A human tower in Spain, a massive wildfire in Argentina, deadly mudslides in Brazil, a meditation studio in Japan, scenes from Super Bowl LVI in California, Olympic figure skating in China, an extended drought in Spain, military exercises in Ukraine, and much more
Photos of the Week: Penguin Valentine, Sunset Deer, Snow Moon
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An aerial view shows the Mauritian oil tanker Tresta Star stranded off the coast of Reunion Island, at Le Tremblet, near Saint-Philippe, after Cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar and the area on February 6, 2022. The emptying of the beached ship's fuel tanks continued on February 11. #
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An aerial view of a dead tree, which has emerged from the shrinking Lindoso reservoir, on February 12, 2022. Large sections of Spain and Portugal are currently experiencing extreme or prolonged drought. #
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Jesper Tjader of Sweden, photographed during the men's freeski slopestyle final at Genting Snow Park during the 2022 Beijing Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, on February 16, 2022. #
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A shirtless protester participates in a blockade of downtown streets in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, near the Parliament building, as a demonstration led by truck drivers opposing vaccine mandates continued on February 16, 2022. #
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Gold medallist Anna Shcherbakova of Team ROC poses during the women's single-skating free-skating flower ceremony on day 13 of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, on February 17, 2022. #
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From left: artists Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg perform during the halftime show of Super Bowl LVI, between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on February 13, 2022. #
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A girl poses for a photo on a statue of a hippo at the entrance of Hacienda Napoles, once a private zoo with illegally imported hippos and other animals that belonged to the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, on February 15, 2022. Colombia's environment ministry announced in early February that the hippos are an invasive species, in response to a lawsuit against the government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos, whose numbers are growing at a fast pace and pose a threat to biodiversity. #
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An African penguin appears to be giving a fellow penguin a Valentine's Day card during a special feeding at the California Academy of Sciences on February 14, 2022, in San Francisco, California. #
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Rescue workers and residents search for victims in an area affected by landslides in Petropolis, Brazil, on February 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. #
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People lie in hospital beds crowded outside the Caritas Medical Center in Hong Kong on February 16, 2022, as hospitals became overwhelmed by the city's worst COVID-19 wave to date. #
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A firefighter battles a wildfire that had spread over more than 1.2 million acres in the northern province of Corrientes, in Portal San Antonio, Argentina, on February 14, 2022. #
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People paddle in kayaks as projections are seen on a mountainside during the Sharjah Light Festival at the Al Rafisah Dam outside Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, on February 12, 2022. #
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A camel is surrounded by calves in the Tunisian desert in Ong Jemel, near the Chott (salt lake) of Chtihatt Sghat, north of Tunisia's southwestern Nefta oasis, on February 12, 2022. #
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Participants in the "diada castellera" try to complete a human tower during the Saint Eulàlia celebrations in Barcelona, Spain, on February 11, 2022. After two years of canceled or muted celebrations due to the pandemic, this Mediterranean city went all-out to celebrate the feast, or "fest" in the Catalan language, of its patron. #
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