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Photos of the Week: Island Rescue, Bighorn Lift, Silly Walk
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Read moreA person wears a red-light mask from Light Tree Ventures during Pepcom's Digital Experience at the Mirage resort as part of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 8, 2024. #
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Read moreFarmers transport cows from a flooded Danube River island, Krcedinska Ada, northwest of Belgrade, on January 9, 2024. After being trapped for days by high waters on the island, people began evacuating stranded cows and wild horses. #
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Read moreNew York Jets long snapper Thomas Hennessy shovels snow along the sideline during the second half of a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on January 7, 2024. #
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Read moreA crane moves to collect waste floating in the Drina River near Visegrad, Bosnia, on January 10, 2024. Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills, or directly into the rivers across three Western Balkan countries, ends up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during high water season. #
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Read moreVapor rises from the water around a historic sailing ship moored in the port of Oslo on January 5, 2024, as morning sun paints the scene in golden light during an unusual cold snap in the Norwegian capital. #
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Read moreEthiopian Orthodox worshippers hold candles as they gather to pray ahead of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas celebrations at the Bole Medhanialem Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 6, 2024. #
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Read moreGreek Orthodox faithful swim toward a wooden crucifix after retrieving it in the Golden Horn during Epiphany day in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 6, 2024. By tradition, a crucifix is cast into the waters of a lake or river, and it is believed that the person who retrieves it will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy throughout the year. #
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Read moreA new rocket, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 8, 2024, for its maiden voyage. #
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Read moreAn exhibitor from Shiftall Inc wears a silent microphone with a VR headset and body sensors during CES Unveiled at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, a preshow for this week's Consumer Electronics Show, on January 7, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. #
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Read moreA float passes by during the "White Day" parade, part of the Black and White Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, on January 6, 2024. The carnival has its origins in a mix of Andean, Amazonian, and Pacific cultural expressions; it celebrates the ethnic diversity in the region and was proclaimed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in 2009. #
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Read moreLeftist activists attend a mass meeting named "Insaaf Yatra" (Justice Rally), organized by the Democratic Youth Federation of India, the youth wing of the Communist Party of India, ahead of the upcoming national general elections, in Kolkata, India, on January 7, 2024. #
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Read moreAbout 300 participants in black suits and suitcases take part in a "Silly Walk," referring to a famous sketch by the comedy group Monty Python, in Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic, on January 7, 2024. The march passed through the center of Brno as fans around the world celebrated "International Silly Walk Day." #
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Read moreA helicopter delivers a bighorn ram for a checkup on Antelope Island, north of Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 6, 2024. Bighorn are susceptible to respiratory diseases, and biologists from the Department of Natural Resources check their weight, blood, teeth, body fat, and other markers annually. #
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Read more"Al Jazeera" journalist Wael Dahdouh holds the hand of his son Hamza, who also worked for "Al Jazeera" and who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza, on January 7, 2024. Dahdouh lost his wife, two other children, and a grandson earlier in the war and was nearly killed himself. #
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