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Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau in Lacanau, southwestern France, on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from the Gironde wildfire.Ana Beltran / Reuters
A tree burns during the La Mierla wildfire in Albendiego, Guadalajara, Spain, on July 21, 2026.
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Viking 1’s meteorology instrument stands aloft, on an extended boom, seen against the rocky and sandy surface of Mars on Sol 730. Small trenches visible in the foreground are left over from soil samples gathered by Viking 1’s surface sampler.Lowell Georgia / Corbis / Getty
Clarence E. Bunnell sets up a model of the Mars Viking spacecraft in June of 1967, during its development phase.Science Photo Library / Reuters
Viking spacecraft test, 1973.
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People walk in downtown Toronto as smoke from forest fires in northern Ontario causes poor air quality over the city, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 15, 2026.Stephen Maturen / Getty
The sun sets behind a layer of smoke on July 15, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Emerald Waves at Dusk. Captured above the rolling hills of San Jose, California, at golden hour, this image reveals the Diablo Range at its greenest after winter rains, highlighting smooth contours and flowing patterns.Michiko Kimura / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Arctic Pulse Sámi Reindeer Migration.
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Yosemite Valley, including Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Bridalveil Fall, and El Capitan, viewed from Tunnel View after a brief rainstorm cleared on March 27, 2025, in Yosemite National Park, CaliforniaGeorge Rose / Getty
Heavy rains arrived in Santa Barbara County wine country, filling the creeks and streams and turning the hillsides a vivid green as viewed on January 20, 2023, near Santa Ynez, California.
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A man in a bear costume takes part in an emergency-response drill simulating a bear intrusion in Yaita, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, June 17, 2026.Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
Hunters look at a map and diagram while taking part in a bear-emergency-response drill in Yaita on June 17, 2026.Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
A man wearing a bear costume takes part in a bear-emergency-response drill in Yaita.Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
A participant deploys bear spray during the drill.
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New York Knicks fans climb on buses in Times Square as they celebrate after their team won the NBA Finals, in New York City.Darren Abate / AP
The New York Knicks celebrate with the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio on June 13, 2026.
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Waves crash over a Pacific walrus on a beach in Chukotka, Russia.Byron M. O’Neal / Getty
A humpback whale raises its tail before a deep-feeding dive, with the Port of Tacoma and Mount Rainier in the background.Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket / Getty
A spirit bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) walks along a river looking for salmon on Gribbell Island, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, on September 6, 2025.
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Ukrainian farmer Oleksandr Hordiienko carries an anti-drone gun while holding “Chuyka,” a Ukrainian drone detector that helps spot Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), while his employees work on a tractor in a field in the Kherson region, Ukraine, on July 29, 2025.
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People illuminate themselves with their phones while playing dominoes as a fire, set up by residents protesting against prolonged power outages, burns on a street in Havana, Cuba, on May 14, 2026. A Cuban energy official said recently that the nation had completely run out of diesel and fuel oil.
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People watch as smoke billows from an oil-storage site in the Kani Qirzhala area on the outskirts of Erbil, in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, following a suspected drone strike, on April 1, 2026. Iraq has been drawn into the broader Middle East war that started with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. Erbil is home to a major US consulate complex, and its airport houses military advisers attached to a U.S.-led anti-jihadist coalition.
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Sidecar racers lean into a turn during a race in the United Kingdom on October 6, 1965.Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty
Original caption from June 1923: “F W Dixon, winner of the Tourist Trophy sidecar race on the Isle of Man, on his Douglas motorcycle.”Julia Hoyle / PA Images / Reuters
Bryan Peddar and Rod Steadman go on to win the MotoSix Open Sidecars Six Nations Championship at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England, on March 29, 2009.
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A reveler smokes cannabis at the Mile High 420 Festival in Denver on April 20, 2026.Alex Nicodim / Inquam Photos / Reuters
Young people take part in an initiation ritual where they are tossed into the air by others using a rug, during a spring festival in Brașov, Romania, on April 17, 2026.Martin Meissner / AP
Artists perform during the opening of Hannover Messe, the world’s largest industrial-technology trade fair, in Hannover, Germany, on April 19, 2026.
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Abandoned oil tanks are covered by flourishing ivy plants in Huai an, Jiangsu province, China, seen on May 9, 2023.Artem Priakhin / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty
A discarded sneaker, covered in thick layers of green moss, rests on a fallen tree branch in a public park on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 8, 2026.
