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![Two people with their backs to the camera look at a distant sunset; part of the sun is occluded by a partial eclipse.]()
Read moreA partial solar eclipse is seen during sunset in Vina del Mar, Chile, on April 30, 2022. #
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![Two people in body paint and costume]()
Read morePerformers take part in the Beltane Fire Festival, an annual participatory arts event and ritual that welcomes the coming of summer, at Calton Hill, in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 30, 2022. #
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Read moreA rider on the "wall of death" performs at a night carnival in Bogor, Indonesia, on April 30, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of waterfront homes in a neighborhood along a bay]()
Read moreA view of housing in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, seen on May 3, 2022. #
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![An aerial picture of many traditional fishing boats moored at a pier]()
Read moreAn aerial picture of traditional fishing boats moored at a pier in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 5, 2022. #
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Read moreA view of a construction site for the foundations of wind turbines for the Fecamp offshore wind farm, in Le Havre, Normandy, France, on May 1, 2022. #
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Read moreTourists dance in a discotheque in Ibiza, Spain, on May 1, 2022. #
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![Two people ride a scooter on a city street under an orange-colored sky, thick with dust.]()
Read moreA view of a dust-covered sky seen during a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 5, 2022. #
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![Firefighters try to extinguish burning garbage on a huge landfill.]()
Read moreFirefighters try to extinguish burning garbage after a fire broke out at the Perungudi landfill in Chennai, India, on April 29, 2022. #
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![A firefighting airplane drops water onto a forest.]()
Read moreA plane drops water to combat the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon wildfires, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, on May 4, 2022. #
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![A huge fire burns among several parked military vehicles.]()
Read moreVehicles are seen burning at an oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Makiivka, 95 miles east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 4, 2022. #
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![A turret, apparently blown from the top of a tank, lies embedded in a hole it made in a large patch of asphalt.]()
Read moreA destroyed Russian tank's turret is seen stuck in the ground in Zalissia, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on May 3, 2022. #
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Read moreA convoy carrying people from Mariupol arrives in Kamianske, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 3, 2022, as Russian attacks continue. #
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![A woman sits on a bed with a small dog in an apartment damaged by a missile explosion.]()
Read moreA woman sits on her bed with her dog in an apartment damaged by a missile explosion in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 5, 2022. #
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![A woman holds a hand to her face as she leans over flowers on the grave of her son.]()
Read moreAngela Bondar grieves at the grave of her son, fallen soldier Vladimir Bondar, on May 1, 2022, in Lviv, Ukraine. #
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Read moreA view of a trackwork session at Lady Bay beach in Warrnambool, Australia, on May 3, 2022. #
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Read morePuppet maker Louise Jones puts the finishing touches on her group of corgi puppets, each one an individual and based on past and present royal corgis, part of "The Queen's Favourites," for the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, in Coventry, England, on May 5, 2022. #
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Read moreGoslings rest under a parent's wings in St James's Park in London, England, on May 5, 2022. #
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Read moreVanessa Hudgens arrives at the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York City. #
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![A young child is held high, reaching up toward banners hanging above.]()
Read morePeople celebrate Children's Day in Tokyo, Japan, on May 5, 2022. #
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![A woman sits on the platform of a basic hand-operated cable car suspended above a valley.]()
Read moreA woman is seen riding on a hand-powered cable car in Rize, Turkey, on April 27, 2022. Four families and landowners living in the Daginiksu district of Rize use the cable to get to their houses and lands, which cannot be reached by car, because there is no road. #
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Read moreA view of Sumela Monastery, seen after it reopened to visitors, in the Macka district of Trabzon, Turkey, on May 1, 2022. #
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![Farmers use wooden poles and a tractor to erect a maypole in a field.]()
Read moreFarmers erect a maypole with the help of wooden poles and a tractor in Windischgarsten, Austria, on April 30, 2022. #
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Read morePeople sleep along the Yamuna River, under a bridge, on a hot day in New Delhi, India, on May 2, 2022. #
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![People use hoses to collect drinking water from a tanker truck.]()
Read moreResidents use hoses to collect drinking water from a tanker truck during hot weather in New Delhi, India, on May 3, 2022. #
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![A crowd of people place snakes on a statue of a saint.]()
Read moreSnake catchers place snakes on a statue of Saint Domenico during a procession in Cocullo, Italy, on May 1, 2022. The Festival of Snake Catchers (Festa dei Serpari) is an annual religious procession during which the patron saint's statue is carried, covered with living snakes. #
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Read moreFredrik Robertsson poses while attending the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York City. #
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Read moreA papier-mâché float is seen during a carnival parade in Acireale, Italy, on May 1, 2022. The Carnival of Acireale, which features parades of flowered floats, would have taken place in February but was postponed because of COVID-19. #
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![A line of students seated on the ground, meditating, all wearing school uniforms and face masks]()
Read moreStudents meditate before their 12th standard board examination at a school in Chennai, India, on May 5, 2022. #
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![An abortion-rights supporter holds a sign with a clothes hanger attached; the sign reads "SCOTUS said D.I.Y."]()
Read moreA demonstrator holds a sign with a clothes hanger attached to it during a protest after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision later this year, in New York City, on May 3, 2022. #
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![People gather to watch an illuminated water fountain.]()
Read morePeople gather to watch the Magic Fountain's light and music show on April 30, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain. #
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![A puppet effigy burns on a pile of branches.]()
Read moreA puppet burns on Saint Walpurga's Eve, a tradition said to "ward off evil spirits and witches," in Grossharthau, Germany, on April 30, 2022. #
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Read moreA Russian Su-35S combat aircraft and a Tu-95MS strategic bomber fly in formation above a church during a rehearsal for the flyby, part of a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow, Russia, on May 4, 2022. #
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![An older man stands beside a monument wearing a military uniform.]()
Read moreA descendant of a war veteran stands guard during the celebration of the 81st Patriots' Victory Day at Meyazia 27 Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 5, 2022. Patriots' Victory Day is a national holiday in Ethiopia that commemorates the end of the Italian occupation, in 1941. #
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![A crowd of people hold up their mobile devices, taking photographs of President Biden and his wife, Jill Biden.]()
Read moreU.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive for an Eid al-Fitr reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2022. #
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