A life-sized Gundam statue in China, the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in India, Anzac Day in Australia, the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Portugal, low water levels in California, a moor fire in England, a weekend lockdown in Ecuador, a Lego New York City, and much more
Photos of the Week: Desert Highway, Launch Symphony, Mermaid Show
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Workers carry the skating-rink portion of Rockefeller Center as they work on the New York City section of the "Miniland" area of the new Legoland New York Resort theme park, which is currently under construction, with plans to open to the public in the summer of 2021 in Goshen, New York, on April 28, 2021. #
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In an aerial view, the Enterprise Bridge crosses over a section of Lake Oroville, where water levels are low, in Oroville, California, on April 27, 2021. Four years after then–California Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order to lift California's drought emergency, the state has reentered a drought emergency, with water levels dropping in the state's reservoirs. Water levels at Lake Oroville have dropped to 42 percent of its 3,537,577 acre-foot capacity. #
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Palestinian members of Hamas's security forces rappel along the wall of a building as they show off their skills during a police graduation ceremony in Gaza City on April 26, 2021. #
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A group of 110 divers performs underwater as they set a new Guinness World Record for the "largest underwater mermaid show" at the Atlantis resort on April 28, 2021, in Sanya, Hainan province, China. #
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A couple look at an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on April 23, 2021. The museum began operating as a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site in New York City for individuals 18 years of age and older. #
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A red panda rests on a tree branch at Manor Wildlife Park, which reopened its doors as coronavirus restrictions continued to ease, in Tenby, Wales, on April 26, 2021. #
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Demonstrators clash with members of security forces during a protest against the tax reforms of President Ivan Duque's government in Bogotá, Colombia, on April 28, 2021. #
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Members of Xi'an Symphony Orchestra perform at a beach as a Long March-5B Y2 rocket carrying the core module of China's space station, Tianhe, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on April 29, 2021, in Wenchang, Hainan province, China. #
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Workers lay asphalt at a construction site on a section of the Yuli-Qiemo Highway, running through the Taklimakan Desert, in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on April 27, 2021. #
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A medical worker wearing protective equipment adjusts her gloves during coronavirus testing at the Thai-Japanese Stadium, also known as the Bangkok Youth Center, in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 27, 2021. #
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