Tornado damage in Oklahoma, wildflower blooms in California, military exercises in Ukraine, an equestrian show in Spain, a solar eclipse above Australia, a rocket explosion above Texas, a carpet of bluebells in Belgium, a robotic inspector in Paris, and much more
Photos of the Week: Floral Cloak, Bull Moose, Big Prawn
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A cat sits beside mortar shells ready to be used by the Ukrainian mountain brigade "Edelweiss" mortar unit, outside their hideout, after returning from heavy fighting close to Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 14, 2023. #
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A "Spot" robot named Perceval, developed by Boston Dynamics, inspects a suburban rapid transit sub-dock with the Paris transport networks maintenance team, in Torcy, near Paris, France, on April 18, 2023. #
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Wild bluebells, which bloom around mid-April, turning the forest completely blue, form a carpet in the Hallerbos, also known as the "Blue Forest", near the city of Halle, Belgium, on April 18, 2023. #
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A worker walks by stacked wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese stored in the ripening department of the Casearia Castelli, at the Caseificio Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on April 19, 2023. #
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Community members embrace each other during a vigil the day after a shooting during a teenager's birthday party at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in Dadeville, Alabama, on April 16, 2023. #
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A bloody handprint can be seen as firefighters use a hose to wash down the scene of a shooting on Saturday night at the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio in Dadeville, Alabama, on April 16, 2023. According to reports, four people were killed and 32 others injured in a shooting during a birthday party at the dance studio. #
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Barbara Belvisi (left) takes a picture of Gene Gore (center) with the SpaceX Starship on its Boca Chica launchpad after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted a long-awaited license allowing Elon Musk's SpaceX to attempt to launch the rocket into orbit for the first time, near Brownsville, Texas, on April 16, 2023. #
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The SpaceX Starship explodes after launch for a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate from the first-stage rocket booster three minutes into the flight but separation failed to occur and the rocket blew up. #
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The front of a police station burns during a demonstration, after France's Constitutional Council approved the key elements of the French President's pension reform plan, in Rennes, France, on April 14, 2023. France has been rocked by three months of demonstrations and strikes over Macron's bid to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62. #
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This video grab taken from AFPTV footage on April 19, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke covering the sky above Sudan's capital city of Khartoum. Explosions and gunfire resounded in Khartoum on April 20, as fighting between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating. #
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An aerial view of floodwaters inundating farmland in the region of the re-emerging Tulare Lake, in California’s Central Valley, on April 14, 2023, near Alpaugh, California. Tulare Lake, once the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi River, disappeared when waters were diverted by agricultural interests to irrigate crops in the late 19th and early 20th century. Recent atmospheric river storm events caused significant flooding in the lakebed area with thousands of acres of farmland flooded. #
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Workers prepare scaffolding around the iconic "Big Prawn" in the parking lot of Bunnings in Ballina, Australia, on April 17, 2023. Built in 1989, the Big Prawn is an iconic landmark for locals and visitors alike, coming in at 9 meters high and weighing 35 tons. #
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Servicemen belonging to the Ukrainian storm brigade "Bureviy" are dressed in camouflage as they take part in military exercises outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2023. #
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Model Rupert North wears a floral coronation cloak designed by Harrogate-based florist Helen James during a photo call on staging day of the Spring Flower Show on April 19, 2023, in Harrogate, England. The Coronation cloak was created using an array of flowers and will be the centerpiece of the show. #
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In an aerial view, the colors of various wildflower species appear to paint Temblor Range, a mountain range that rises from the east side of the San Andreas Fault, at Carrizo Plain National Monument near Santa Margarita, California, on April 15, 2023. #
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Kimber Hendrickson, owner of the Scissortail Silos event center, surveys debris of her venue destroyed during overnight tornadoes in Cole, Oklahoma, on April 20, 2023. #
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Two hikers take pictures of the sunset in the Fossil Rock Nature Reserve as they make their way to share an Iftar meal during Ramadan in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, on April 15, 2023. #
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