Farmer protests against low crop prices in India, a shallow flood in Death Valley, a bird fair in Colombia, a wooden replica of the Eiffel Tower in France, unusually warm weather at a ski resort in Poland, a wild elephant in Sri Lanka, a chilly day at Niagara Falls, and much more
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![A collared lynx leaps while running.]()
Read moreAn Iberian lynx runs after being released in the Sierra de Arana mountain range, 40 kilometers from Granada, in Iznalloz, Spain, on February 20, 2024. Five Iberian lynx were released in a mountainous area of the Andalusian province of Granada, as part of the LIFE LynxConnect project to repopulate this native species. #
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![A wild elephant crosses a road.]()
Read moreA wild elephant crosses a road in Habarana, Sri Lanka, on February 20, 2024. #
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![People crowd around a large, illuminated dragon sculpture.]()
Read morePeople walk past a dragon installation to celebrate the Lunar New Year on a street in Luoyang, in central China's Henan province, on February 17, 2024. #
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![A large fire sweeps through two multistory buildings.]()
Read moreA large fire sweeps through two buildings in the Campanar neighborhood of Valencia, Spain, on February 22, 2024. #
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![A rally car is driven on a snow-covered road in a forest.]()
Read moreGregoire Munster of Luxembourg and Louis Louka of Belgium compete on day three of the FIA World Rally Championship Sweden, on February 17, 2024, in Umea, Sweden. #
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![A bright rainbow above farm fields]()
Read moreA bright rainbow lights up stormy skies in Robbins, California, on February 19, 2024. #
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![Images of skulls are projected on screens inside a cathedral.]()
Read moreA Lent art installation created by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria, on February 16, 2024 #
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![A model wears a complex blue garment that appears to be many inflatable latex tubes built into a kind of web.]()
Read moreA model poses at the "ON|OFF Presents ... Jack Irving" showcase during London Fashion Week on February 16, 2024. #
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![Colorful lanterns sit atop a platform in a garden pond.]()
Read moreBaotu Spring is lit by colorful lantern installations during the 43rd Baotu Spring Lantern Show in Jinan, Shandong province, China, on February 19, 2024. #
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![Ice coats small buds on tree branches.]()
Read moreIce coats red plum trees during a cold snap in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, on February 21, 2024. #
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![People try to find their way out of a melting snow maze]()
Read morePeople try to find their way out of a melting snow maze during an unusually high-temperature day in Zakopane, Poland, on February 16, 2024. #
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![An aerial view of a ski slope operating with a dwindling amount of snow]()
Read moreAn aerial view of a ski slope operating with a dwindling amount of snow during an unusually warm day in Zakopane, Poland, on February 16, 2024 #
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![Six military jets fly in formation, releasing colored smoke behind them.]()
Read moreThe South Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow, in Singapore, on February 20, 2024. #
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![People take photos of a wavy-looking grid of light.]()
Read moreAn artistic light-mapping installation is seen during the Bright Festival in Brussels, Belgium, on February 17, 2024. #
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![Hundreds of people kneel side-by-side in prayer, covering most of a large road.]()
Read moreSupporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) party offer Friday prayers during a protest rally in Jamshoro, Pakistan, on February 16, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. #
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![People release sky lanterns at night.]()
Read moreTourists release sky lanterns during the Pingxi Lantern Festival in New Taipei City on February 17, 2024. #
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![The face of a swimming boy peeks out from the surface of a body of water, surrounded by duckweed.]()
Read moreA boy swims in an area affected by floods due to the overflowing of the Batanghari River in the village of Sungai Bungur, in Muaro Jambi, Indonesia, on February 20, 2024. #
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![A model wears hair braids that wrap around her neck, and latin words stenciled on her face.]()
Read moreA model wears a creation as part of the Antonio Marras women's Fall-Winter 2024–25 collection presented in Milan, Italy, on February 21, 2024. #
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![A person works beside a wooden replica of the Eiffel Tower.]()
Read moreFrench carpenter Frederic Malmezac works on a 16-meter replica of the Eiffel Tower built from recycled wood, in La Chevroliere, near Nantes, France, on February 19, 2024. Malmezac and co-builder Sylvain Bouchard hope to display the replica along the path of the Olympic Torch Relay and in Olympic sites for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. #
