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Photos of the Week: Plastic Lake, Van Cat, Burning Judas
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Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema falls over the advertisement boards during the Spanish League soccer match between Real Madrid CF and SD Eibar at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Valdebebas on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, on April 3, 2021. #
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Ozzie Albies of the Atlanta Braves stands for the national anthem before playing against the Washington Nationals in game one of a doubleheader at Nationals Park on April 7, 2021, in Washington, D.C. #
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Enrique Hernandez of the Boston Red Sox throws during the third inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on April 7, 2021, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. #
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A picture taken on early April 8, 2021, shows a burning candle at the foot of apricot trees in bloom, part of a fight against frost, which can destroy the newly emerging buds, in the Swiss Alps mountains in Saillon near Martigny. The large paraffin candles give off enough heat to create air movement, which prevents a frost pocket from forming. #
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A man's face is illuminated by his mobile phone as he stands on top of a roof at sunset to get a phone signal in Dun Laoghaire harbor at night, in Dublin, Ireland, on April 3, 2021. #
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A health worker from the Portuguese charity hospital in Belem, Para State, Brazil, sings and prays for a COVID-19 patient as part of Easter celebrations, on April 4, 2021. #
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A rioter is seen near a burning car at the "peace wall" gate into Lanark Way as protests continue in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 7, 2021. A week of violent demonstrations by both by Irish nationalists and pro-British loyalists took place in Northern Ireland amid worries caused by a post-Brexit world. #
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Lisa Jones, a trainer, walks Preliminaires after a trackwork session in Balnarring, Australia, on April 8, 2021. Balnarring Beach is a remote beach on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria. Regional trainers are known to use the beach as part of preparations for race meets because of its shallow water and sand dunes. #
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Activists leave after swimming in the Hofvijver lake in the Hague, on April 6, 2021, during a demonstration to indicate that science will drown because of underfunding. Professors, students, staff, and administrators of Dutch universities hope to persuade politicians to invest in academic education and research. #
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An endangered sea turtle swims as it is lowered off a boat into the Mediterranean. Israel Nature and Parks Authority rangers rescued the turtles, which survived an oil spill and required weeks of cleaning and rehabilitation, off the shore of Michmoret, Israel, on April 7, 2021. #
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People visit Cape Collinson Chinese Cemetery to pay respects to their departed loved ones to mark the Ching Ming Festival, also known as tomb-sweeping, near the Chai Wan area of Hong Kong on April 5, 2021. #
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