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Photos of the Week: Arctic Rally, Beehive Fireworks, 99 Domes
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Koala joey Humphrey sits with his mother in Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, on March 2, 2021. The eight-month-old Humphrey is the first koala joey born at Taronga Zoo in over a year, and only recently emerged from his mother Willow's pouch. #
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Stuttgart Ballet company dancers Elisa Badenes and Friedemann Vogel take part in the performance 'Social Distance Stacks' by the conceptual artist Florian Mehnert, at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany, on February 26, 2021. #
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People pray as screens show devotees gathering via Zoom during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, on February 26, 2021. #
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A diver uses a flashlight to explore artwork under the ice of the White Sea off the coast of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, on February 26, 2021. Paintings and sculptures by the artist Denis Lotarev and works by the photographer Viktor Lyagushkin were placed under the water and made accessible to divers until the ice melts. #
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People work at the construction site of a-solar power installation, installing photovoltaic panels on supports in a reservoir in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on March 4, 2021. #
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Members of the public pause to look at an artwork bearing the hallmarks of street artist Banksy on the side of Reading Prison in Reading, west of London, on March 2, 2021. The picture shows a prisoner, possibly resembling the famous inmate Oscar Wilde, escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter. The work has not yet been claimed by Banksy. #
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Kalle Rovanpera of Finland and his co driver Jonne Halttunen of Finland steer their Toyota Yaris WRC car during the third stage of the Arctic Rally Finland on February 27, 2021, in Mustalampi, northeast of Rovaniemi, in Finnish Lapland. #
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Participants of the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival stand with their backs to the explosions, as a large cart of fireworks goes off in Tainan, Taiwan, on February 26, 2021. The Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival is an annual tradition held on the 15th day after the beginning of the Lunar New Year in Tainan City for over 130 years. It is regarded as one of the most dangerous fireworks festivals in the world. Participants wear motorcycle helmets, fire-retardant clothing, and thick gloves, with hundreds of thousands of firecrackers going off at the same time. According to Taiwan's Tourism Bureau, the festival started in 1885 as a request to the gods to spare the area from a cholera outbreak that was making its way through the villages. Future generations followed this tradition. It is believed that the "baptism of fireworks" gets rid of calamities while bringing good fortune in the Lunar New Year. #
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Anti-coup school teachers in their uniform and traditional hats flash three-finger salutes during a demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 3, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets again on Wednesday to protest last month's seizure of power by the military. #
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Women dressed in flamenco dresses march during a protest to shed light on the difficulties the flamenco-fashion sector is facing over coronavirus restrictions, in Seville, on February 26, 2021. #
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A statue of York, the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, stands in Mount Tabor Park where it was mysteriously erected last week on March 1, 2021, in Portland, Oregon. The statue was mounted at the previous location of a memorial to Harvey Scott, a vocal conservative who fought against women's suffrage, which was torn down by activists during racial-justice protests last year. #
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Billie Eilish (left) and Zane Lowe sit together in front of the Los Angeles skyline, during Apple’s 'Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry' live premiere event. #
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The pro surfer Al Mennie lights a beacon at Downhill Strand as he completed a 100 kilometers night swim for charity on March 1, 2021, in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Mennie, a professional big-wave surfer, completed his Surf Swim Through Darkness challenge, swimming 100 kilometers in the dark in the North Atlantic Ocean throughout the winter months to raise awareness of depression and collect funds for the Aware charity which promotes mental health awareness. #
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The Brazilian track athlete Alan Crystian exercises during a training session on February 27, 2021, in São Paulo, Brazil. Alan is already qualified and preparing to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. #
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Participants take part in a group meditation session as part of a surrealist-art installation at North Cottesloe Beach on March 4, 2021, in Perth, Australia. The human installation coordinated by the surrealist artist Andrew Baines highlights the work of "Meeting for Minds" an international organization that deals with mental health, and aims to help the community deal with the ongoing pandemic in a meditative way. #
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The choir director Dawn McCormick leads students Keyonna Page-Green (left) and Faith Colman as they record vocals inside pop-up tents during choir class at Wenatchee High School in Wenatchee, Washington, on February 26, 2021. The school has been using pop-up tents as COVID-19 enclosures for its music programs, as students return to classrooms. #
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A small bird (bottom left) takes flight as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform a new formation called the 'Super Delta' at Naval Air Facility El Centro, as seen from Holtville, California, on March 2, 2021. #
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