A tightrope walker above Barcelona, outdoor concerts in France and South Korea, anti-drone-gun practice in Ukraine, a summer swim in Massachusetts, an early stage of the Tour de France in Spain, a giant illuminated sphere in Las Vegas, a fire-breathing dragon-horse puppet in China, and much more
Photos of the Week: Royal Busts, Flying Scotsman, Loo Garden
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Read moreIncoming plebes (freshmen) take part in their Oath of Office Ceremony during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 29, 2023, in Annapolis, Maryland. Approximately 1,200 midshipmen with the Naval Academy's class of 2027 took part in Induction Day. #
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Read moreMembers of the public walk past "European Thousand-Arms Classical Sculpture," by Chinese artist Xu Zhen, on July 5, 2023, as part of the Le Voyage à Nantes Art Fair, in Nantes, France. #
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Read morePeople look at the fire-breathing dragon-horse "Long Ma," created by French street-theater company La Machine, at Wulin Square in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on June 30, 2023. #
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Read moreA cat sits in the waiting area backstage during an orange-cat competition in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 2, 2023. More than 70 cats were judged on fur color, health, and friendliness. #
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Read moreLeonel Costa cares for Bobi, his 31-year-old dog, in Leiria, Portugal, on July 2, 2023. Bobi holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest living dog, and is the oldest known dog ever. He has never been chained or leashed and has always enjoyed roaming through the forests and farmland surrounding his owner's house. #
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Read moreA visitor touches the head of a humanoid robot at the Hanson Robotics booth at the International Telecommunication Union "AI for Good" Global Summit in Geneva on July 5, 2023. #
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Read moreA woman takes a picture of a balloon bearing the likeness of German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, flying in front of the Reichstag building, during a demonstration calling on the government coalition to stick to its agreement to reach the UN's sustainable-development goals by 2030, in Berlin, on July 3, 2023. #
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Read more"Sphere" lights up for the first time in celebration of Independence Day on July 4, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 366-foot-tall, 516-foot-wide venue features an Exosphere with a 580,000-square-foot display, the largest LED screen in the world, and is expected to open later in 2023. #
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Read moreEngineer Jason Lyon poses as he views Loo Garden, a temporary subterranean garden designed to represent a future healthier River Thames, in a section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel—commonly known as the "Super Sewer"—a 25-kilometer tunnel being built across London under and along the River Thames to deal with combined sewer overflows currently polluting the river, on June 29, 2023. #
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Read moreA model presents a creation by designer Pierpaolo Piccioli as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023–2024 collection show for fashion house Valentino at the Chateau de Chantilly near Paris, France, on July 5, 2023. #
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Read morePeople draped in red, wearing bull horns, protest against animal cruelty before the start of the San Fermin festival at Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Pamplona, Spain, on July 5, 2023. #
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Read moreTourists visit the Huangguoshu Waterfall on July 4, 2023, in Anshun, Guizhou Province, China. The falls have entered their high-flow season because of sustained recent rainfall. #
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Read moreThe Ukrainian Motherland monument is illuminated in the colors of an American flag, in celebration of the United States' Independence Day, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 4, 2023. #
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Read moreAnna, 76, is injured and stands in a street after an apartment building was partially destroyed by a missile strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 6, 2023, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The missile killed four people on July 6, in what its mayor said was the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure in the city since the start of the Russian invasion. #
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Read moreAnatoliy Khrapchynskyi and Yuriy Momot, who work for a firm developing Ukrainian electronic-warfare technology, use an anti-drone gun during practice at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on June 30, 2023. #
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Read moreAn Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter plane flies over during the graduation ceremony of Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, near the city of Beer Sheva, on June 29, 2023. #
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Read moreFireworks explode during clashes with police in Le Port, on the island of La Reunion, on June 30, 2023, three days after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. #
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Read moreFrench performer Antoine Valentinelli, a.k.a. Lomepal, performs onstage during the 33rd edition of the Eurockéennes de Belfort rock-music festival in Sermamagny, France, on July 1, 2023. #
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Read moreA short, intense rain shower passes over the midtown Manhattan skyline, Hudson Yards, and the Empire State Building as the sun sets in New York City on July 3, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. #
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Read moreMichael O’Reilly and Kira Malou pose as they perform "the lift" from Dirty Dancing on Blackpool Promenade on July 5, 2023, in Blackpool, England. Dirty Dancing—The Classic Story on Stage is on a 24-week tour through the United Kingdom and Ireland. #
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Read moreThe Flying Scotsman locomotive crosses the Forth Bridge as it makes a journey to Aberdeen during the steam train’s centenary tour on July 3, 2023, in Edinburgh, Scotland. #
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Read moreKing Philip of Belgium and Queen Mathilde attend the inauguration of their busts at the Belgian senate on July 4, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. The new busts were made by artist Hans Op de Beeck to celebrate the king's 10-year reign. #
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