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![A heavy-metal singer in full costume gets a COVID-19 vaccination shot.]()
Read moreMr. Lordi, aka Tomi Petteri Putaansuu of the Finnish hard-rock band Lordi, gets his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine from a nurse, Paula Ylitalo, in Rovaniemi, Finland, on August 1, 2021. #
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![A giant statue of a table-tennis player is seen in a plaza.]()
Read moreA giant statue of the Japanese Olympic table-tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa is displayed outside the Fuji TV headquarters on July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. #
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![A pole vaulter falls after clearing a jump.]()
Read moreKatie Nageotte of the United States competes in the women's pole-vault final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on August 5, 2021. #
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![Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage.]()
Read moreMegan Thee Stallion performs on day three of Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. #
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![A large festival crowd cheers.]()
Read moreFestivalgoers attend day three of Lollapalooza at Chicago's Grant Park. #
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![A young boy plays in a ball pit.]()
Read moreA young boy wearing a mask plays in a ball pit in a shopping mall on July 31, 2021, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. #
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![A swimmer is seen just under the surface of the water.]()
Read moreA swimmer is seen at Clovelly Beach on August 2, 2021, in Sydney, Australia. #
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![A firefighting helicopter splashes its hose into the ocean.]()
Read moreA Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter returns to the ocean to fill up with water while fighting a wildfire by Lambiri Beach near Patras, Greece, on August 1, 2021. #
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![A large forest fire burns in California.]()
Read moreIn Plumas County, California, flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville on August 3, 2021. Dry and windy conditions have led to increased fire activity as firefighters battle the blaze, which ignited on July 14. #
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![A smoky orange sky is seen above a Russian town.]()
Read moreSmoke from forest fires is seen over the small town of Kysyl-Syr, Vilyuysky District, Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, in Russia's Far East, on August 2, 2021. Wildfires have burned more than 16,000 square miles since the beginning of the fire season in Yakutia, said Andrey Mikhaylov, head of the forestry department of the regional Ministry of Ecology. #
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![Fire burns part of a beach resort.]()
Read moreIn Catania, Sicily, a wildfire burns at Le Capannine beach on July 30, 2021. #
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![Smoke and flames rise above a coastal Greek village.]()
Read moreOn the Greek island of Evia, north of Athens, flames rise above the village of Limni on August 3, 2021. Greece was grappling with its worst heat wave in decades, one that strained the national power supply and fueled wildfires near Athens and elsewhere in southern Greece. #
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![A firefighter walks in front of a large flame along a roadside.]()
Read moreIn Mugla, Turkey, firefighters work to extinguish a blaze on Feslegen Plateau on August 5, 2021. #
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![The silhouettes of a couple dozen people are seen on a high observation deck, with the sun in the background.]()
Read moreThe sun passes behind the EdgeNYC observation deck at Hudson Yards on July 31, 2021, in New York City. #
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![A shepherd and flock walk through a tunnel.]()
Read moreA shepherd walks with a flock through a dusty passageway to the tablelands of Nemrut Mountain at sunset in the Tatvan district of Bitlis, Turkey, on August 4, 2021. #
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![People watch an outdoor screening of The Lion King in front of the Manhattan skyline.]()
Read morePeople sit in a public park as they watch an outdoor screening of The Lion King before the Manhattan skyline in Long Island City, New York, on July 31, 2021. #
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![A view of a 25-meter-tall steel sculpture, shaped like a giant holding out a flower.]()
Read moreA view of a 25-meter-tall steel sculpture dubbed The Gesture by the Lebanese artist Nadim Karam, made from debris resulting from the blast at the port of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, which occurred on August 4, 2020. Photo taken in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 2, 2021. #
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![A shot putter puts a shot, regaining his balance.]()
Read moreJoe Kovacs of Team United States competes in the men's shot-put final on day 13 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on August 5, 2021. #
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Read moreIvan Frederico of Italy competes in the Olympic men's park-skateboarding preliminary round at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan, on August 5, 2021. #
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![An aerial view of a woman swimming in a small lake.]()
Read moreA woman swims to cool off in Xhemas Lake, a small natural lake in Valbona National Park near Dragobi, Albania, on August 4, 2021. #
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![Decathletes lie on a track, looking up toward an overhead camera.]()
Read moreThe men's decathletes pose for a photo following their competition on day 13 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. #
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![A table-tennis player eyes a ball very close to her face.]()
Read moreChina's Chen Meng competes during her Olympic women's team semifinal table-tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on August 4, 2021. #
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![Artistic swimmers perform a duet.]()
Read moreAlisa Ozhogina Ozhogin and Iris Tio Casas of Spain compete in their duet free routine final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 4, 2021. #
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![A tabby cat crouches on a baseball field.]()
Read moreA cat runs on the field, evading capture, during the eighth inning of a game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium on August 2, 2021. #
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![A sloth sits in part of an animal carrier.]()
Read moreA brown-throated sloth, called "43," rescued by Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his wife, Haydee, in a residential area, waits in a kennel, being prepared for release, at the couple's shelter for sloths, in San Antonio, Venezuela, on July 30, 2021. #
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![President Biden removes his face mask while walking outside the White House.]()
Read morePresident Joe Biden is seen on his way to boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 30, 2021. #
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![Commuters wait on a bus in Beijing at night.]()
Read moreCommuters wear masks to protect against COVID-19 as they sit on a public bus during the evening rush hour on August 4, 2021, in Beijing, China. #
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![A woman handles a lobster aboard a small boat.]()
Read moreVirginia Oliver, 101, inspects a lobster as her son Max, 78, passes it to her before she bands it, in Penobscot Bay, Maine, on July 31, 2021. Virginia has been catching lobsters off the coast of Maine since age 7 and is still going strong. She is the oldest licensed lobsterwoman in the state, and local historians describe her as perhaps the oldest active one in the world. She goes out into the waters off Rockland three days a week with her son, who helps her crew the boat. #
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![A person handles dozens of colored threads.]()
Read moreA thread maker prepares colored threads for flying kites in Jammu, India, on August 3, 2021. The demand for these threads goes up in August, when people in northern India fly kites, peaking during Independence Day, which falls on August 15. #
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![A tightrope walker is seen among mountains and clouds.]()
Read moreThe Italian tightrope walker Andrea Loreni performs on a steel cable near the dam of Ceresole Lake on August 1, 2021, in Ceresole Reale, Orco Valley, Alps region, northwestern Italy. #
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![Two men cool off in a stream, one splashing water over his head.]()
Read morePalestinians cool off during a heat wave near the West Bank town of Jericho, on August 5, 2021. #
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![A man rides a camel in shallow surf.]()
Read moreA Palestinian man rides his camel on the beach in Gaza City on August 1, 2021. #
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![One pink flamingo is seen among many young gray flamingos.]()
Read moreA pink flamingo stands among flamingo chicks in a pen in Aigues-Mortes, near Montpellier, southern France, on August 3, 2021, during the annual tagging and controlling operation to monitor the progress of the species. #
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![Hundreds of wrecked cars are seen placed together in an aerial view.]()
Read moreCars wrecked by flooding are pictured during ongoing cleanup efforts in the Ahr Valley region following catastrophic flash floods on August 4, 2021, in Bad Neuenahr, Germany. Villages along the Ahr River as well as other towns and villages across western Germany are attempting to recover from devastating floods in mid-June that left at least 170 people dead, hundreds injured, and approximately 70 still missing. #
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![A sunflower with seeds removed to create a smiley face is pictured.]()
Read moreA sunflower with seeds removed to create a smiley face is pictured in a field on a hot summer day in Kasaoka, Japan, on July 31, 2021. #
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