The World Tango Championship in Argentina, devastating floods in Greece, a scene from the 80th Venice Film Festival, a cricket game in Afghanistan, a light festival in South Africa, a buffalo police patrol in Brazil, a muddy mess at the Burning Man Festival, and much more
Photos of the Week: Smart Lander, Elephant Puppet, Zozobra Burning
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Read moreThis picture taken on September 2, 2023 shows a player scoring a try during the Water Rugby Lausanne by jumping into Lake Geneva from a floating rugby field. The match was part of a three-day tournament organized by the LUC Rugby that gathered more than 240 players in Lausanne, Switzerland. #
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Read morePeople try to pull a submerged car from the sea at the Arapia camping site, near Tsarevo, along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, on September 6, 2023. The death toll from torrential rains and flooding on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast climbed to three that day, according to police. Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused rivers to overflow, damaging bridges and forcing more than 100 people to evacuate to safer grounds. #
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Read moreUprooted trees sit piled next to a destroyed house as rescue teams search for a missing person after a flood hit bungalow homes in the Igneada district of Kirklarel, Turkey, on September 7, 2023. Storms struck Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria; one Greek region was hit by more rain in 24 hours than it normally sees in a year, officials said on September 6. #
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Read moreSpectators watch a game at the 18th hole during day four of the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club on September 3, 2023, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. #
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Read moreMilitary police from the 8th Battalion in Soure, Marajó Island, Pará State, Brazil, patrol on Asian water buffalos on September 4, 2023. The Police force has adopted the buffalo as means of transportation to cross waterlogged areas when needed for operations on the island. The buffalo's hooves allow them to move easily through muddy swamps, and they cope well with the Island's intense tropical heat. #
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Read moreA fire dancer lights a fire beneath Zozobra during the 99th Annual Burning of Zozobra at Fort Marcy Park and Recreation Complex on September 1, 2023, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Created by artist Will Shuster in 1924, Zozobra is a 50-foot-tall marionette representing anguish, anxiety, and gloom and has been burned every year since to alleviate the sorrow of the people of Santa Fe. #
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Read moreOklahoma Sooners wide receiver Jayden Gibson celebrates with quarterback Jackson Arnold after making a touchdown catch during the third quarter against the Arkansas State Red Wolves at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, on September 2, 2023. #
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Read moreGulls fly in front of the moon as thousands of wading birds move onto dry sandbanks during the month's highest tides at the Wash estuary, near Snettisham, in Norfolk, England, on September 5, 2023. #
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Read moreA waning gibbous moon rises behind people standing on the EdgeNYC outdoor observation deck, at Hudson Yards, in New York City, on September 3, 2023, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. #
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Read morePerformers take part in a parade during the Brixton Light Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 2, 2023. Hundreds of people participated in this year's edition of the community festival organized by several local organizations and artists collectives. #
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Read moreActors perform during a scene from "NEST" at St Aidan's Nature Park on September 4, 2023, in Leeds, England. "NEST" explores our connection with nature and was inspired by a National Youth Theatre survey asking what members wanted to see. #
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Read moreTango dancers Evgeniia Samoilova and Luis Squicciarini compete in the final round of the stage category of the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires on September 2, 2023. #
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Read moreThis photo taken on September 1, 2023, shows a day-old female Sumatran elephant beside her 41-year-old mother, named Lisa, at the Elephant Flying Squad camp in the Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan, Sumatra. #
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Read moreDevotees carry tall idols of the Hindu deity Ganesha during a procession in Mumbai, India, on September 3, 2023, ahead of the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival, which begins on September 19. #
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Read moreMembers of the Pigmaliao Escultura Que Mexe group perform during a street show called "Elefanteatro" ("Elephantheatre"), which features a giant elephant puppet built from leftover packaging, weighing more than 200kg, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on September 2, 2023. #
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Read moreA rocket carrying the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander launches from the Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima, Japan, on September 7, 2023. #
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Read moreFishing boats set sail for fishing grounds on September 1, 2023, in Rizhao, Shandong province, China. The annual summer fishing ban, which came into effect on May 1 in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, ended on September 1. #
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