The pagan Ivana Kupala night celebrated in Ukraine, a crash in the Tour de France, the Wife-Carrying World Championship in Finland, G20 meetings and protests in Germany, a brawl in Venezuela’s National Assembly, flooding in Japan, the start of the San Fermin festival in Spain, and much more.
Photos of the Week: 7/1–7/7
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Animal-rights protesters stand still after breaking mock banderillas containing red powder, which covered them during a demonstration for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights, a day before the start of the famous running of the bulls San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 5, 2017. #
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Cristian Bolton, an aerobatic-pilot from Chile, flies his Edge 540 aircraft above the River Danube during the qualifying session in the Master Class category ahead of the Budapest stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Series in Budapest, Hungary, on July 1, 2017. #
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An install team member works on Studio Gang's "Hive," the latest Summer Block Party interactive installation, at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2017. #
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An immigrant woman holds a U.S. flag during a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in the New York Public Library in New York City on June 30, 2017. #
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People who were stranded and rescued by a helicopter following heavy rain in southwestern Japan arrive in the city of Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on July 7, 2017. #
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A man walks inside a hot-air balloon during the 21st European Balloon Festival in Igualada, near Barcelona, Spain, on July 6, 2017. The European Balloon Festival is the largest one in the country and one of the biggest in Europe. #
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A model wears a creation for Chanel's Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017/2018 collection, which was presented under a replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Grand Palais museum in Paris on July 4, 2017. #
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Soldiers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) watch a fireworks display as part of celebrations marking the July 4 launch of the Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 6, 2017. #
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China's sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, arrives in Hong Kong waters on July 7, 2017, less than a week after a high-profile visit by President Xi Jinping. China's national defense ministry had said that the Liaoning, named after a northeastern Chinese province, was part of a flotilla on a "routine training mission" and would make a port of call in the former British colony. #
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Chicagoan James Lichtenstein dives from an 85-foot-tall platform into a 9.5-foot pool during a performance by the Firemen High Dive Show at the State Fair Meadowlands carnival in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 6, 2017. #
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People swim and sunbathe on a bank of the river Vit near Teteven, Bulgaria, on July 1, 2017, as temperatures reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44 Celsius). Five people died on July 1, as soaring temperatures hit the Bulgarian capital Sofia. #
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Artificial dog heads by British artist Heather Phillipson sway in a dark room of the Schirn museum in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 3, 2017. The installation, called "100% Other Fibres," is part of the exhibition Peace that opened last weekend. #
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Opposition lawmakers brawl with pro-government militias who are trying to force their way into the National Assembly during a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day, in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 5, 2017. At least five lawmakers were injured in the attack. Despite the violence, lawmakers later approved a plan by the opposition to hold a symbolic referendum on July 16, 2017, to give voters the chance to reject President Nicolas Maduro’s plans to draft a new political charter. #
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Te Waka Huia of Auckland performs during Te Taumata Kapa Haka at The Cloud in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 1, 2017. The Matariki Festival, presented by Auckland Council, is an annual event celebrating Maori culture. #
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Anti-capitalism activists don masks of British Prime Minister Theresa May, U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a protest on July 6, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany, where leaders of the world's top economies have gathered for a G20 summit. #
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Clara Swain looks on with a painted face as she participates in the East York Toronto Canada Day parade, as the country marks its 150th anniversary with celebrations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 1, 2017. #
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Two members of the Kwahamot Waterski Team hold American flags as they pass the audience during the team's Independence Day waterski show in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on July 4, 2017. #
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Dmitry Balandin poses with his wooden models Centurion (seated), Amazon, and Kid (left), in his flat in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, on July 5, 2017. It took Balandin, who works as a crane operator, 18 months to build the models from 1,750 parts. Balandin says he does not use blueprints and instead designs the parts as he works on them. #
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In this photo provided by KKTV 11, a car rests at the bottom of a pool after a woman hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 3, 2017. The woman escaped injury. #
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During the 104th Tour de France in Vittel, France, cyclist Mark Cavendish (far left) falls after tangling with competitor Peter Sagan in the final sprint of Stage 4. Cavendish suffered a fractured shoulder blade, and Sagan was disqualified for the incident. #
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A woman poses for a picture in front of a bonfire during the celebrations of Ivana Kupala night, an ancient heathen holiday, in the Pyrogove village near Kiev, Ukraine, on July 6, 2017. During the celebrations, dating back to pagan times, people wear wreaths, jump over fires, and bathe naked in rivers and lakes. #
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