Dogsledding in the dark in Svalbard, a trout-catching contest in South Korea, lava in Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, tornado damage in Alabama, heavy rain and floods in California, Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an invasion of Brazil’s Congress by pro-Bolsonaro protesters in Brasilia, and much more
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Cashmere goats graze on foliage as they wander through brush above the beach in Bournemouth, England, on January 9, 2023. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council began a goat-grazing scheme in 2020 on the East Cliff, overlooking Bournemouth beach. The aim is to encourage British feral goats to manage vegetation along the cliff tops naturally. Grazing by livestock is seen as the only long-term and viable solution for cliff management. #
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Revelers watch "Saurian and the Witnesses of Outer Space," a night parade by the French Plasticiens Volants company during the Santiago a Mil international dance, theater, and visual-arts festival, in Santiago, Chile, on January 10, 2023. #
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People attend a bonfire in Independence Square outside the Parliament building on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the Day of the Defenders of Freedom "Battle for the Freedom of Nations" in Vilnius, Lithuania, on January 12, 2023. #
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Supporters of far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hold a demonstration at the Esplanada dos Ministerios in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. Brazilian police used tear gas to repel hundreds of Bolsonaro's supporters after they stormed onto Congress grounds one week after President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration. #
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Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fight with security forces during an invasion of the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. Hundreds of Bolsonaro's supporters broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace, and the Supreme Court, in a dramatic protest against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration last week. #
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A member of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association displays his balancing skills atop a bamboo ladder during the Tokyo Fire Department's New Year's Fire Review in Tokyo, Japan, on January 6, 2023. #
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Thiago Salgado from the U.S. flips in the air after attempting to ride a bull named Razzmatazz during round three of the 2023 PBR Unleash the Beast Monster Energy Buck Off at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on January 8, 2023. #
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Police remove a climate activist from Leutzerath, near Erkelenz, Germany, on January 11, 2023. The village is located on the edge of the expanding Garzweiler open-pit coal mine. Despite heavy protests, RWE, the mine's owner, plans to extract the underlying lignite. #
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Children and a priest break traditional Christmas bread to mark Orthodox Christmas Day festivities in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, on January 7, 2023. Children traditionally scramble for a piece of the bread, searching for a gold coin hidden inside. #
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Bulgarian Orthodox faithful dive into the water of a lake to catch a wooden crucifix as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations in Sofia, on January 6, 2023. Traditionally, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the lake, and it is believed that the one who retrieves it—as well as all the others who swim in the icy waters—will be healthy throughout the year. #
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A car sits submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through Windsor, California, on January 9, 2023. The San Francisco Bay Area continued to get drenched by powerful atmospheric-river events that brought high winds and flooding rains. #
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A member of the carnival group La Vijanera de Silio, playing the role of a wild bear, runs during an ancient traditional festival in the town of Silio, Spain, on January 7, 2023. #
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An aerial view of a car and a pickup truck swallowed up by a sinkhole as another storm created by a series of atmospheric rivers inundated California on January 10, 2023, in Los Angeles. Two people from one vehicle were able to climb out before the hole grew larger, and passengers of the other vehicle were rescued by about 50 firefighters using a high-angle rope and an aerial ladder. Victims were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. #
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This photo shows the inside of the summit crater of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on January 6, 2023. Kilauea has begun erupting less than one month after it and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa had stopped releasing lava. #
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A dogsledding trip returns to a dog yard in Bolterdalen, Norway, on January 10, 2023. The yard is located six miles from the main village in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago so close to the North Pole that it is shrouded in continuous darkness in the winter. #
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