A huge Valentine’s Day balloon drop in Russia, Carnival festivities in several countries, a town-wide football match in England, sumo wrestling for youngsters in Japan, the Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas, a destructive wildfire in New Zealand, diving at the World Aquatics Championship in Qatar, and much more
Photos of the Week: Surf Torch, Lion Dance, Pancake Race
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Read moreBrad Marchand of the Boston Bruins takes the ice for his 1,000th career NHL game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at TD Garden on February 13, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. #
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Read moreMorgane Herculano of Team Switzerland resurfaces after a dive during the women's 20-meter high-diving final on day two of the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Doha Port on February 14, 2024, in Doha, Qatar. #
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Read moreA helicopter works to extinguish a fire at Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 14, 2024. Residents were evacuated as firefighters battled a huge blaze with helicopters and fire trucks. #
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Read moreSnow-covered trees, known as snow monsters, or "Juhyo," in Japanese, are seen on Mount Zao in Yamagata, Japan, on February 13, 2024. The area is one of the few places globally where the right combination of snow, strong winds, and low temperatures traps trees in layers of snow and ice, forming these unique shapes. #
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Read moreConstruction continues around the retired NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour, covered in protective white wrapping, standing mated to a giant orange external tank and twin solid rocket boosters at the California Science Center on February 14, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. The Endeavour will eventually be enclosed in a 20-story-tall museum space in vertical launch position for display in the museum's future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. #
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Read moreLifeguards carry torches as they wade into the ocean in a ceremony to commemorate Lifeguard Day, to honor their commitment to safety and aquatic rescue, in Mar Azul, Argentina, on February 14, 2024. #
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Read moreRetired Mongolian-born yokozuna wrestler Hakuho (left), who now goes by the name Miyagino, watches as participants try to push out Japanese wrestler Hakuoho (right) during a sumo class for youngsters on the sidelines of the 14th Hakuho Cup, a competition for young sumo wrestlers from elementary and middle school, at the Kokugikan arena, in the Ryogoku area of Tokyo, Japan, on February 12, 2024. #
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Read moreCompetitors from opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, fight for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, England, on February 13, 2024. The mass-participation ball game involves two teams, each aiming to score at goalposts some three miles apart. A small brook bisects the town, and players are assigned to a team based on the side on which they were born. The game has very few rules and is played over two eight-hour periods on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Royal Shrovetide Football is believed to have been played annually in Ashbourne since 1667. #
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Read moreA reveler takes part in Kusaki, a traditional folk party and a reenactment of the defeat of death, to mark the last day of the Carnival season, on Shrove Tuesday in Jedlinsk, Poland, on February 13, 2024. #
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Read moreParticipants tumble off their sled while riding down a slope during Sunnyfest, an event exhibiting sleds constructed in original and creative ways, in the town of Mamadysh, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, on February 10, 2024. #
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Read moreDiners react as traditional Lion Dance performers visit restaurants in Newcastle’s Chinatown to bring good luck during Chinese New Year celebrations on February 11, 2024, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. #
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Read moreA woman and a child pose in front of a life-size model of an elephant made from lantana camara, an invasive weed species from the Nilgiris range, on display to create wildlife-conservation awareness at the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru, India, on February 10, 2024. #
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Read moreTiffany Pierre looks at Oscar, an 80-kilogram wild boar that lives with Pierre and her partner, Gregory Guiot, in their home, after the animal was found and rescued during a hunting trip, when it weighed a mere 700 grams, in Laneuville, Belgium, on February 12, 2024. #
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Read moreOn February 14, 2024, a statue of Leonardo Da Vinci in the Piazza della Scala, in Milan, Italy, is covered with a blue blanket as part of a campaign by the Italian foundation Progetto Arca Onlus, which helps homeless and lonely people by listening to them and providing basic necessities. The operation, called "Cover the most important people of the city," is meant to highlight the needs of the homeless. #
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