A huge Valentine’s Day balloon drop in Russia, Carnival festivities in several countries, a town-wide football match in England, sumo wrestling for youngsters in Japan, the Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas, a destructive wildfire in New Zealand, diving at the World Aquatics Championship in Qatar, and much more
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A fireworks display throws off spirals of sparks at Yuwan Scenic spot in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, on February 11, 2024. #
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Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins takes the ice for his 1,000th career NHL game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at TD Garden on February 13, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. #
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Morgane Herculano of Team Switzerland resurfaces after a dive during the Women's 20m High Diving final on day two of the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Doha Port on February 14, 2024 in Doha, Qatar. #
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Palestinians make their way down a dark street in Deir al-Balah, seeking safety from ongoing and intensified Israeli attacks on Rafah, Gaza, on February 13, 2024. #
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A helicopter works to extinguish a fire at Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 14, 2024. Residents were evacuated as firefighters battled a huge blaze with helicopters and fire trucks. #
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This photograph taken at sunrise on February 15, 2024, shows a view of the Massif du Mont-Blanc in the French Alps in France. #
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Snow-covered trees, known as snow monsters, or "Juhyo," in Japanese, are seen on Mount Zao in Yamagata, Japan, on February 13, 2024. The area is one of the few places globally where the right combination of snow, strong winds, and low temperatures traps trees in layers of snow and ice, forming the unique shapes of snow-covered trees. #
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People spend time in Central Park on a snowy day in New York City on February 13, 2024. #
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Construction continues around the retired NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour, covered in protective white wrapping, standing mated to a giant orange external tank and twin solid rocket boosters at the California Science Center on February 14, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. The Endeavour will eventually be enclosed in a 20-story tall museum space in vertical launch position for display in the museum's future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. #
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Waves hit the shore in the port of Le Guilvinec, France, on February 10, 2024. #
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Lifeguards carry torches as they wade into the ocean in a ceremony to commemorate Lifeguard Day, to honor their commitment to safety and aquatic rescue, in Mar Azul, Argentina, on February 14, 2024. #
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A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 10, 2024. #
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Injured Palestinians, including children, are brought to Kuwait Hospital in Rafah City, Gaza, for treatment following Israeli attacks on Rafah on February 12, 2024. #
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People take part in a fight with oranges during an annual carnival battle in Ivrea, Italy, on February 11, 2024. #
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Two men fight during an exhibition bout in an industrial building in Hong Kong, on the third day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, February 12, 2024. #
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Retired Mongolian-born yokozuna wrestler Hakuho (left), who now goes by the name Miyagino, watches as participants try to push out Japanese wrestler Hakuoho (right) during a sumo class for youngsters on the sidelines of the 14th Hakuho Cup, a competition for young sumo wrestlers from elementary and middle school, at the Kokugikan arena in the Ryogoku area of Tokyo, Japan, on February 12, 2024. #
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Competitors from opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, fight for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, England, on February 13, 2024. The mass-participation ball game involves two teams, whose players are defined by which side of a small brook that bisects the town they were born, aiming to score a goal, which are some three miles apart. The game, which has very few rules, is played over two 8-hour periods on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Royal Shrovetide Football is believed to have been played annually in Ashbourne since 1667. #
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Revelers from Grande Rio Samba School perform during the night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 12, 2024. #
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A person dances at the annual block party "Amigos da Onça" during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 10, 2024. #
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A competitor takes part in the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race at the City of London's Leadenhall Market, in London, England, on February 13, 2024. #
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People dance during the opening ceremony of the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, on February 8, 2024. #
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A model walks the runway for Thom Browne during the Fall 2024 fashion show at New York Fashion Week, on February 14, 2024. #
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A reveler takes part in a traditional event marking the last day of the carnival season called "Kusaki," a folk party and a re-enactment showing the "defeat of Death," on Shrove Tuesday in Jedlinsk, Poland, on February 13, 2024. #
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People take part in a spontaneous carnival event characterized by improvisation, satire, and the macabre, in the village of Ghaxaq, Malta, on February 12, 2024. #
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Participants tumble off their sled while riding down a slope during Sunnyfest, an event exhibiting sleds constructed in original and creative ways, in Mamadysh town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, on February 10, 2024. #
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Bodi Turner of Australia crashes out during the 2024 UCI BMX Racing World Cup in Rotorua, New Zealand, on February 11, 2024. #
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Usher and H.E.R. perform onstage during the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 11, 2024. #
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A performer breathes fire during Lunar New Year celebrations in the Binondo district of Manila, Philippines, on February 10, 2024. #
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A couple is drenched with water during carnival celebrations in the Pinto Salinas neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on February 13, 2024. #
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A shopping center drops more than 55,000 balloons onto visitors during Valentine's Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia, on February 14, 2024. #
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Diners react as traditional Lion Dance performers visit restaurants in Newcastle’s Chinatown to bring good luck during Chinese New Year celebrations on February 11, 2024, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. #
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A woman and a child pose in front of a life-size model of an elephant made from lantana camara, an invasive weed species from the Nilgiris range, on display to create wildlife conservation awareness at the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru, India, on February 10, 2024. #
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Tiffany Pierre looks at Oscar, an 80-kilogram wild boar that lives with Pierre and her partner Gregory Guiot in their home, after the animal was found and rescued during a hunting trip, when it weighed a mere 700 grams, in Laneuville, Belgium, on February 12, 2024. #
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An illuminated dome house covered with snow, seen during the evening hours in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize, Turkey, on February 7, 2024. #
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A statue of Leonardo Da Vinci is covered with a blue blanket as part of a campaign by the Italian foundation Progetto Arca Onlus that helps homeless and lonely people by listening to them and providing basic necessities, on February 14, 2024, in the Piazza della Scala in Milan, Italy. The operation, called "Cover the most important people of the city," is meant to highlight the needs of the homeless. #
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