An autumn day in Moscow, vicuña herding in Bolivia, a pilgrimage in Senegal, an abortion-rights protest in Colombia, Wasteland Weekend in the Mojave Desert, Hogwarts Castle in Beijing, a torchlight procession in Spain, flooding in Thailand, and much more
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The Sense of Unity light parade takes place in Weymouth, England, on on September 25, 2021. Sense of Unity is a performance by two theater companies, Dundu from Germany and Worldbeaters from Whitley Bay, who provided the finale of Activate's Inside Out Dorset festival. #
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A man sits among empty seats at a free movie screening as restrictions on social gathering were tightened because of a surge of COVID-19 cases in Singapore on September 29, 2021. #
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People walk through the flags of the "In America: Remember" public art installation on the National Mall near the Washington Monument on September 26, 2021, in Washington, D.C. #
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Volunteer Ammu Dinesh looks out from a bone sculpture before carrying it to the home of Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, in Boston, Massachusetts, to demand global vaccine equity, on September 29, 2021. #
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A man rests in a hammock on the grounds of a flooded Buddhist temple in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya on September 28, 2021. Tropical storm Dianmu caused flooding in 30 provinces across the country. #
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A fiberglass sculpture titled "Bihar" ("Tomorrow," in Basque), by Mexican hyperrealist artist Ruben Orozco, is submerged in the Nervion River in Bilbao, Spain, on September 27, 2021. #
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Villagers hold torches made of wineskins during the civic procession of El Vitor in Mayorga, Spain, on September 28, 2021. In a tradition that dates back to 1752, in the early morning of September 27-28, residents carry torches during the procession on the occasion of the arrival of the relics of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo to their place of birth. #
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People watch a light show over Hogwarts Castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Studios' Beijing Resort on September 23, 2021, in Beijing, China. Universal Beijing Resort officially opened to sellout crowds on September 20. #
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Mattia Destro of Genoa celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and Hellas Verona FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa, Italy, on September 25, 2021. #
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Members of the demining team Humanicemos (formerly FARC) take part in a search for explosive ordnance in the jungle in Montanita, Caqueta, Colombia, on September 26, 2021. As part of the former FARC's peace efforts, a program was launched in 2015 allowing ex-combatants to collaborate with army soldiers in humanitarian demining. #
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People attend Wasteland Weekend Festival in the Mojave Desert in Edwards, California, on September 25, 2021. The organizers require all festival-goers to be in costume, to create a full-immersion effect, making attendees feel as though they are inside a Mad Max–style movie for five days. Activities include many themed distractions from the real world: live bands, DJs, car cruises, costume contests, a film festival, a post-apocalyptic swimsuit competition, Thunderdome battles, light-hearted role-playing challenges, and more. #
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A volunteer attempts to evacuate horses to safety in California Hot Springs as the Windy Fire expands in Sequoia National Forest in California on September 25, 2021. #
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A cat wearing glasses and a small cowboy hat sits on a protester's shoulder during a prodemocracy demonstration calling for the scrapping of the lese majesty royal-defamation law in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 26, 2021. #
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A handler attempts to help pose a blue Pekin bantam hen for a portrait at the annual Balmoral Show, held by the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, on September 23, 2021. #
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Visitors view "Totem" by the artist Moira Ricci during Hypermaremma, near Grosseto, Italy, on September 29, 2021. The monument is dedicated to the Japanese anime-television-series hero UFO Robot Goldrake (also known as Grendizer). #
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A woman takes part in a demonstration demanding the decriminalization of abortion, during the Global Day of Action for Legal and Safe Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Bogota, Colombia, on September 28, 2021. #
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Pilgrims line up to enter the Great Mosque of Touba during the Grand Magal of Mourides in Touba on September 26, 2021, the largest annual Muslim pilgrimage in Senegal; hundreds of thousands of people make the pilgrimage each year. #
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Volunteers sit under a model of the scene during the Fall East Lake Festival on September 25, 2021, in Wuhan, China, during which participants jump and ride their bikes into the lake. #
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A maintenance team installs marker balls on power lines with a basket lowered from a helicopter near Yunuseli Airport in the Osmangazi district of Bursa, Turkey, on September 30, 2021. #
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Vicuñas run in front of people as part of the start of the herding, capturing, and shearing of the animals in the Puyo Puyo community in the Apolobamba Protected Area, in Pelichucu, Bolivia, on September 26, 2021. #
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