The world’s oldest dog in Portugal, pre-Carnival celebrations in Brazil, a “firefall” in Yosemite National Park, widespread flooding in Mozambique, continued rescue and recovery in earthquake-hit Turkey, Valentine’s Day in China and Italy, the Opera Ball in Austria, and much more
Photos of the Week: Ski Bike, Cow Hug, Drone Face
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A small section of a new deep-field image of Pandora’s Cluster, a conglomeration of massive clusters of galaxies, viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers estimate that 50,000 sources of near-infrared light were captured in the full image, produced in a 30-hour exposure. #
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A nominee for Queen of the Carnival performs during the Carnival of Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, on February 15, 2023. #
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A performer with Carbone Entertainment, dressed as a pink gorilla, prepares to deliver a singing telegram for Valentine's Day at an office in Glen Burnie, Maryland, on February 14, 2023. #
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A Carnival float depicts Russia's President Vladimir Putin kissing the devil, at a presentation of this year's satirical Carnival floats for the Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, on February 14, 2023. #
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A woman looks at shoes symbolizing war crimes committed against Ukrainian civilians at the Old Town Square to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Prague, Czech Republic, on February 15, 2023. #
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Ukrainian serviceman Maksym kisses his wife, Anna, as he welcomes her with flowers upon her arrival from Kyiv at the train station in Kramatorsk on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2023, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. #
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Gianluca Foresi performs as couples gather over the weekend to celebrate Valentine's Day by descending 177 feet down the 16th-century St. Patrick's Well of Orvieto, Italy, on February 11, 2023. #
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Bizsu, an eight-year-old Siberian husky, howls next to her owner, Fanni Lehoczki, during a test to discover why some dog breeds are more prone to howl, and whether it is linked to their genetic closeness to wolves, at the Ethology Department of the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary, on February 7, 2023. #
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A "firefall" is seen at Horsetail Fall on El Capitan, during sunset in Yosemite National Park, California, on February 15, 2023. The phenomenon occurs only for a few days in February each year when several weather and climatic conditions are just right. #
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An image formed in the night sky by drones depicts the Emir of Kuwait, seen above Green Island, off the coast of Kuwait City, on February 16, 2023, as the country celebrates its 62nd Independence Day and the 32nd anniversary of the end of the Gulf War. #
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Marysthell Garcia Polanco, a defendant, addresses the media in a courthouse, following a court decision about whether media mogul and senator Silvio Berlusconi bribed witnesses to lie about his "bunga bunga" parties in an underage-prostitution case, in Milan, Italy, on February 15, 2023. Berlusconi and 28 others involved were found not guilty. #
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People attend a candlelit vigil in memory of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey in Liverpool, England, on February 14, 2023. Candlelit vigils were held across the UK this week for Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed in Linear Park in Culcheth, Cheshire, last Saturday. Brianna was a transgender girl, but police say there is no evidence to suggest the killing was a hate crime. A boy and a girl, both 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. #
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A resident takes photos as a firefighting plane drops water over a forest fire in Quirihue, Ñuble region, Chile, on February 10, 2023. Forest fires have raged for days in south-central Chile, leaving at least 24 people dead. #
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Daryl Kinder zips down a run on his homemade ski bike at Pleasant Mountain ski area in Bridgton, Maine, on February 14, 2023. Kinder, of Lewiston, Maine, welded together parts of a mountain bike and a BMX bike and added skis to create his own alternative to downhill skiing. #
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Slovakia's Martin Hyska falls during a Team Parallel race against France's Alexander Schimid at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Meribel, France, on February 14, 2023. #
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French artist Jacques Auberger, aka Jacques, performs during the 38th Victoires de la Musique, the annual French music-awards ceremony, at the Seine Musicale concert hall in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the outskirts of Paris, France, on February 10, 2023. #
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Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo dog, age 30 years and 266 days, has been declared the oldest dog ever by Guinness World Records. Bobi, born in a woodshed in 1992, is pictured here sitting at his home in the village of Conqueiros in Leiria, Portugal, on February 12, 2023. #
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