Scenes from the Commonwealth Games in England, flooding in the U.S. and Japan, continued fighting in Ukraine, a new sinkhole in Chile, Beluga whales near Svalbard, an orphaned dolphin in Thailand, the McKinney Fire in California, an air show above the Giza Pyramids, a performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and much more
Photos of the Week: Knife Angel, Paris Henge, Flamingo Tagging
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A new view of the Cartwheel Galaxy, seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The wheel-like structure of the galaxy is the result of a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not visible in this image. The Cartwheel Galaxy lies about 500 million light-years away from Earth. #
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A polar bear stretches on rocks near a shore, observed by members of a Turkish scientific research team near the Svalbard Islands, in the Arctic Ocean, on July 23, 2022. Photo released on August 2, 2022. #
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A diver jumps from the Old Bridge into the Neretva River during the 456th traditional annual high-diving competition in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 31, 2022. #
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Angela Crawford leans against a fence as the McKinney Fire burns a hillside above her home in California's Klamath National Forest, on July 30, 2022. Crawford and her husband stayed, as other residents evacuated, to defend their home from the fire. #
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An orphaned Irrawaddy river dolphin takes a nap in the arms of its caretaker, while being raised at the rehabilitation facility of Marine Endangered Species Veterinary Hospital on August 1, 2022, in Rayong, Thailand. The dolphin was rescued after being stranded in the Gulf of Thailand on July 23. Veterinarians plan to raise the dolphin until it weans and later release it back into the wild. #
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A woman is rescued from flooding by the crew of a U.S. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter in eastern Kentucky, in a still image from video taken July 28–29, 2022. #
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Maria and Oleh Berest embrace while posing for their photographer by a fountain on their wedding day, seen through sandbags that fortify the opera house in Odesa, Ukraine, on July 29, 2022. #
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French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin walks on a 950-meter-long slackline 50 meters over Geneva Lake in the city of Geneva, part of the celebration of Swiss National Day on August 1, 2022. #
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Hamish Carter of Team Scotland competes during the men's horizontal-bar final on day five of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Arena Birmingham on August 2, 2022, in Birmingham, England. #
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David Valero Serrano of Spain reacts as he crosses the finish line in first place, winning the men's elite UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Cross-Country on July 31, 2022, in Snowshoe, West Virginia. #
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A Newcastle fan removes a dead pigeon that had fallen from the rafters into the Milburn stands during a pre-season friendly match between Newcastle United and Athletic Bilbao at St James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on July 30, 2022. #
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People look at lava flowing from the Fagradalsfjall volcano, in Iceland, on August 3, 2022. Icelandic authorities say the volcano in the country's southwest started erupting again eight months after its last eruption officially ended. #
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Debris washed in by heavy rains and flooding litters a neighborhood in the city of Murakami, Niigata prefecture, on August 4, 2022, after heavy rains hit the northern areas of Japan. #
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The Knife Angel goes on display at Kirkleatham Museum on August 2, 2022, in Redcar, England. The 27-foot-tall sculpture, made from more than 100,000 discarded knives and confiscated weapons, was brought to Kirkleatham Museum until the end of August as a reminder of the devastation caused by knife crime. #
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Katelin Wie Qi Heng of Team Singapore competes with a ball during the team final and individual qualification on day seven of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on August 4, 2022. #
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