The end of a drought in Australia, sand art in northwest England, vaccinations in remote Turkey, COVID-19 testing in Nepal, migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, wildfires in Greece, Eurovision 2021 in the Netherlands, Israeli air strikes in Gaza, continued protests in Colombia, bears in trees, and much more
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Matthew Wright, James Phelps, Dean Stockton, Ben Bowers, Amy Voce, Charley Boorman, Damon Hill, James Haskell, and Chloe Madeley take part in "The Big Stand Up" paddleboarding charity event on Basingstoke Canal, in Basingstoke, England, on May 17, 2021. A team of 11 participants is paddleboarding the length of the Basingstoke Canal in support of Movember and to raise awareness of men's mental health. #
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A visitor takes a photo of a hexagonal mirror room, titled "Kusama's Peep Show or Endless Love Show," by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, which is part of the exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective," at the Gropius Bau museum in Berlin, Germany, on May 19, 2021. #
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Protesters on the front line aim lasers at riot police as part of a national strike on May 19, 2021, in Bogota, Colombia. Colombians have been demonstrating against Iván Duque's administration for more than three weeks. Even after the withdrawal of a controversial tax reform, citizen's demands turned into a widespread expression of anger over poverty, inequality, and police brutality. #
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Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes target a government building, early on May 18, 2021, in Gaza City. At least 230 people in Gaza and 12 people in Israel have been killed in cross-border rocket exchanges over the past 11 days. Yesterday, Israel and Hamas announced they had agreed to a cease-fire. #
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The father of 12-year-old Rahaf al-Dayer holds her covered body at Al-Shifa hospital, after she was killed in an Israeli air strike that destroyed the upper floors of a commercial building and caused damage to the nearby health ministry and prime health-care clinic, in Gaza City, on May 17, 2021. #
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A stuffed animal is removed from debris as search-and-rescue work continues at a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on May 16, 2021. #
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Model Freya Lee, dressed as the Lady of Shalott, poses in the "Escape Your Mind" show garden during a photocall to promote the Harrogate Spring Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, England, on May 19, 2021. #
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Fire burns among houses during a wildfire in the village of Schinos, near Corinth, Greece, on May 19, 2021. A large wildfire west of Athens damaged homes and prompted evacuations as it tore through rugged forest terrain. #
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An asylum-seeking mother and her three children from Central America are followed by a Texas Highway Patrol officer as they look for cover during a heavy downfall, after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in La Joya, Texas, on May 19, 2021. #
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Unaccompanied minors who crossed into Spain are gathered outside a warehouse used as temporary shelter as they wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain, on May 19, 2021. Social services for the small city perched on an outcropping in the Mediterranean buckled under the strain after more than 8,000 people crossed into Spanish territory during the previous two days. #
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Palestinian children, who fled their homes because of Israeli air and artillery strikes, look through a window at the United Nations–run school where they took refuge, in Gaza City, on May 18, 2021. #
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A woman walks past the installation "Uncertainly" in the Spanish Pavilion at the Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, during a preview for the media on May 19, 2021. #
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An aerial photo shows a detail of a sand-art project, depicting the iconic tower, pier, and rides of Blackpool in northwest England, drawn on the beach by artists to promote the reopening of the town on May 17, 2021. #
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Police staff members Bea Stapleford (left) and Yas Mattocks demonstrate the use of a lock-on device, which other officers later remove, during a media open day to showcase protest and public-order police activities for the upcoming G7 Summit at the police headquarters in Exeter, England, on May 20, 2021. #
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J. P. Crawford and Kyle Lewis of the Seattle Mariners celebrate their 3–2 win against the Cleveland Indians at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, on May 16, 2021. #
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A health-care worker wearing personal protective equipment sanitizes his gloves before taking a PCR test from a mobile swab-collection vehicle, amid the second wave of COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 19, 2021. #
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The sun sets over the newly filled Lake Menindee in Menindee, Australia, on May 17, 2021. The Menindee Lakes are a system of nine large, shallow lakes in far-western New South Wales. The region has been crippled by a recent drought, which broke earlier in 2021. Water flow along the Darling-Baaka River system has now made its way to the lakes, and for the first time since 2016 there has been enough water to open the gates between Lake Pamamaroo and Lake Menindee. #
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A man drinks a coffee at a café in Soho, in London, England, on May 17, 2021. COVID-19 restrictions on indoor activities and household mixing have eased across most of the U.K., with indoor food and entertainment venues allowed to reopen across England and Wales, and small in-home meetings permitted once again in England and Scotland. #
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