A murmuration of starlings over Rome, an oil spill in Peru, cosplay in a California desert, a marine iguana in the Galapagos Islands, basking capybaras in Venezuela, the Feast of Saint Sebastian in Nicaragua, ice climbing in Turkey, a violent volcanic eruption in the Tongan archipelago, and much more
Photos of the Week: Wolf Moon, Snow Maze, Burning Barrel
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An aerial artist performs atop a large piece of melting ice suspended from a crane next to the Sydney Opera House on January 15, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. The 2.7-ton melting iceberg was suspended above Sydney Harbour for three days, highlighting the need for action on climate change. #
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A horseman rides through a bonfire in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, in the province of Avila in central Spain, during the traditional religious festival of Las Luminarias, in honor of San Antonio Abad (Saint Anthony), patron saint of animals, on January 16, 2022. #
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The Clavie, a burning barrel packed with tar-soaked sticks fixed on the top of a pole, is surrounded by the Clavie Crew at Doorie Hill in Burghead, Scotland, on January 17, 2022. The centuries-old local tradition is typically held on January 11 to greet the new year, but was delayed until the Scottish government lifted pandemic restrictions on large outdoor events. #
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The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, part of the Tongan archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, seen from the Himawari 8 weather satellite, on January 15, 2022. The violent volcanic eruption sent ash 24 miles into the sky, triggered a tsunami, and sent shock waves through the atmosphere that circled the globe. #
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Steam from a power plant rises through fog covering the cities of Heidelberg and Mannheim, as seen at sunset from the peak of Konigstuhl Mountain in Heidelberg, Germany, on January 14, 2022. #
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An art installation named "Renascimento" ("Rebirth"), by Siron Franco, who mounted 365 mannequins six meters from the floor to honor COVID-19 victims and health-care workers, at Casa das Rosas, in São Paulo, Brazil, on January 15, 2022. #
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A woman walks past a bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, known as the founding father of Bangladesh, at Kumortuli, the potters' quarter in Kolkata, India, on January 17, 2022. #
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Whiskey casks are seen stacked up at Speyside Cooperage in Craigellachie, Scotland, on January 19, 2022. Whiskey producers in Scotland are still grappling with the impact of Brexit on their exports to EU countries, and COVID-19 travel restrictions that have hampered tourism at distilleries. #
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A person carries items collected from the train tracks as a Union Pacific locomotive passes through a section of Union Pacific train tracks on January 14, 2022. The tracks are littered with thousands of opened boxes and packages stolen from cargo shipping containers targeted by thieves as the trains stop in downtown Los Angeles, California. #
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Orthodox rabbi Baruch Oberlander says a prayer at the "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial on the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Ghetto, in Budapest, Hungary, on January 17, 2022. #
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A drone photo shows a view of snow-covered trees and a twisting highway between Kutahya's Domanic and Bursa's Inegol districts in Bursa, Turkey, on January 18, 2022. #
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An aerial view of people trying to find their way out of a snow maze in Zakopane, Poland, on January 17, 2022. The snow maze was first created during the winter of 2015–16. This year, the maze kept the title of the biggest snow maze in the world, covering about 32,300 square feet (3,000 square meters). #
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Members of WonderFam Causeplay pose for a group photo at Buttercup Sand Dunes in Winterhaven, California, on January 15, 2022. Buttercup Sand Dunes was the location of several iconic scenes filmed for "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." #
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Members of an all-woman team from the Indian Border Security Force display their skills on a motorcycle during a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade at Raisina Hills in New Delhi, India, on January 20, 2022. #
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On January 18, 2022, workers on a beach in Ventanilla, Peru, clean up an oil spill caused by abnormal waves that were triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption half a world away in Tonga. #
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Customers get a haircut in a concert hall as museums and concert halls protest against government rules allowing gyms and hairdressers to reopen while they have to stay shut because of COVID-19 restrictions in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on January 19, 2022. #
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A medical worker tends to a COVID-19 patient inside a coronavirus isolation ward at the Ziv Medical Center in the city of Safed in northern Israel on January 16, 2022. #
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An Ethiopian Orthodox child holds a candle in the compound of Fasilides Bath during the celebration of Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany, in the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on January 19, 2022. #
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