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![Performer Billie Eilish mid-jump during a concert]()
Read moreBillie Eilish performs onstage during the "Happier Than Ever" tour at The Forum on April 8, 2022, in Inglewood, California. #
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![A horse rears up with a man riding on its back.]()
Read moreA gaucho rides a horse during the Criolla Week rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 14, 2022. #
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![A person holds a bucket with a small bear cub in it.]()
Read moreOne of two female black bears born on February 4 undergoes its first medical examination at Sainte-Croix animal park in Rhodes, France, on April 12, 2022. #
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![A young child looks at a steampunk version of the Star Wars character R2-D2.]()
Read moreA youngster reacts as he sees a remote-control droid on the first day of the Scarborough Sci-Fi weekend at the seafront Spa Complex in Scarborough, England, on April 9, 2022. #
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![A starkly-lit marble sculpture of a bearded man's head]()
Read moreA marble statue portraying the artist Vittore Grubicy de Dragon, "Ritratti di Vittore Grubicy de Dragon,' by Adolfo Wildt, seen during the opening of an exhibition at Museo della Città in Livorno, Italy, on April 8, 2022. #
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![A person reads a book in front of an ornate mosque window.]()
Read morePalestinians perform prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at al-Khalidi Mosque in Gaza City, Gaza, on April 10, 2022. #
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![A young girl wears an ornate costume and a flower headdress.]()
Read moreA girl dressed as a Kumari waits to attend rituals to celebrate the Hindu festival of Navratri outside the Adyapeath temple on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on April 10, 2022. #
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![A person standing in a park raises their hands surrounded by flowering trees.]()
Read moreA person raises his hands while listening to music among cherry blossoms at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, on April 8, 2022. #
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![Several people play in a huge ball pit, surrounded by thousands of baseball-size, clear plastic balls.]()
Read moreVisitors take part in an immersive experience during the "Pop Air" exhibition at Halle de la Villette in Paris, France, on April 13, 2022. #
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![A sinuous line is formed by the shoreline of the Dead Sea, captured from above, with white, salt-encrusted hills leading down to dark green water.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of the shoreline of the Dead Sea, about 50 kilometers from Amman, Jordan, seen on April 12, 2022 #
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![An aerial view of a rugged island]()
Read moreJapan's westernmost inhabited island, Yonaguni, is pictured on April 13, 2022. Yonaguni lies just 111 kilometers away from Taiwan and is located close to the disputed Senkaku Islands. The island has seen an increased military presence as the Japanese government looks to ward off Chinese activity in nearby territory claimed by both countries. #
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Read moreA farmer drives a tractor in his field while planting potatoes in Tilloy-lez-Cambrai, near Cambrai, France, on April 12, 2022. #
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![Hundreds of people in white robes kneel down in prayer in circular rows.]()
Read moreMuslims pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Mecca, during the month of Ramadan, on April 9, 2022. #
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![Dozens of Christians wearing tall red hoods gather together.]()
Read morePenitents, members of the Real Hermandad del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias, hold candles as they gather near the cathedral before taking part in a procession during Holy Week in the Spanish city of Zamora on April 13, 2022. #
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![Two women walk among white-robed penitents in a courtyard.]()
Read moreTwo women walk among penitents of La Paz brotherhood as they gather for the Palm Sunday procession in Seville, Spain, on April 10, 2022. #
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![Hundreds of medical workers in protective suits wave to residents.]()
Read moreMedical workers in protective suits wave to residents during a farewell ceremony before returning to Meihekou, where they were dispatched from to help curb the COVID-19 outbreak in Changchun, Jilin province, China, on April 12, 2022. #
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![A field of yellow flowers]()
Read moreCanola flowers bloom in a field in Edirne, Turkey, on April 12, 2022. #
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Read moreGolfer Will Zalatoris plays out of a bunker onto the seventh green during the third round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2022. #
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![An indigenous protester wearing a feather headdress raises her arm during a protest.]()
Read moreJessica Kumaruara, a Kumaruara indigenous person, with the message "No to PL 191" written on her chest, takes part in a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 9, 2022. #
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![An anti-war protester with what appears to be a bloody handprint on their neck and chest]()
Read morePeople participate in a flash-mob protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Manhattan, New York City, on April 8, 2022. #
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![Two women embrace outside, wrapped in a single blanket.]()
Read moreTwo Ukrainian women seeking asylum in the U.S. embrace outside the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, California, on April 12, 2022. #
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![A rocket stuck headfirst in a road, with a person looking on nearby.]()
Read moreThe tail of a rocket sticks out of the ground in Lysychansk, Donbas, Ukraine, on April 11, 2022. #
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![About a dozen workers in protective gear work to carry more than a dozen bodies in black plastic bags into a truck.]()
Read moreVolunteers load bodies of civilians killed in Bucha onto a truck, to be taken to a morgue for investigation, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 12, 2022. #
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![Several people train in a field, carrying weapons.]()
Read morePeople take part in a combat training course at the recruiting center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kharkiv on April 14, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. #
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![An explosion as a missile is fired from a forested area]()
Read moreUkrainian artillery shells Russian troop positions on the front line near Lysychansk, in the Luhansk region, on April 12, 2022. #
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![A group of men stand together and watch a small firework being launched.]()
Read moreSupporters of the Pakistan Peoples Party celebrate the dismissed prime minister Imran Khan in Karachi early on April 12, 2022. Pakistani lawmakers on April 11, 2022, elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister, following the weekend ouster of Khan. #
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![Burning trees on a hillside]()
Read moreThe McBride Fire burns in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on April 12, 2022. The wildfire started on April 12, and has burned more than 6,000 acres and killed two people. #
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![Two crabs cross a road at night.]()
Read moreCrabs cross a road in Giron, Cuba, on April 10, 2022. Millions of crabs emerge at the beginning of the spring rains and start a journey to the Bay of Pigs to spawn in a yearly migration. #
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![Several young women and girls kneel down at a lakeshore to offer flowers during a festival.]()
Read morePeople in traditional clothing offer flowers during the three-day Biju festival in Chittagong Hill Tracts at Kaptai Lake in Rangamati, Bangladesh, on April 12, 2022. #
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![Dozens of women walk on a cobblestone street, supporting a large wooden float with a statue of Jesus Christ on top.]()
Read moreWomen carry a statue of Jesus Christ on a religious float during a Holy Thursday procession in Antigua, Guatemala, on April 14, 2022. #
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![A line of rowhouse fronts in Philadelphia]()
Read moreA view of rowhouses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 8, 2022 #
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![A man kneels down toward a cat on a street, holding out a large microphone.]()
Read moreA television presenter poses next to Larry the Cat outside 10 Downing Street in London, England, on April 12, 2022. #
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![A person holds up their mobile device while a tightrope walker performs overhead.]()
Read moreFrench tightrope artist Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga performs on a high wire 20 meters above the ground during a spectacle titled "Lignes Ouvertes" ("Open Lines") in Vevey, Switzerland, on April 9, 2022. #
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![A complex, circular highway interchange captured from above]()
Read moreAn aerial view of a highway in Bogotá, Colombia, seen on April 10, 2022 #
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![Several people walk on a street alongside a small tractor that tows a gigantic Easter egg behind it.]()
Read morePeople accompany what is billed as the world's largest Easter egg in Lemesany, Slovakia, on April 11, 2022. Local architect and craftsman Jozef Kuruc is the creator of the five-meter-tall Easter egg, which has been put on display in the village for the seventh year in a row. #
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