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Weeping cherry blossoms are in full bloom at a sightseeing spot in Higashi-yoshino Village, Nara Prefecture, Japan, on April 11, 2026.Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Cherry blossoms near peak bloom in front of the Washington Monument along the Tidal Basin, on March 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C.Martin Meissner / AP
Thousands of people gather for the start of cherry-blossom season in the old town of Bonn, Germany, on April, 6, 2026.
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A drone view shows people gathering to celebrate across the River Danube from the Parliament building, following the partial results of the parliamentary election, in Budapest, Hungary, on April 12, 2026.Denes Erdos / AP
A man waves a Hungarian flag as he celebrates in the streets after the announcement of partial results of the Hungarian parliamentary election in Budapest on April 12, 2026.
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LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains, following clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Center during the “No Kings” national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.Kerem Yucel / AFP / Getty
People hold flags and signs as a large crowd gathers outside the Minnesota State Capitol during a “No Kings” protest in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 28, 2026.
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A stork perches on its nest atop a power pole after returning for spring, in the Mazgirt district of Tunceli, Turkey, on March 18, 2026.Patrick Pleul / DPA / Getty
A robin, seen in Brandenburg, Germany, on March 8, 2026Patrick Pleul / DPA / Reuters
A goldeneye takes flight near Kersdorf, Germany.Chi Shiyong / VCG / Getty
Ring-necked pheasants play in the snow at Longfeng wetland nature reserve on March 8, 2026, in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China.
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Ebba Årsjö of Sweden poses for a portrait with her Paralympic gold and bronze medals after competing in the women’s para Alpine downhill, super-G, combined, and giant-slalom events on Day 9 of the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games on March 15, 2026.
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Gold medalists Joshua Sweeney, Oksana Masters, Sydney Peterson, Jake Adicoff, and Adicoff’s guide Reid Goble of Team USA pose for a photo on the podium during the medal ceremony for the para cross-country skiing mixed 4×2.5-kilometer relay on Day 8 of the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games, at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium.
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Audrey Pascual Seco of Team Spain crashes during run one of the para Alpine-skiing-women’s giant-slalom sitting on Day 6 of the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, on March 12, 2026. Pascual Seco, who has already won two gold medals and one silver earlier in these Paralympic games, was able to cross the finish line on her own.
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Noah Grove of Team USA skates with the puck during the para ice-hockey preliminary-round match between Team Germany and Team USA on Day 3 of the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
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Oksana Masters of Team USA competes during the women’s para-biathlon individual sitting on Day 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on March 8, 2026.
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Jesper Pedersen of Team Norway makes a run in the para-alpine-skiing men’s-downhill sitting final on Day 1 of the 2026 Winter Paralympics at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Belluno, Italy.
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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Verona, Italy, on March 6, 2026. The Paralympic Games will take place through Sunday, March 15.
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A Ukrainian honor guard stands while a symbolic illumination entitled “Rays of Memory” is projected over the graves of Ukrainian soldiers who died in the war with Russia, at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, on February 23, 2026.Gleb Garanich / Reuters
A drone hits an apartment building during a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 27, 2025.
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A digital composite image of the women’s snowboard halfpipe final, combining many runs made on Day 6 of the 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on February 12, 2026.Ryan Pierse / Getty
An infrared camera, combined with an in-camera filter, was used to create this image of Yuanmeng Chu of Team China during the women’s 15km individual at Anterselva Biathlon Arena on February 11, 2026, in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy.
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Youri Duplessis-Kergomard of Team France leads Oliver Davies of Team Great Britain, Terence Tchiknavorian of Team France, and Melvin Tchiknavorian of Team France in the men’s ski cross 1/8 finals on Day 15 of the 2026 Winter Olympic games, at Livigno Air Park, on February 21, 2026.
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Benjamin Lynch of Team Ireland competes in the first run of the men’s freeski halfpipe final on Day 14 of the 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on February 20, 2026.
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Mikaela Shiffrin of Team USA celebrates her gold-medal win in women’s slalom on Day 12 of the Winter Olympics at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, on February 18, 2026. On her final opportunity to medal in this Olympics, Shiffrin won by a margin of 1.5 seconds, following numerous disappointments in previous Olympics.