A cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, a skateboarding showcase in Spain, F1 racing in Singapore, widespread flood damage in Libya, a reenactment of a 17th-century civil war in England, a shattered forest on the front line in Ukraine, a giant inflatable duck in Toronto, and much more
Photos of the Week: Giant Cabbage, Bottle Dancers, Dachshund Parade
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Read more"Seraph," by Sasha Wisniowski, is modeled in the Gold Section during the 2023 World of WearableArt Preview Show at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, New Zealand, on September 20, 2023. #
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Read moreOn September 14, 2023, the monument to Princess Olga, in Kyiv, Ukraine, is dressed in a mock bulletproof vest featuring the phrase "She needs armor," to draw attention to the need for body armor designed specifically for women. #
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Read moreTractors are parked in a field during a protest against the lifting of a ban on imports of grain coming from Ukraine, in Dolni Bogrov, near Sofia, Bulgaria, on September 19, 2023. Bulgaria decided on September 14 not to extend the ban on Ukrainian grain imports in five eastern EU nations. In June, the EU had agreed to restrict Ukrainian grain imports to five member states, seeking to protect their farmers, who blamed the imports for a slump in prices on local markets. #
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Read morePolish soldiers hang from lines as a helicopter flies nearby, during drills before the annual artillery show "Autumn Fire 23" at a military range in Bemowo Piskie near Orzysz, Poland, on September 16, 2023. #
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Read moreA pikeman, a member of the Marquis of Winchester Regiment, takes part in a reenactment of the 1645 English Civil War, at Old Basing House near Basingstoke, England, on September 17, 2023. #
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Read moreDogs with the police K9 Unit are carried during an annual military parade in commemoration of the Day of the Glories of the Army, a traditional part of Independence Day holidays, at O'Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile, on September 19, 2023. #
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Read moreA wrecked car sits amid debris in Libya's eastern city of Derna on September 18, 2023, following deadly flash floods. A week after floods devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands of people to their death, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace. #
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Read moreSteam-engine driver Bob Corrie (left) and grower Paul Proud pose for a photograph with Paul's huge cabbage, which won its category in the giant-vegetable competition on the first day of the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, held at Newby Hall, near Ripon, England, on September 15, 2023. #
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Read moreBohdan, a soldier of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, practices playing his trembita on September 20, 2023, in Donetsk region, Ukraine. The trembita is a traditional alpine horn, made of wood and common in Western Ukraine. #
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Read moreRevelers react to a bull with flaming horns during a festival known as "bou embola,", which was banned in Valencia in 2016, but has been reinstated by the new regional government, in Carpesa, northern Valencia, Spain, on September 17, 2023. #
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Read moreThe Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying a crew comprising NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasts off to the International Space Station from a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on September 15, 2023. #
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Read moreA skater jumps through a ring of fire at the La Bodega Skate facilities as part of a Vans contest to showcase the top street skaters in Europe, on September 16, 2023, in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. #
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Read moreA drone falls, caught in a net, after being intercepted during a Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) exercise in Vredepeel, Netherlands, on September 20, 2023. #
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Read moreFrench tightrope walker Nathan Paulin walks on a wire during a performance of "Les Traceurs Theatre de Chaillot au Musee d'Orsay" by Rachid Ouramdane, as part of the European Heritage Days and the Cultural Olympiad in Paris, on September 16, 2023. #
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Read moreProfessional wrestlers Helen Charlotte Campbell and Dark Sheik (top) compete during an evening of wrestling entertainment presented by promoter TNT Extreme Wrestling, in Liverpool, England, on September 17, 2023. #
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Read moreSikh devotees light oil lamps at the illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on September 16, 2023, on the 419th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib Sikh holy book. #
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Read moreIn an aerial view, migrants are seen grouped together while waiting to be processed on the Ciudad Juarez side of the border on September 21, 2023, in El Paso, Texas. A recent surge of migrant crossings has occurred along the southwestern region of the United States border. #
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Read more"Bottle dancers," performing a Paraguayan traditional folk dance that involves balancing glass bottles on their heads, attempt to set a record at the Official World Record Association on the first edition of the National Day of the Bottle Women, at Bicentennial Park in Asuncion, Paraguay, on September 17, 2023. A record was set when 580 dancers balanced 2,200 bottles on their heads at the same time. #
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Read moreA man dressed in an ancient Roman costume holds a torch during the show "Justinian and Theodora," following the Ulpiana Festival held at the archeological site of Ulpiana, near Pristina, Kosovo, on September 17, 2023. #
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Read moreThis picture taken on September 17, 2023, shows a raging fire at the Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower in Khartoum, Sudan. Battles between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which intensified on September 17, had set fire to several key buildings in the center of Sudan's capital. #
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Read moreA truck unloads waste as cranes move the waste up to a higher level at the Bantar Gebang landfill, which is the size of 200 football pitches and receives 7,500 tons of waste from Jakarta every day, in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 14, 2023. Home to about 30 million people, Jakarta is facing a trash crisis with its main dump site, one of the world's biggest, close to capacity. #
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