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![An eroded cliff face directly beneath a large house]()
Read moreAn aerial image shows a home along Scenic Drive that stands on the edge of a cliff above the Pacific Ocean, after a landslide following heavy rains in Dana Point, California, on February 15, 2024. #
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![People walk beside a large border fence topped with razor wire.]()
Read moreDisplaced Palestinians walk next to the border fence between Gaza and Egypt on February 16, 2024, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. #
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![A shepherd on horseback leads a herd of sheep on the snow-covered slopes of a hill.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of a shepherd leading a herd of sheep on the snow-covered slopes of a hill in a rural area in Turkey's eastern city of Van on February 3, 2024 #
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![Water tumbles over Niagara Falls, flanked by snow and ice at the edges.]()
Read moreParts of Niagara Falls froze as a winter storm hit much of the Midwest and northern United States on February 19, 2024, in New York, United States. #
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![A fox leaps while hunting on a snowy plain.]()
Read moreA hungry red fox, struggling in the wild, tracks its prey across a snow-covered landscape in the Göle district of Ardahan, Turkey, on February 15, 2024. The fox was eventually successful in its hour-long hunt. #
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![People gather to pet a large cat that is being held.]()
Read moreA golden-shaded British shorthair cat is admired by visitors as he is carried at the Cat Extravaganza event at Olympia in London, on February 18, 2024. #
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![A close view of a hummingbird perched on a flower]()
Read moreAn empress brilliant hummingbird is pictured in Dagua, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, during the 2024 Colombian Bird Fair on February 15, 2024. #
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![A person takes a photograph of blooming cherry trees at night.]()
Read moreA man takes a photograph of blooming Kawazu-zakura cherry trees on February 20, 2024, in Kawazu, Japan. In the small town on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula, the trees, which begin to flower two months earlier than other cherry blossoms, will be in full bloom by the end of February. #
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![Six riot police officers carry a person away from a memorial site.]()
Read morePolice detain a man as he tried to lay flowers to pay last respects to Alexei Navalny at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky Islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system was established, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 17, 2024. Russian authorities said that Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison. He was 47. #
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![Several people try on VR headsets at a trade show.]()
Read moreVisitors try on headsets in the Canon booth during the CP+ 2024 show on February 22, in Yokohama, Japan. The trade show, organized by the Camera and Imaging Products Association, is held through February 25. #
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![A firefighter holds a rescued cat.]()
Read moreA firefighter pets a rescued cat at the site of a house destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, on February 17, 2024. #
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![Israeli soldiers pose for a selfie on the Gaza Strip border, with destroyed buildings in Gaza in the background.]()
Read moreIsraeli soldiers pose for a photo on the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, with destroyed buildings in Gaza seen in the background, on February 19, 2024. #
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![More than a dozen people walk in and along shallow water in a broad desert basin, with mountains in the background.]()
Read moreTourists enjoy the rare opportunity to walk in water as they visit Badwater Basin, normally the driest place in the U.S., in California's Death Valley National Park on February 19, 2024. Badwater Basin was flooded by recent rains in California. #
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![A person stands on a road, wearing protective gear and a gas mask on their head.]()
Read moreA farmer equipped to face police tear gas poses for a photo, as Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices wait near the Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, to march to New Delhi, about 120 miles away, on February 21, 2024. The protesting farmers' efforts to reach the capital have been blocked by authorities. #
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![Many race cars crash on a sloped race track.]()
Read moreMany cars crash near the end of the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida, on February 19, 2024. #
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![A monorail train runs through blooming plum-blossom trees.]()
Read moreA monorail train runs through blooming plum blossoms in the Fotuguan section of light rail line 2 in Chongqing, China, on February 19, 2024. #
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