The world’s largest cruise ship sets sail in Miami, scenes from the Australian Open in Melbourne, dolphins fleeing orcas near San Diego, widespread farmer protests in Europe, a Republic Day parade in India, bullfighting’s brief return in Mexico, Carnival festivities in Venice, and much more
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A ship burns during a parade by members of the Up Helly Aa "Jarl Squad" through the streets of in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 30, 2024. The Up Helly Aa festival celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 "guizers" (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening. #
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A long dragon boat cruises on a river at night to welcome the Spring Festival in Huangshan, Anhui Province, China, on January 27, 2024. #
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A mute swan, seen at Lodmoor Nature Reserve in Weymouth, England, on January 28, 2024. #
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NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, wrapped in protective plastic, is transported to the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, California, on January 26, 2024. Endeavour was placed in a launch position exhibit with its booster rockets and external tank at the space center. #
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The band Super Computer performs during the "Alone In A Crowd" tour at ACL Live in Austin, Texas, on January 31, 2024. #
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City workers dismantle a nest of power lines on a busy street in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 1, 2024. #
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A wallcreeper flies toward a flower in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China, on January 28, 2024. #
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A murmuration of starlings flies above Salerno, Italy, on January 27, 2024. #
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People visit a preview of "Vektor," an audio-visual light installation by artist Christopher Bauder, at Kraftwerk in Berlin, Germany, on February 1, 2024. #
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A participant dressed as a demon brandishes a stick with fireworks among revelers during the traditional Correfoc (fire-run) festival in Palma de Mallorca on January 28, 2024. The Correfoc is a night of revelry in which participants dress up as demons and devils, and run through the streets scaring people with fire and fireworks. #
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Medics evacuate a wounded soldier who stepped on a petal mine in a forest on Ukraine's Kupiansk front line. The Edelweiss Brigade, a specialized unit within the Ukrainian ground forces, has been working to fend off near-constant Russian attacks on Kupiansk. #
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A view of the remains of a building destroyed by an earlier Russian rocket strike in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on January 26, 2024 #
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Alina Panina, a 27-year-old Ukrainian border guard member and former prisoner of war, embraces her service dog named Roksi in the town of Novovolynsk, Volyn region, Ukraine, on January 23, 2024. #
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Personnel of the Turkish Armed Forces conduct training for ranger dogs at the Dog Breeding and Training Battalion Command of the Gemlik Military Veterinary School and Training Center in Bursa, Turkey, on January 26, 2024. #
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A masked reveler takes part in the Venice carnival in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, on January 27, 2024. #
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A person dressed in colorful clothes and wearing a frightening mask performs during the Napoleon-themed Coumba Freida Carnival in Doues near Aosta, Italy, on January 27, 2024. The typical costumes of this carnival recall the passage of the soldiers following Napoleon in May of 1800. #
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A man wearing a traditional mariachi hat watches a bullfight at the Monumental Plaza de Toros Mexico in Mexico City on January 28, 2024. Bullfighting resumed on Sunday in Mexico City after the Supreme Court revoked an earlier suspension. Within days, animal rights supporters filed a challenge to the revocation, resulting in a new temporary injunction. #
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Soldiers take part in India's 75th Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2024. #
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Protesting farmers take part in a rally, alongside their tractors, outside an agricultural fair in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on February 1, 2024. Greek farmers, hit by rising costs and crop damage caused by recent floods and wildfires, are threatening to block highways to press demands for tax relief and higher subsidy payments. Farmers across western Europe have been staging similar protests for weeks. #
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Farmers in boats work at a pearl ecological breeding base in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on January 29, 2024. #
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An aerial photograph of a camel in the desert of Samawa, in Iraq's southern al-Muthanna province, seen on January 27, 2024 #
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A boat makes its way through a pod of common dolphins fleeing from an orca off Point Loma, in San Diego, California, on January 29, 2024. The pod has been sighted in the waters off southern California since December 2023. Marine biologists believe that the orcas may stay around due to abundance of their preferred food, common dolphins. #
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Children play on a court blanketed with soap foam, during a summer activity in Tongoy, Chile, on January 25, 2024. #
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Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after her victory against China's Zheng Qinwen during their women's singles final match on day 14 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 27, 2024. #
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Bienne Terita of Australia fends of Heather Cowell of Great Britain during the 2024 Perth SVNS women's rugby match between Australia and Great Britain at HBF Park in Perth, Australia, on January 26, 2024. #
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Piper Arnold of the U.S. practices before the final of the freestyle skiing women's freeski halfpipe at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games at Welli Hilli Park Ski Resort in Hoengseong, South Korea, on January 31, 2024. #
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Two moose walk across a snow-covered road near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, on January 30, 2024. #
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Bulgarian "Kukeri" dancers perform in the International Festival of Masquerade Games in Pernik, near Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 27, 2024. The heavy swaying of the main mummer is meant to represent wheat heavy with grain, and the bells tied around the waist are intended to drive away evil spirits and sickness. #
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A monkey perches in a tree after a fresh snowfall in the town of Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, on February 1, 2024. #
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An aerial photo of snow covering the landscape and buildings of Zhenyuan Ancient City in Zhenyuan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou province, China, on January 23, 2024. #
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Beachgoers crowd Agua Dulce beach in Lima, Peru, on January 28, 2024. #
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Royal Caribbean's "Icon of the Seas," billed as the world's largest cruise ship, sails from the Port of Miami, Florida, on its maiden cruise on January 27, 2024. #
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An abandoned kayak lies on cracked ground in the Sau reservoir, which is only at 5 percent of its capacity, in Vilanova de Sau, about 62 miles (100 km) north of Barcelona, Spain, on January 26, 2024. The northeastern region of Catalonia is one of the two worst-hit regions in a two-year-plus drought affecting most of Spain. The region is close to declaring a drought emergency and introducing more water restrictions for houses, farmers and industry. #
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Fire and smoke rise from trees as a wildfire burns at Los Alerces National Park, in Chubut, Argentina, on January 28, 2024. #
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A woman clashes with a line of riot police during a demonstration against an "omnibus bill" outside the Congress, as congressmen inside debate the bill, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 31, 2024. The bill intends to introduce sweeping changes and deregulation to Argentina's economy. #
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