A London sunset, face masks across Asia, the Super Bowl in Miami, a snow track in Minsk, Trump’s acquittal in Washington, motorcycle ice racing in Kazakhstan, the first mosque in Slovenia, and much more
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Read moreHorses panic as a spot fire runs through the property of Lawrence and Clair Cowie on February 1, 2020, near Canberra, Australia. The couple stayed to defend their home; the spot fire destroyed part of the property. Chief Minister Andrew Barr declared a state of emergency, as the Orroral Valley bushfire continued to burn out of control. #
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Read moreSteam rises from cooling towers at the Niederaussem coal-fired power plant on February 5, 2020, near Bergheim, Germany. According to the think tanks Agora Energiewende and Sandbag, CO2 emissions by power plants are down by 12 percent compared with 2018–19 across the European Union. Agora also reported that the percentage of electricity produced by renewable energy sources has risen to 35 percent across the EU. The Niederaussem power plant, operated by RWE, is Germany's second-largest power station and produces approximately 27 million tons of emissions annually. #
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Read moreThe minaret and buildings of Slovenia's first mosque, designed by the Bevk Perovic Arhitekti architecture firm, in Ljubljana, on February 3, 2020. Slovenia's first mosque opened its doors on February 3, more than 50 years after the initial request to build it was made. Muslims in the predominantly Catholic Alpine country first filed a request to build a mosque in the late 1960s, when Slovenia was still part of the former Communist Yugoslavia. The community received permission 15 years ago, but ran into opposition from right-wing politicians and groups, as well as financial troubles. #
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Read moreA worker sets up beds at Hongshan Stadium to convert it into a makeshift hospital following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on February 4, 2020. #
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Read moreA man wearing a protective mask walks across a street in front of the Grand Lisboa Hotel in a residential district in Macau, China, on February 5, 2020. The Macau government announced it would close casinos for two weeks after a hotel worker became infected. #
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Read moreA tourist jokes around with Buddhist volunteers after receiving a free protective face mask in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 6, 2020. Health officials in Vietnam on February 5 said that all foreign-passport holders who have been to mainland China in the past 14 days will not be permitted to enter Vietnam, in a bid to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. #
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Read moreJasper Iwema of the Netherlands falls down while competing with Lukas Hutla of the Czech Republic during the final round of the FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship at the Medeo rink in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 2, 2020. #
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Read moreA shepherd rides near the Soyuz MS-13 space capsule, which carried the International Space Station crew members Christina Koch, Luca Parmitano, and Alexander Skvortsov, after it landed in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, February 6, 2020. #
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Read moreA protester holds a U.S. flag during a demonstration against the construction of a shelter for migrant children on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, on February 1, 2020. #
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Read moreHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi tears her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2020. #
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Read morePresident Donald Trump holds a copy of The Washington Post as he speaks in the East Room of the White House one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted him on two articles of impeachment in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2020. #
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Read moreSearch-and-rescue work is conducted to find construction equipment, a van, and its passengers, which were buried in an avalanche on the Van-Bahcesaray highway in Van, Turkey, on February 4, 2020. #
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Read moreThe Kansas City Chiefs nose tackle Derrick Nnadi slides through confetti after the Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on February 2, 2020. #
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Read moreChiefs fans screams in excitement in the Power and Light District as the Kansas City Chiefs take the lead against the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on February 2, 2020, in Kansas City. #
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Read moreA young boy roars as he stands next to an ice sculpture celebrating the theme "Fantastical Fiction & Fairy Tales" in the biggest outdoor ice trail in the U.K. on February 1, 2020, in York, England. #
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Read moreNew Zealand Defence Force personnel perform a haka during Te Rau Aroha, an evening to commemorate Maori service in the New Zealand Armed Forces on February 5, 2020, in Waitangi, New Zealand. The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840, by Maori chiefs and the British Crown, which granted the Maori people the rights of British citizens and ownership of their lands and other properties. #
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Read moreThe Dallas Mavericks guard Delon Wright is hit in the face as he goes after the ball held by the Atlanta Hawks guard Brandon Goodwin during the second half of the game at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on February 1, 2020. #
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Read moreA worker puts the final touches on a giant figure depicting Queen Elizabeth II during preparations of floats for the upcoming 2020 Nice Carnival, on February 3, 2020, in Nice, France. #
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Read moreA member of a troupe rests at the headquarters of the "Sociedad de danza del Dragon" (Dance Society of the Dragon) before returning to the streets for another performance, during celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Lima, Peru, on January 25, 2020. #
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Read moreAl Dereume, a Groundhog Club co-handler, holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 134th celebration of Groundhog Day at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2020. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog forecast an early spring. #
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Read moreA model walks the runway at the Juan Vidal fashion show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid Autumn/Winter 2020–21 at Ifema in Madrid, Spain, on February 1, 2020. #
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Read moreRyzhik the cat, who lost all four paws and received 3-D-printed titanium prosthetics in 2019, is seen at a veterinarian clinic in Novosibirsk, Russia, on February 2, 2020. #
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