Eid al-Fitr prayers in India, trophy winners at the Boston Marathon, the burning of a historic building in Denmark, a wildfire in Kosovo, widespread flooding in Russia, a joyous water festival in Thailand, a music festival in China, and much more
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A woman stands on a breakwater in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on April 13, 2024. #
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An aerial view of concertgoers attending the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Music Festival in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on April 14, 2024. #
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This aerial photograph taken on April 18, 2024, near Daillens, Switzerland, shows a rapeseed field under a dark sky and rain as Switzerland braced for a cold spell and snow after record-breaking warm temperatures in the first half of April. #
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An aerial view of a beach in Porto Cervo, Costa Smeralda, Italy, already crowded with tourists during these first hot weekends of spring, on April 14, 2024. #
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A swimmer warms up before the start of Day Two of the TYR Pro Swim Series San Antonio at Northside Swim Center on April 11, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas. #
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U.S. gymnast Brody Malone poses for a portrait during the Team USA media summit ahead of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, at an event in New York City on April 15, 2024. #
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Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of High Priestess, lights the flame during the Olympic Flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on April 16, 2024. #
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A synchronized swimmer is seen performing a routine during an event celebrating 100 days until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on April 17, 2024, in London, England. #
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Revelers take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Silom Road in Bangkok on April 13, 2024. #
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Revelers play with water during the Songkran holiday in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 14, 2024. #
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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni smiles in front of a picture of Pope Francis as she attends Italian National TV show "Porta a Porta" in Rome on April 4, 2024. #
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Phillips' Head of Sales Charlotte Gibbs looks at the art piece "Hydra 'Siegfried'" by Australian artist Jordy Kerwick, during a press preview of the auction "New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art" at the Phillips' auction house in London, England, on April 15, 2024. #
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Goslings walk in a meadow in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 13, 2024. #
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A dog chases a squirrel carrying a peanut at Ashbridge Bay Park on a sunny day in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 15, 2024. #
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A view of blooming apricot and almond trees on the shore of Lake Van in the Tusba district of Van, Turkey, on April 14, 2024. #
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A view of the Hallerbos Forest, also known as the "Blue Forest," after bluebells bloomed in Brussels, Belgium, on April 14, 2024. #
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A woman visits an azalea garden at Nezu Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on April 17, 2024. #
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Hindu devotees offer prayers to the Sun god on the banks of river Brahmaputra during the Chaiti Chhath Puja festival in Guwahati, India, on April 14, 2024. #
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A drone view shows a flooded residential area in Orsk, in Orenburg Region, Russia, on April 13, 2024. #
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Fires engulf a forest near Kosovo's capital of Pristina on April 13, 2024. #
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A sarcophagus depicting a purple bull burns during the cremation ceremony of Tjokorda Bagus Santaka, a member of the Ubud royal family who passed away this February, in Ubud, on Bali island on April 14, 2024. #
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Revelers cover themselves in colored powder to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival to mark the Nepali New Year in Thimi, in the Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 14, 2024. #
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A view of the eruption area with the northern lights dancing in the sky near the town of Grindavik, Iceland, on April 16, 2024. The volcano in southwestern Iceland that erupted several times in recent months, sending lava towards a nearby community, keeps erupting. #
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A person rides a lift at a mall in a business district in Beijing on April 16, 2024. #
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People look at illuminated cherry trees in bloom at Chidorigafuchi Moat on April 5, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. #
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The tower of the historic Boersen stock exchange stands in flames as the building burns in central Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 16, 2024. The building, one of the oldest in the Danish capital, was undergoing renovation work when it caught fire—the cause still unknown. The building was erected in the 1620s as a commercial building by King Christian IV and is located next to the Danish parliament. #
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Firefighters try to extinguish the flames at the historic Boersen Stock Exchange in Copenhagen on April 16, 2024. #
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Project Manager Jordan Evans (left) stands by the NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft inside a Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on April 11, 2024, in Pasadena, California. The spacecraft is scheduled to investigate and perform flybys of Europa, Jupiter's moon, where data suggests a global ocean of water lies beneath the icy surface which may be habitable for life. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in October. #
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A model of a Viking longship is consumed by fire on the beach on April 13, 2024, in Sheringham, England. The Viking festival is run by the Waffa Viking and Saxon Re-enactment Society, featuring traditional skill demonstrations, battle reenactments, a torchlight procession, and a boat burning finale. #
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Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma and Kenya's Hellen Obiri pose with the trophy after winning the men's and women's elite races at the 128th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 15, 2024. #
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Luka Samanic of the Utah Jazz misses a dunk under pressure from Cam Whitmore of the Houston Rockets during the second half of their game at the Delta Center on April 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. #
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Nick Loftin of the Kansas City Royals leaps over Bobby Witt Jr. as Witt Jr. fields a ball hit by Victor Caratini of the Houston Astros in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium on April 11, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. #
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A Bamoun warrior responsible of the security of the Sultan King of the Bamouns fires into the air during the start of the inauguration ceremony of the new Bamoun Kings Museum in Foumban, Cameroon, on April 13, 2024. The kingdom of the Bamouns, founded in 1384, is today one of the oldest in sub-Saharan Africa. The new Bamoun Kings Museum, inaugurated on April 13, 2024, was built reproducing the coat of arms of the kingdom over 5,000 square meters and three floors, and houses nearly 12,500 items reflecting the richness, variety, and craftsmanship of the Bamoun artisans. #
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Displaced Palestinians attempt to return to their homes in north Gaza along a coastal road in the Gaza Strip on April 14, 2024. #
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Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Fitr prayers, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, inside the complex of Taj Mahal in Agra, India, on April 11, 2024. #
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