A skateboarding dog in Bangkok, a drone-and-light show in central Australia, the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, Eurovision 2023 performances in England, a bridge demolition in Germany, war-damaged buildings in Ukraine, scenes from the coronation in England, and much more
Photos of the Week: Jumbled Forest, Old Tree, Koala Perch
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Mitz Jude Jalandoni of the Philippines competes in the women's kun bokator singles phkak final event during the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. #
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Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, tries a virtual-reality horse-racing simulator as he attends day one of the 2023 Royal Windsor Horse Show in Home Park, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, on May 11, 2023. #
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Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla travel from Westminster Abbey in the Gold State Coach, following their coronation ceremony, in London, England, on May 6, 2023. #
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Hindu devotees lie on the ground as they await blessings from a priest for good crops, prosperity, and peace, during the Manda Puja festival outside the Hindu Lord Shiva Temple in Ranchi, India, on May 5, 2023. #
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Congolese civilians hold candles to pay tribute to the hundreds of victims killed by rains that destroyed a remote, mountainous area and ripped through riverside villages in South Kivu province, during a vigil in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 9, 2023. #
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An employee of the Scientific and Technical Center for Building stands next to a giant fan in the Jules Verne Climatic Wind Tunnel, a research facility used to study and analyze building and construction elements under extreme climatic conditions, in Nantes, France, on May 9, 2023. #
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People visit "Old Tree" by Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz, a bright-reddish-pink tree sculpture on view at New York City's High Line through September 2024, seen on May 9, 2023. #
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An aerial view of one of a row of abandoned oil tanks that are covered with creeping plants along the Liyun River in Huai 'an, in China's Jiangsu Province, on May 9, 2023 #
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Vitali Klitschko, mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, examines a high-rise residential building damaged by the remains of a shot-down Russian drone on May 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. #
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An aerial view on May 11, 2023, of residential buildings razed to the ground by fighting in Maryinka, an eastern Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region, where heavy battles with Russian troops have been taking place #
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A disrupted boardwalk runs through a jumbled and damaged stand of Alaska birch trees, flooded amid thawing permafrost and snowmelt, at Creamer’s Field in Fairbanks, Alaska, on May 2, 2023. Since heavier precipitation came to Fairbanks beginning in 2014, mostly due to sea-ice loss, hundreds of the trees have died at the site. What was once a seasonal wetland is becoming more permanent, and the boardwalk has been reconstructed several times because of ground subsidence. #
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A migrant climbs over the border fence into the United States after fetching groceries for other migrants waiting to be processed by authorities on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border, as seen from Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on May 10, 2023. #
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Migrants cross the Rio Grande, trying to enter the U.S., as seen from Matamoros, state of Tamaulupas, Mexico, on May 9, 2023. A surge of migrants is expected in U.S.-Mexico border cities as President Biden's administration ends its implementation of the strict COVID-era immigration restrictions of Title 42. #
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A smoke column rises from wildfire EWF-035 near Shining Bank, Alberta, Canada, on May 5, 2023. Dozens of wildfires burned across Alberta this week, as the region's fire season began with an unusually high amount of activity. #
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Explosive charges demolish the Rahmede Valley Bridge along the A45 highway near Luedenscheid, Germany, on May 7, 2023. The demolition is part of construction to expand the highway to six lanes. #
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks amid bonfires during Lag BaOmer celebrations in Jerusalem on May 9, 2023. Lag BaOmer celebrations commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times. #
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The Philippines' Carlos Edriel Poquiz Yulo performs during the men's rings final before winning the silver medal at the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 9, 2023. #
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A scene from the launch of Wintjiri Wiru, depicting an evil spirit shape-shifting into Kurpany, the devil dog, in Uluru, Australia, on May 10, 2023. Wintjiri Wiru is an Aboriginal cultural storytelling experience brought to life using more than 1,100 drones and laser and light projections over the Central Australian desert. #
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A view shows the dry bed of the Llosas del Cavall reservoir, as the water supply has dropped to its lowest level since 1990, because of extreme drought, in the village of Sant Llorenc de Morunys, Spain, on May 5, 2023. #
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An overview of the village of Brienz and its church in front of the zone of rockslide, Switzerland, May 11, 2023. Swiss authorities have ordered residents to abandon their village, because of fears that it could soon be buried beneath the collapsing mountainside. #
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