A man attempts to clear branches of snow during an early winter storm on September 9, 2020, in Boulder, Colorado. The storm brought more than five inches of snow to areas along Colorado's front range, but temperatures are expected to return to the 80s this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. #
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The Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl stands in a glass cabin filled with ice, trying to break the world record for a human staying inside an ice box in Melk, Austria, on September 5, 2020. #
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A staff member of a local branch of the Russian Communist Party washes a huge monument to Vladimir Lenin in front of the party's local office in Novosibirsk on September 9, 2020. #
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A person in a T-Rex costume walks through a sunflower field at Grinter Farms, near Lawrence, Kansas, on September 7, 2020. The 26-acre field, planted annually by the Grinter family, draws thousands of visitors during the weeklong late summer blossoming of the flowers. #
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An Indian woman wearing white protective gear mourns after taking a glimpse of her husband's body, a victim of COVID-19, at a cremation ground in Gauhati, India, on September 10, 2020. #
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Cristina Marino, a health worker at the Juan Ramon Jimenez Hospital in Huelva, and coordinator of the El Burrito Feliz (The Happy Donkey) association, hugs a donkey named Magallanes in Hinojos, Spain, on September 8, 2020, as part of a donkey-therapy program. Created by Luis Manuel Bejarano, the emotional therapy is being used to treat the stress of health workers who have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. #
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A police officer takes down the information details of one of the members of the Animal Rebellion group dressed in a costume, as they march during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London, England, September 8, 2020. #
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Members of the Mara 18 and MS-13 gangs are seen in the custody of guards at a maximum security prison in Izalco, Sonsonate, El Salvador, on September 4, 2020. The Salvadoran government was showing the "strict" living conditions of gang members in the country's prisons, amid a controversy generated by a report that denounced alleged benefits being given to imprisoned gang members to reduce homicides. #
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Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, photographed at 10 Downing Street, in London, England, on September 9, 2020 #
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A member of the Pakistan Air Force stands guard at the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah during the Defence Day ceremonies—Pakistan's Memorial Day—in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 6, 2020. #
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A riot police officer stands beside a cloud of smoke during a protest against the death of a lawyer under police custody, in Bogota, Colombia, on September 9, 2020. A man who was detained by police officers died Wednesday in Bogota after receiving repeated electric shocks on the ground with a stun gun. #
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A demonstrator rides a bike at a barricade set on fire during clashes with riot police that erupted during a protest against the death of a lawyer under police custody, in Bogota, Colombia, early on September 10, 2020. #
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A picture taken on September 10, 2020, shows the Moria Refugee Camp, two days after Greece's biggest camp was destroyed by fire. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languished on roadsides on Thursday, homeless and hungry after the country's largest camp burned down, with local officials stonewalling government efforts to create new temporary shelters. #
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An Afghan asylum-seeking boy looks on as fires, which started on Tuesday night, continue to rage into Thursday morning inside of the Moria Refugee Camp on September 10, 2020. According to UNHCR, the number of asylum-seekers displaced from the encampment is around 12,000. #
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A journalist works on a story inside a designated socially-distant circle after Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a campaign event in Warren, Michigan, on September 9, 2020. #
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Oregon state troopers and Portland police advance through tear gas and fireworks while dispersing a protest against police brutality and racial injustice on September 5, 2020, in Portland, Oregon. #
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People help a protester who caught fire after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at Portland police officers on the 100th consecutive night of protests in Portland, Oregon, on September 5, 2020. #
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A Mapuche indigenous woman plays a drum as riot police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in Santiago, Chile, on September 4, 2020. #
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The artist Sacha Jafri works on his canvas "Humanity Inspired" on September 9, 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jafri is embarking on a global initiative to create the world’s largest painting on canvas. He has been in lockdown at Atlantis, The Palm since March of 2020, creating his record-breaking painting. #
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Francisco Espana, 60, is surrounded by members of his medical team as he looks at the Mediterranean Sea from a promenade next to the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain, on September 4, 2020. Francisco spent 52 days in the ICU at the hospital due to the coronavirus, but today he was allowed to spend almost ten minutes at the seaside as part of his recovery therapy. #
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John Pfaff lays on a fallen tree on September 10, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Two days after a windstorm wreaked havoc in Utah, many schools remained closed and tens of thousands were still without power. #
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People roller skate during a pop-up roller skating session in Brooklyn on September 5, 2020. Outdoor roller skating has gained popularity since restrictions on indoor activities were placed due to the coronavirus outbreak. #
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