Scenes from the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar, new lava flows in southwestern Iceland, a freestyle-skiing competition in Utah, the first anniversary of a deadly earthquake in Turkey, a Carnival gala on Tenerife, preparations for the Chinese New Year in Beijing, and much more
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Read moreA snow-covered view of one of many ancient statues at a 2,000-year-old mausoleum on the summit of Mount Nemrut, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Kahta district of Adıyaman, Turkey, seen on February 2, 2024 #
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Read moreBrandon Alinger, chief operating officer at Propstore, holds the Anthony Daniels collection C-3PO head from "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" during a press preview for a movie-memorabilia auction in Valencia, California, on February 7, 2024. #
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Read moreCorina Mrazek Gonzalez presents a design by Santi Castro, prior to being proclaimed the new Queen of Carnival during a gala in Santa Cruz de Tenrife on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, on February 7, 2024. The candidates for Carnival Queen wear costumes more than five meters high and more than 80 kilograms in weight. #
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Read moreAn aerial view on February 2, 2024, of a lone damaged apartment block standing amid cleared land where residential buildings stood before last year's earthquake, in Hatay, Turkey. In the early hours of February 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and killed more than 50,000 people. #
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Read moreAnastassiya Gorodoko of Team Kazakhstan takes a run during the preliminary rounds of the Women's Dual Moguls Competition at the Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International Ski World Cup at Deer Valley in Park City, Utah, on February 3, 2024. #
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Read moreHuiyan Xu of Team China competes in the Women's Solo Free Preliminaries on day three of the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships on February 4, 2024, in Doha, Qatar. #
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Read moreThis photo, taken on February 2, 2024, shows a woman watching the dredger ship "Cotes de Bretagne" unloading sand on a beach at Pyla-sur-Mer, France, as part of the re-silting of the beaches of the Arcachon basin. #
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Read moreSouth African rider Brad Binder competes during the second day of the pre-season MotoGP test at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, on February 7, 2024. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of graffiti painted by taggers on at least 27 stories of an unfinished skyscraper development in downtown Los Angeles, California, on February 2, 2024. Construction of the $1 billion Oceanwide Plaza luxury-real-estate development stalled in 2019 after a China-based developer ran out of funding, leaving the three-tower project uncompleted. #
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Read moreMuslim devotees leave on an overcrowded train after taking part in the Akheri Munajat, or final prayers, during Biswa Ijtema, an annual congregation of Muslims in Tongi, Bangladesh, on February 4, 2024. #
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Read moreA view of widespread destruction in Khan Yunis, Gaza, after Israeli Forces withdrew from the area on February 2, 2024. Extensive devastation unfolded after weeks of continuous Israeli bombardment. #
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Read moreA health worker fumigates against the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Contagem, Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on February 2, 2024, as the country faces a substantial increase in dengue-fever cases. #
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Read moreA view of lava crossing the main road to Grindavík and flowing on the road leading to the Blue Lagoon, in Grindavík, Iceland, on February 8, 2024. A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the third time since December and sent jets of lava into the sky. #
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Read moreThe pack rides in front of the Maraya ("Mirror"), the world's largest mirrored building, during the fourth stage of the AlUla Tour cycling race between Hegra and Maraya near Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, on February 2, 2024. #
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Read moreSpectators watch ferrets race during a heat at the annual Ferret Racing Championship at the Craven Arms and Cruck Barn in Appletreewick, England, on February 7, 2024. #
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