The World Coal Carrying Championships in England, damage from an earthquake in Taiwan, a destroyed hospital in the Gaza Strip, a beekeeper at work in Ukraine, cherry-tree blossoms in Germany, an appearance by the Easter Bunny at the White House, rally racing in Kenya, flooding in west-central France, and much more
Photos of the Week: Solar Oasis, Leaf Spirit, Burning Judas
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Read moreRows of partially submerged poplar trees are seen as the Vienne River floods in Chinon, France, on April 1, 2024. More than 100 people were evacuated from their homes in Indre-et-Loire and Vienne, and a kayaker was reported missing in Haute-Vienne, following heavy river flooding in west-central France. #
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Read moreYuri Ponurenko tends to his beehives in the Ukrainian village of Bohorodychne as fighting between Russia and Ukraine continues in Donetsk Oblast, on March 30, 2024. Yuri has stayed through most of the fighting in the former frontline village, which changed hands 13 times. He now lives in his absent neighbors' home after his was destroyed. #
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Read moreA periodical cicada nymph is held in Macon, Georgia, on March 27, 2024. This periodical cicada nymph was found by a person digging holes for rosebushes. Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. #
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Read moreFletcher, a white-tailed sea eagle, seen on March 28, 2024, has been trained by French falconer Jacques-Olivier Travers at Les Aigles du Leman park, a raptor aviary and reintroduction center in Sciez, Haute-Savoie, France. #
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Read moreLocal residents ride past a damaged building following a violent earthquake in Hualien City, Taiwan, on April 4, 2024. At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured by the earthquake, which damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings as far as Japan and the Philippines. #
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Read moreA picture shows the destruction in the dialysis unit of Gaza's devastated Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, two days after the Israeli military withdrew from the hospital complex amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. #
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Read moreAn effigy representing "the abuser" is burned during the traditional "burning of Judas," the biblical figure who supposedly betrayed Jesus, during Easter celebrations in El Cementerio, Caracas, Venezuela, on March 31, 2024. #
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Read moreA boy dressed in a hay suit walks through a village as part of an Easter celebration called "Marching Judas" in the village of Stradoun, near Vysoke Myto, Czech Republic, on March 30, 2024. #
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Read moreA model presenting creations by Arjun Putra checks her makeup backstage during Indonesia Fashion Week at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 31, 2024. #
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Read moreA view of Oasis, the control center for the Kalyon Solar Power Plant, which monitors the solar-electricity-generation data of more than 3.5 million panels, in the Karapınar district of Konya, Turkey, on April 2, 2024. The outer surface of the building is inspired by different solar-panel designs, and the cover materials prevent the building's interior from overheating. #
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Read moreRaad al-Ghalibi, an inhabitant of the Chibayesh marshland in Iraq's southern Ahwar area, in Dhi Qar province, sails home to prepare iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on April 2, 2024, during the month of Ramadan. Ghalibi lived in the marshland with his family and raised buffalo, but because of the drought in recent years, he has sent his family to live in a more hospitable area in the country and remained in the marshland with his brother to look after his cattle. #
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Read moreMilton Doyle and Will Magnay of the JackJumpers pour a bucket of water over Scott Roth, their head coach, after winning game five of the National Basketball League Championship Grand Final Series between Melbourne United and the Tasmania JackJumpers at John Cain Arena, on March 31, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. #
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Read moreMuslim worshippers perform prayer rituals on Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny), one of the holiest nights during Islam's holy month of Ramadan, at the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, in Baghdad's Kadhimiya neighborhood, on April 3, 2024. #
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