The Bailong Elevator in China, continued wildfires in California, hats on display in Russia, dancers in Australia and Italy, damaging storms in Honduras and the Philippines, a surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S., Christmas preparations during a pandemic, a rocket launch to the International Space Station, and much more
Photos of the Week: Tiger Check, Spanish Fog, Duck Shields
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A family drives a truck loaded with a small house along a highway as they leave their home village in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh on November 18, 2020. A Russia-brokered cease-fire to halt six weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh stipulated that Armenia turn over control of some areas it holds outside the separatist territory's borders to Azerbaijan. #
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A house burns in a village outside the town of Kalbajar, on November 14, 2020, after a peace agreement was signed to end the military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Some villagers set their homes on fire before fleeing to Armenia. #
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi on board, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 15, 2020. #
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A counter-demonstrator and supporter of President Donald Trump clashes with a protester during an anti-Trump rally in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2020. #
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Rudy Giuliani speaks to the press about various lawsuits related to the 2020 election, inside the Republican National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C. #
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Alexei Dudoladov, a student and popular blogger, is seen high in a birch tree, where he climbed to get better cellular network coverage, in his remote Siberian village of Stankevichi, Russia, on November 13, 2020. #
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Hindu devotees worship a dog as part of offerings for Tihar, which is the local name for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a dog care center in Kathmandu on November 14, 2020. #
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Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple with oil lamps to pray to the Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 14, 2020. #
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Medical professionals intubate a patient who was flown in from El Paso, as people are treated for COVID-19 at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, on November 12, 2020. #
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Bodies lie inside a refrigerated trailer, one of several mobile morgues being used to accommodate a surge in COVID-19 deaths, outside the Medical Examiner's Office in El Paso, Texas, on November 14, 2020. #
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Two residents walk along a path of mud and debris towards their village damaged by Typhoon Vamco in Rodriguez, Rizal province, Philippines, on November 17, 2020. Typhoon Vamco left dozens of people dead as it swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas while it passed over the capital and storm-battered northeast Philippines. #
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A visitor takes pictures of hats made by Irish milliner and fashion designer Philip Treacy during a presentation of the exhibition "Maestro Philip Treacy" displayed at the Erarta museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 18, 2020. #
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Sofia Polcanova of Austria competes against Wang Yidi of China during day one of the 2020 International Table Tennis Federation Finals at Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center in Zhengzhou, China, on November 19, 2020. #
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Supporters of President Donald Trump participate in a "Stop the Steal" protest after the 2020 U.S. presidential election was called for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, in Washington, D.C, on November 14, 2020. #
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Demonstrators use inflatable rubber ducks as shields to protect themselves from water cannons during an anti-government protest outside the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 17, 2020. #
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The Regent Street Christmas lights, entitled "The Spirit of Christmas," stand illuminated after being switched on without a ceremony as shops on the street remain temporarily closed due to England's second coronavirus lockdown, in London, on November 15, 2020. #
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An aerial view of the Bailong Elevator in Zhangjiajie, in China's Hunan province, taken on November 13, 2020. The glass elevator carries tourists more than 1,000 feet (300 meters) up the cliff face. #
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