A sunset in Colombia, a military operation in Iraq, a wildfire in Colorado, a dog rescued in Los Angeles, an avalanche in Alaska, wartime devastation in Ukraine, flooding in Australia, blooming poppy fields in California, and much more
Photos of the Week: Burning Effigy, Sloth Balloon, Oscars Slap
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Elena Ivanov, visiting from San Jose, California, walks across a field covered with poppies in full bloom near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, California, on March 30, 2022. #
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A rainbow hangs over Lake Powell in Page, Arizona, on March 28, 2022. As severe drought grips parts of the western United States, water levels at Lake Powell dropped to their lowest since the lake was created by the damming of the Colorado River in 1963. Lake Powell is currently at 25 percent of its capacity, a historic low, and has lost at least 7 percent of its total capacity. #
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A street sits under floodwater in Lismore, Australia, on March 31, 2022. Evacuation orders were issued for towns across the New South Wales Northern Rivers region, with flash flooding predicted as heavy rainfall continued. #
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A visitor views works by American photographer Edward Weston during the "Weston: Edward, Brett, Cole, Cara. A Dynasty of Photographers" exhibition preview at the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia, Italy, on March 30, 2022. #
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Gang members wait outside their cells during a search in the Ciudad Barrios jail after El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional protections, in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador, on March 27, 2022. #
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Competitors take part in Stage 2 of the 36th edition of the Marathon des Sables between Ouest Aguenoun n'Oumerhiout and Rich Mbirika in the Moroccan Sahara Desert on March 28, 2022. #
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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches from Launch Site One in West Texas, north of Van Horn, on March 31, 2022. The NS-20 mission carried New Shepard Chief Architect Gary Lai, Marty Allen, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Jim Kitchen, and George Nield into space. #
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Dark smoke and flames rise from a fire following an air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on March 26, 2022. At least five people were wounded in two strikes on Lviv, the regional governor said, in a rare attack on a city that has escaped serious fighting since Russian troops invaded in February. #
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An emergency-services worker searches amid debris for dangerous items close to the central train station that was used as a Russian base in Trostyanets, Ukraine, on March 29, 2022. Ukrainian forces announced this week that they had retaken Trostyanets, a northeastern town that has seen fierce fighting and was occupied by Russians for weeks. #
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Actor Troy Kotsur poses with his award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "CODA" at the 94th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball in Hollywood, California, on March 27, 2022. #
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International Space Station Expedition 66 crew members (from left) Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov returned to Earth after logging 355 days in space. Vande Hei's mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. #
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Members of the Hermandad de La Pasión brotherhood prepare the religious sculpture of La Dolorosa Virgin a few days before celebrating Holy Week in Pamplona, Spain, on March 30, 2022. #
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Drone footage shows the aftermath of an avalanche down a mountainside at Hiland Road in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 27, 2022, in this still image obtained from a social-media video. #
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A tree goes up in flames as the NCAR Fire burns in Boulder, Colorado, on March 26, 2022. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December 2021. #
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Rescue workers stand in a silent tribute at a crash site, to mourn the victims of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane, flight MU5735, that crashed in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, on March 27, 2022. #
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Veterinary doctor Jakob Kotowicz (left), and his assistant treat a dog with a broken leg in a water bath at the ADA foundation center in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, on March 28, 2022. Amid the exodus to Poland of more than 2.2 million Ukrainian refugees who fled the Russian invasion are the pet lovers who could not leave their animals behind. The evacuation of the animals is dangerous but was made possible by the efforts and cooperation of several animal-rights groups and Ukrainian refugees. #
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A dog looks up at a high wall while trying to get out of the Los Angeles River, as a Los Angeles Fire Department Swift Rescue team tries to rescue him, in Studio City, on March 28, 2022. Two people and a dog were rescued from the rain-swollen river as a vigorous late-season storm moved slowly through California, bringing heavy showers and snow. #
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