Autumn colors in Wales, a ripple maze in Taiwan, “picture day” at a Connecticut school, a funnel cloud in Spain, protests in Kentucky, a socially distanced beauty pageant in Venezuela, flowers among high-rises in South Korea, surfing in South Africa, and much more
Photos of the Week: Wishing Moons, Runway Swim, Shawnee Sunset
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A child in a Supergirl costume pays respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on September 23, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on September 18. #
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A volunteer places American flags representing some of the 200,000 lives lost to the coronavirus in the United States on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2020. #
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Bright-yellow canola crops are photographed from the air near the New South Wales town of Harden, 350 kilometer southwest of Sydney, Australia, on September 16, 2020. #
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The environmental activist Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "Youth strike for climate" as she sits on an ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, on September 20, 2020. #
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Surfers catch a wave at Sunset, a surfing spot between Hout Bay and Kommetjie that produces some of South Africa's biggest waves, in Cape Town on September 19, 2020. #
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Mervan Altinorak works to make a sculpture with materials collected from scrap cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles in the Reyhanli district, Hatay, Turkey, on September 22, 2020. #
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A beauty-pageant contestant, Luiseth Materan, from Miranda state, wearing a protective face mask issued by the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant, arrives at the Venevision television station to prepare for a meeting with judges in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 18, 2020. #
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A woman rides a bike next to artificial full moons installed at a park as a wish to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, and to celebrate the upcoming Chuseok holiday, the Korean Thanksgiving Day, in Seoul on September 21, 2020. #
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Trey Lipscomb holds the hands of his son, Trey, 6, and daughter, Tia, 4, as they walk in front of Big Tex after getting their photo taken during a visit to Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, on, September 19, 2020. Although the State Fair of Texas was canceled this year, fair organizers are holding drive-thru visits starting this weekend. #
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A server carries mugs at a beer garden near Theresienwiese in Bavaria's state capital of Munich, where a greatly reduced Oktoberfest was held after the world's biggest beer festival was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, on September 19, 2020. #
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People relax on the terrace of a Paris café after the French Government announced that, starting Monday, all bars and cafés in Paris will be made to close at 10 p.m. as part of a string of new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in France, on September 23, 2020. #
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Police officers make arrests during protests in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 23, 2020. Protesters marched in the streets after a Kentucky grand jury indicted one of the three officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor for wanton endangerment; the other two officers who fired shots were not indicted. Taylor was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police officers at her apartment on March 13, 2020. #
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A model poses with a Pierre Cardin creation during an event marking the 70-year career of the French fashion designer at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on September 21, 2020. #
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A man wearing a protective mask poses for a picture with a giant Jade Rabbit installation ahead of celebrations of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 18, 2020. #
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Angelica Mendez, 48, says goodbye to her mother, Catalina Salazar, 86. Salazar died of COVID-19 later in the day at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, on September 8, 2020. Photo released on September 21. #
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An adult male jaguar named Ousado rests during treatment for burn injuries on his paws after a fire in Pantanal, at NGO Nex Institute in Corumba de Goias, Goias State, Brazil, on September 19, 2020. #
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Grecia Marquis, a veterinarian and environmentalist, uses a syringe to give water to an owl at the Feathers and Tails in Freedom foundation, in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 21, 2020. The owl, who was found two months ago with a wing injury, is now recovering after surgery. #
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Kindergartner Cameron McManus, 5, watches as a fellow student has his portrait made during "picture day" at Rogers International School on September 23, 2020, in Stamford, Connecticut. Students lined up outside to be photographed while socially distanced due to COVID-19 precautions. Most students at Stamford Public Schools are taking part in a hybrid education model, attending in-school classes every other day and distance learning the rest of the time. #
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An aerial view shows tourists visiting the bamboo-made art installation "The Ripple Maze at Gaoshuang," by the Taiwanese artist Lee Kuei-chih, during the Art Land Festivals in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on September 20, 2020. #
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