A visit with Punxsutawney Phil, preparations for the Year of the Ox in China, a funambulist in Italy, a rocket explosion in Texas, a farmers’ protest in India, flooding in France, dogs at play on a frozen lake in Turkey, a crowded beach in Brazil, and much more
Photos of the Week: Snowy Elmo, Mogul Run, Sea Goddess
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A woman participates in a ritual for the African sea goddess, Yemanja, at Ramirez Beach in Montevideo, Uruguay, on February 2, 2021. Worshippers showed up at Ramirez Beach on Yemanja's feast day, bearing candles, flowers, and fruit even though authorities had asked them not to go because of the pandemic. #
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A visitor looks at a painting by artist the Phannapast "Yoon" Taychamaythakool, exhibited as part of the art project "Venus in the Shell" at the River City Arts and Antiques shopping center in Bangkok on January 29, 2021. #
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Temporary tents are seen along the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati during the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad on February 2, 2021. #
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Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews attend a funeral procession for the head of the Brisk Yeshiva, Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik in Jerusalem on January 31, 2021, following his passing at age 99, due to a months-long illness compounded by the coronavirus. #
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Hinako Tomitaka of Japan takes a training run for the Women's Moguls during the 2021 Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International Ski World Cup at Deer Valley Resort on February 2, 2021, in Park City, Utah. #
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Lyubov Morekhodova, aged 79, skates along the ice-covered Lake Baikal in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast on January 29, 2021. Morekhodova, who learned to skate in her early childhood, has kept at it throughout her life. #
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A section of Highway 1 is seen after it collapsed into the Pacific Ocean near Big Sur, California, on January 31, 2021. Heavy rains caused debris flows from trees, boulders, and mud that washed out a 150-foot section of the road. #
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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick lies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on February 2, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Officer Sicknick died as a result of injuries he sustained during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. #
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A view of a bridge in the old town as the Thiou River reaches flood stage on February 4, 2021, in Annecy, France. Heavy rains in recent days in the Alps massively increased the water level of the lakes and rivers in the valleys. #
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Two women jump off a seawall as they photograph rough surf along the Lynn Shore Reservation in the aftermath of a snowstorm, on February 2, 2021, in Lynn, Massachusetts. #
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Police detain a man during a rally in support of the jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 31, 2021. Navalny, 44, was detained on January 17 upon returning to Moscow after five months in Germany recovering from a near-fatal poisoning with a nerve agent. He was later jailed while awaiting trial for violating a suspended sentence he was handed in 2014. #
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Security officers push back people shouting slogans during a protest held to show support for farmers who have been on a months-long protest, in New Delhi, India, on February 3, 2021. Nearly 200 supporters of Indian farmers clashed with the police. They were blocked from marching to an area close to the Indian parliament. Waving flags and banners representing their organizations, the protesters demanded the repeal of new agriculture reform laws which the farmers say will favor large corporate farms. #
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Large streams of red-hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, leaps into action, seen from the village of Fornazzo, Italy, on February 3, 2021. #
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The Long March 4C carrier rocket launched a remote-sensing satellite into orbit at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China, on January 29, 2021. #
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Punxsutawney Phil's handler A.J. Dereume holds the famous groundhog during a socially-distanced and remote event on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2021. #
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