Widespread flooding in eastern Australia, Ukrainian refugees in Poland, an elephant inside the Kyiv Zoo, a shallow earthquake in Indonesia, a town-wide football match in England, Carnival celebrations in Bolivia, preparing for the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, and much more
Photos of the Week: Ukraine Crisis, Burning Devil, Lake Chair
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A reveler dances as people gather at a block party, despite Carnival celebrations being prohibited because of COVID-19 restrictions, in Brasilia, Brazil, on February 27, 2022. #
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A girl attends Mass at the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 27, 2022. #
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Members of the Ukrainian community living in Rome, Italy, protest during a national demonstration calling for peace between Ukraine and Russia, on February 27, 2022. #
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The American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls are lit in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on February 27, 2022. #
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Slovenia's Nika Kriznar soars through the air during the women's Team HS90 event of the FIS Women's Ski Jumping World Cup in Hinzenbach, Austria, on February 25, 2022. #
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A Chinese paralympic athlete skis during a training session for the men's downhill sitting event at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center in Yanqing, ahead of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, on March 3, 2022. #
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A Balinese man is hit with burning dried coconut leaves during a fire-fight ritual called Lukad Gni, part of the pengerupukan ceremony on March 2, 2022, in Paksebali Village, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia. The pengerupukan ceremony, held ahead of Nyepi Day celebrations, is a unique ritual in which devotees "fight" each other with purifying fire. #
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Devils dance through the streets as part of Carnaval de los Diablos celebrations in San Martin Tilcajete, Mexico, on March 1, 2022. The traditional celebration precedes Ash Wednesday, allowing participants to let "evilness" out so they can welcome Lent. #
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Teams compete in the Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football match on March 1, 2022, in Ashbourne, England. Played since the 17th century, the annual football match sees teams from opposite ends of Ashbourne try to get a ball into one of two goals that are positioned three miles apart at either end of the town. The game has no rules, and can sometimes end in injury and damage to property, although volunteer stewards keep a watchful eye for any serious foul play or possible damage. #
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A view from the heights of Saint-Paul shows the Rivière des Galets flowing down from the Circus of Mafate on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on February 27, 2022. #
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People inspect a damaged mosque following an earthquake in Pasaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on February 25, 2022. The strong and shallow earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra on Friday, panicking people on the island and in neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. #
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A volunteer works to sort through donations delivered to the "Polish White Eagle Club," bound for Polish refugee centers, in London, England, on March 2, 2022. Communities across Europe are donating aid for the Ukrainian refugees fleeing across borders into neighboring countries. #
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Smoke billows from a warehouse and an office building that, according to local authorities, caught fire after shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the village of Chaiky in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on March 3, 2022. #
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A view shows the area near the regional administration building, which city officials have said was hit by a missile attack, in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2022. #
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Members of the Ukrainian civil defense, one holding his weapon as though it were a guitar, play a song while waiting to escort a fuel transport in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 28, 2022. #
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A couple say goodbye before the woman boards a train bound for Lviv, at the Kyiv station in Ukraine on March 3, 2022. Ukrainian men have to stay to fight in the war as many women and children seek refuge in neighboring countries. #
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Everton players hold Ukrainian flags before the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Manchester City at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, on February 26, 2022. #
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Animal keeper Kirilo Trantin comforts an elephant at the Kyiv Zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2022. Zoo workers have remained in the area and stay long hours to care for the animals as bombs strike nearby. #
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A wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin is disassembled and packed into a box before it is placed in storage at the Grévin Museum in Paris, France, as a reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on March 1, 2022. #
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Supporters of the Indian Youth Congress hold a candlelight vigil in memory of an Indian student killed by shelling during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on March 1, 2022. #
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A woman glares at police standing guard as they move in to clear protesters from Parliament grounds in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 2, 2022, during demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. #
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A Ukrainian civilian takes shelter with a cat in their backpack at the Przemysl train station, 20 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, in Przemysl, Poland, on February 28, 2022. #
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