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May 22, 2023

Photos of the Week: Spider Boots, Jacuzzi Bear, Inflatable Gibbon

Widespread flooding in China, a horse cart race in India, drone training in Ukraine, a wildfire in the Mojave National Preserve, a water polo match in Japan, a trampoline championship in England, a

Widespread flooding in China, a horse cart race in India, drone training in Ukraine, a wildfire in the Mojave National Preserve, a water polo match in Japan, a trampoline championship in England, a flooded St Mark’s Square in Venice, an air show in Ireland, and much more

A member of the Crane Valley Hotshots works to light a backfire as the York Fire burns in the Mojave National Preserve on July 30, 2023. The York Fire has burned over 70,000 acres, and has crossed the state line from California into Nevada. #

A stork perches on a tree branch as the moon rises near the Hamzabey Dam, which hosts hundreds of storks every year, in the Inegol district of Bursa, Turkey, on July 30, 2023. #

Dancers from Quartier Libre perform Tutu on stage during Underbelly Press Launch, part of the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at McEwan Hall on August 2, 2023, in Edinburgh, Scotland. #

Artists attend a media call beneath a large inflatable gibbon above House of Oz in King's Hall on August 3, 2023, in Edinburgh, Scotland. #

Tourists walk through a flooded St Mark's Square after unusually high water levels in Venice, Italy, on August 1, 2023. #

In this drone photo, a person cleans a section of the rarely-seen Minton tiled floor of the grand St George's Hall on July 31, 2023, in Liverpool, England. St George's Hall's Victorian tiled floor features images of Neptune, dolphins, and tritons as a nod to Liverpool's sea power. Covered in the 1860s to provide a hard-wearing surface for dancing, this is the first time the mosaic has been unveiled since 2019, and only the tenth time since the Hall reopened in 2007. #

An aerial view of a crop circle, measuring approximately 100 meters, in a field of wheat in Hampshire, near Winchester, England, on July 29, 2023. #

People play in a Southbank Center fountain on a sunny day in London, England, on July 29, 2023. #

In this image taken from video provided by the Burbank Police Department, a bear rests in a jacuzzi in the city of Burbank, California, on July 28, 2023. Burbank Police said the officers responded to a bear sighting in the area when they found it enjoying a short dip at the residence. The bear afterward climbed over a wall and headed to a tree behind the home, police said in a statement. #

Rhiannan Iffland of Australia dives from the 21-meter platform during the first competition day of the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Takachiho, Japan, on August 2, 2023. #

Robin Steiner of Switzerland practices prior to the World Freestyle Trampolining Championships at Round Chapel in London, England, on August 3, 2023. #

Surfers jump off a wave while surfing along a cliff coastline in Encinitas, California, on August 1, 2023. #

Team Raven, an aerobatic display team, performs during the annual Bray Air Display over the County Wicklow town of Bray, Ireland, on July 30, 2023. #

High waves crash against Le Four lighthouse in Porspoder, France, on August 2, 2023. #

Workers remove the coat of arms of the former Soviet Union from the shield of the 62-meter-tall Motherland Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 1, 2023. The whole shield will be replaced with a new one bearing a trident, the coat of arms of Ukraine. #

Olivier Martin-Salvan and Pierre Guillois, dressed as a mermaid, mark the start of the two-man show The Ice Hole: A Cardboard Comedy, as they visit Portobello beach on July 31, 2023, in Edinburgh, Scotland. #

Players and coaches from Team Hungary celebrate by jumping in the pool after winning the Water Polo gold medal match at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan on July 29, 2023. #

People shop at a market flooded by monsoon rains and the recent typhoon Doksuri, in Balagtas, Bulacan province, Philippines, on July 29, 2023. #

A local resident wades in chest-deep floodwaters, waiting for a rescue boat in an area inundated with floodwaters near Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China, on August 3, 2023. #

A man plays with his child at a beach at sunset in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on August 2, 2023. #

A Joshua tree is seen as the York fire burns in the distance in the Mojave National Preserve on July 30, 2023. #

An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Eagle Bluff wildfire after it crossed the Canada-U.S. border from the state of Washington and prompted evacuation orders in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada, on July 30, 2023. #

Hot slag flows onto a dumping site at the nickel processing plant operated by PT Vale Indonesia in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, on July 28, 2023. #

Residents react as they watch a re-enactment of the 7th century battle of Kerbala during Ashura in Suq Al-Shuyukh in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, on July 29, 2023. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the 7th century battle of Kerbala. #

A man's silhouette is reflected in a pool of water from a passing storm as he walks along a trail past Saguaro cacti in Tucson, Arizona, on July 28, 2023. #

A sapper with the 128th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wears "spider boots," a protection system designed to minimize injuries from stepping on a mine, during a training session in the Donetsk region on August 2, 2023. #

A Ukrainian soldier of the 24th Mechanized Brigade conducts a test flight of a new FPV drone in a training area as soldiers test new military equipment while the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on August 3, 2023. #

People take part in a horse cart race in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, on July 31, 2023. . #

A young woman with indigenous attire and flower details blows a kiss during a traditional parade to inaugurate the Patron Saint Festivities to the "Divino Salvador del Mundo", on August 1, 2023, in San Salvador, El Salvador. #

German artist Dennis Josef Meseg adjusts a mannequin among 333 child mannequins wrapped in purple-and-white barricade tape, that were placed in front of the Cologne Cathedral, called "Shattered Souls - in a Sea of Silence," to protest against the abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, in Cologne, Germany on August 3, 2023. #

A sea lion walks along a beach on Sandfly Bay, on the Otago peninsula, near Dunedin, New Zealand, on August 1, 2023. #

A traditional gate is seen inundated by floodwaters in the Miaofengshan area on the outskirts of Beijing, China, on August 1, 2023. #

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers ride past buoys while patrolling the Rio Grande river along the international boundary of the United States and Mexico, near Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 29, 2023. #

A devotee offers prayers to the Hindu god Shiva in Bagmati river near Pashupatinath temple, during Shravan festivities on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 31, 2023. #

A rainstorm moves over the Atlantic Ocean after passing through Camden, Maine, at sunset, on August 1, 2023. #

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