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Photos of the Week: Epiphany Dips, Pet Blessings, Chicken Feet
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A large inflatable mannequin depicts Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama decorating the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton's flagship store on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris, France, on January 13, 2023. #
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A priest blesses a flock of sheep during the traditional animal-blessing ceremony that marks the day of San Anton (Saint Anthony), the animals' patron saint, in Muro, on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca, on January 17, 2023. #
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A Dong Tao chicken in a poultry farm in Hung Yen province in northern Vietnam. The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken, named after the commune in Vietnam where they are bred, are considered a delicacy and are a particularly popular dish among the wealthy during Vietnamese New Year, known as Tet. #
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People arrive to witness the inauguration ceremony of the 112-foot-tall bust of Adiyogi, another name for the Hindu god Shiva, at Isha Foundation's new center in Chikkaballapur, India, on January 15, 2023. #
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Workers paint the dome of the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil, on January 16, 2023, after an antidemocratic demonstration was held by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro on January 8. #
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Swans flee as hundreds of Christian Orthodox believers swim toward a crucifix, cast into the water by Macedonian Orthodox Bishop Timotej, in the freezing water of Lake Ohrid, during an Epiphany ceremony in the town of Ohrid, North Macedonia, on January 19, 2023. #
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A woman looks on during the celebration of Timkat, the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, on Lake Ziway, also known as Lake Dembel, in Ethiopia, on January 18, 2023. #
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Emergency workers clear rubble after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building, leaving many people under debris in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, on January 14, 2023. #
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Lithuanian Orthodox believers bathe in icy water shortly after midnight during a traditional Epiphany celebration in a lake near Vilnius, Lithuania, on January 19, 2023. #
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A rider leaps through flames during the annual Luminarias celebration on the eve of the Feast of Saint Anthony in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, northwest of Madrid, Spain, on January 16, 2023. #
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A Vietnamese supporter smiles ahead of the second leg of the AFF Cup final football match between Vietnam and Thailand at Thammasat Stadium in Bangkok on January 16, 2023. #
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Cai Xuning takes care of rabbits at a pet store in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on January 17, 2023. Pet-rabbit breeder and Pet Zone store owner Xuning is seeing an increase in interest in pet rabbits as China prepares to welcome the Spring Festival on January 22, ushering in the Year of the Rabbit. #
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Hindu pilgrims perform rituals after taking a dip at the confluence of Ganges River and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a day of great religious significance in Hindu mythology, at Sagar Island, about 150 kilometers south of Kolkata, India, on January 13, 2023. #
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Czech Republic's Tomas Machac in action during his first-round match against Norway's Casper Ruud at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on January 17, 2023 #
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Dancers with the U.S. theater company Bandaloop dangle from ropes during a performance of "Bird Strike" at the Santiago a Mil International Theater Festival in Santiago, Chile, on January 13, 2023. #
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An aerial view shows the ski resort below the mountain of Zugspitze near Ehrwald, Austria, on January 16, 2023. Unseasonably warm weather has persisted throughout January in Austria and much of the European Alps, leading to a lack of snow at many of the region's ski resorts. #
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An aerial view of La Danta pyramid, one of the largest pyramids in the world, at the archaeological site of the Mayan city of El Mirador in San Andres, Guatemala, on January 17, 2023. #
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