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
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Read moreA clerk wearing a face mask walks in Moscow's International Business Center (Moskva City) in Moscow, Russia, on April 26, 2021. #
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![Workers carry a scale model of a structure among a cityscape of lego models.]()
Read moreWorkers 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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Read moreA visitor peeks into an optical-illusion installation at the Illusion Museum in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on April 26, 2021. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of a street in Quito, Ecuador, during the weekend lockdown imposed by the government on April 24, 2021 #
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Read moreWorkers work on a sewage collection and treatment tank in Suqian, in east China's Jiangsu province, on April 29, 2021. #
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Read moreA Muslim man prays at a mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on April 29, 2021. #
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Read moreFirefighters battle to control the flames from a fire on Marsden Moor, near Huddersfield in northern England, on April 25, 2021. #
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Read moreSheep climb the hillside as flames from a moor fire are seen on Marsden Moor in northern England on April 25, 2021. #
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Read moreAn office chair stands among small roads and vacant lots on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, on April 28, 2021. #
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Read moreVolunteers take part in a beach clean-up event, organized to mark Earth Day, in Keelung, Taiwan, on April 24, 2021. #
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Read moreIn 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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Read moreMount Ama Dablam is viewed from the Everest region of Nepal's Solukhumbu district on April 26, 2021. #
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Read morePeople walk on the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, 516 Arouca, now open for residents in Arouca, Portugal, on April 29, 2021. #
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Read moreA picture taken on April 27, 2021, shows electrical wires running between homes in Baghdad's Murabaa neighborhood in Iraq. #
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Read morePalestinian 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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![Dozens of people swim together in a giant aquarium pool, all dressed as mermaids.]()
Read moreA 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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Read moreA dolphin jumps in the Gulf of Saros, an inlet of the northern Aegean Sea located north of the Gallipoli Peninsula, near Edirne, Turkey, on April 28, 2021. #
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Read moreWorkers check stuffed toys at a factory in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on April 26, 2021. #
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![Visitors look at an exhibit with a pair of stuffed bears.]()
Read moreA 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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Read moreA 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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Read moreA woman poses for photos in a tulip field near Grevenbroich, Germany, on April 23, 2021. #
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Read moreAn almost full pink moon is seen in the sky behind the Statue of Liberty as the sun rises on April 26, 2021, in New York City. #
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![Tourists ride in a boat near waves crashing against a natural arch formation in rocks.]()
Read moreTourists enjoy a tour of the arch of Cabo San Lucas on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, on April 25, 2021. #
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Read moreA man buys food from a shop selling takeaway food after the start of a three-week nationwide coronavirus shutdown on April 29, 2021, in Istanbul, Turkey. #
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![People in traditional Māori dress gather for a ceremony.]()
Read moreMembers of Haka for Life and Māori leaders welcome dignitaries during an Anzac Day service at Redfern on April 25, 2021, in Sydney, Australia. #
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Read moreDemonstrators 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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![An orchestra and chorus perform in front of a distant launching rocket.]()
Read moreMembers 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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![A small herd of oryx grazes on rocky ground.]()
Read moreArabian oryx graze in Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve in the Omani desert capital of Haima, in the central governorate of Wusta, on April 26, 2021. #
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![Workers build a highway in a broad desert.]()
Read moreWorkers 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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Read moreA man walks past the burning funeral pyres of people who died from COVID-19 during a mass cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on April 26, 2021. #
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Read moreA 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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Read moreStudents compete in a calligraphy contest in a primary school in Anlong County in southwest China's Guizhou province on April 23, 2021. #
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![People wait their turn to receive vaccinations.]()
Read moreA health-care worker injects a woman with a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on April 28, 2021. #
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Read moreThe actor Imogen Sage performs onstage during a media call for "Claudel" at Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on April 27, 2021. #
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![The statue of a gigantic robot stands in front of a shopping mall.]()
Read moreAn 18-meter-high Freedom Gundam statue is on display at the Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport in Shanghai, China, on April 26, 2021. #
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