Reopenings in Europe, coping with COVID-19 in India, kayak racing in Italy, artistic swimming in Budapest, an elephant-seal pup in California, a candlelight commemoration in Prague, a skateboard park in Texas, a Victory Day parade in Russia, protests in Colombia, and much more
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The Greek singer Elena Tsagrinou, representing Cyprus, sings during the second rehearsal for the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 12, 2021. #
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People dance during a party to celebrate the end of the curfew in Belgium, as the country reopens its outdoor spaces, including terraces of bars and restaurants, after closing down for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, in central Brussels on May 8, 2021. #
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A person in a Darth Vader costume stands on the side of the road during a gathering of supporters of anti-government protest leaders who were arrested and charged with lèse-majesté (defaming the monarchy), waiting for their release, in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 11, 2021. #
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Protesters stand at an intersection with shields and laser pointers during an anti-government march in Bogotá, Colombia, on May 12, 2021. Colombians have demonstrated for weeks across the country, after the government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages, and pensions, and continuing even after President Iván Duque walked back the tax hike. #
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Sports fans clash with riot police as they celebrate after the soccer club Sporting CP won the Portuguese soccer-league title, at Marquês de Pombal, in Lisbon, early on May 12, 2021. #
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Fireworks explode over Poklonnaya Gora War Memorial Park during celebrations for Victory Day, marking the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2021. #
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A woman wearing a protective face mask joins former British armed-forces members and supporters at a Respect Our Veterans parade and rally, following the collapse of a trial in Belfast of two British soldiers for the killing of the IRA leader Joe McCann, in London, England, on May 8, 2021. #
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This picture taken during a government-organized media tour shows people looking at photos they took next to a monument of the hammer and sickle in Nanniwan, some 60 kilometers from Yan'an, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party from 1936 to 1947, in Shaanxi province on May 11, 2021, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the party's founding in July. #
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A person works on an installation titled Window & Ladder—Città Eterna 2021, by the Argentine artist Leandro Erlich, prior to the opening of the exhibition "Back to Nature" at the Villa Borghese park, in Rome, Italy, on May 11, 2021. #
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A woman lights candles to commemorate victims of the coronavirus pandemic at Prague Castle on May 10, 2021, in Prague, Czech Republic. People commemorated almost 30,000 victims in the country during the largest act of reverence in the history of the castle. The daily numbers of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to decline in the Czech Republic. #
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People pack onto an overcrowded ferry to get home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, after the government imposed COVID-19 restrictions on long-route public transport, in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, on May 10, 2021. #
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An elephant-seal pup rides in a cart labeled "Sealbarrow" at the Marine Mammal Center, in Sausalito, California, on May 8, 2021. Sea lions in California are facing a surge in cancer cases that are potentially linked to thousands of barrels of DDT that were dumped in the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast decades ago. #
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Russia's Varvara Subbotina competes in the preliminary for the solo free artistic-swimming event during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at Duna Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, on May 10, 2021. #
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Borussia Dortmund's Lukasz Piszczek celebrates winning the German Cup with teammates at the RB Leipzig–Borussia Dortmund final match at Olympiastadion, in Berlin, Germany, on May 13, 2021. #
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From left: Ruby Zinner, Caroline Reinstadler, Marie Kallis, and Julia Bogdanoff, wearing graduation caps and gowns, drink champagne while taking graduation photos in Washington Square Park on May 9, 2021, in New York City. #
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The Israel Start-Up Nation team rider Alessandro De Marchi rides past a field during the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, 177 kilometers between Modena and Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on May 12, 2021. #
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A man has his hair washed at the Butcher Otoko barbershop, as a phased reopening following government guidance began after an extended COVID-19 shutdown, in Dublin, Ireland, on May 10, 2021. #
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A photo taken by Aysegul Aksoy, working as an anesthetic technician at Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, shows Aksoy's colleague looking out from a face shield during a shift helping coronavirus patients at the hospital, in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 11, 2021. #
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A tree stands inside a facility for COVID-19 patients with 500 ICU beds that is being set up at Ramlila Ground, normally a venue for major political rallies, in New Delhi, India, on May 12, 2021. #
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Family members of Vijay Raju, who died due to COVID-19, mourn before his cremation at a crematorium ground in Giddenahalli village, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, on May 13, 2021. #
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People wait in line to lay flowers and toys at a makeshift memorial for victims of the shooting at School No. 175 in Kazan, Russia, on May 11, 2021. At least nine people, most of them children, were killed on May 11, when a lone teenage gunman opened fire at the school in the central Russian city, officials said. #
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A picture taken on May 13, 2021, shows a ball of fire engulfing the Al-Walid building, which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City early that morning. The Israeli army has launched hundreds of air strikes on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the week, while Palestinian militants have launched more than 1,200 rockets, according to Israel's army, in some of the worst violence in the area in seven years. #
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