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Rescue workers attempt to tow boats carrying residents being evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine. The wall of a major dam in Ukraine has collapsed, triggering floods, endangering Europe's largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies.Credit:Libkos / AP
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Brazilian surfer Naysson Costa rides the tidal bore wave known as "Pororoca," during the Amazon Surf Festival held in the Canal do Perigoso, or "Dangerous Channel," at the mouth of the Amazon River near Chaves, Marajo Island archipelago, Para state, Brazil.Credit:Eraldo Peres / AP
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Human rights activist Leila de Lima waves to the media and supporters after attending a hearing for her last drug-related charge at the Regional Trial Court in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines.Credit:Ezra Acayan / Getty
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Iryna Sokeryna holds her daughter Liubov Sokeryna as they take cover from Russian shelling while being evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine.Credit:Felipe Dana / AP
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A demonstrator lifts a bicycle during a protest rally in Paris, France. French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron's higher retirement age with what may be a final surge of nationwide protests and scattered strikes.Credit:Michel Euler / AP
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Surfers paint their bodies to take part in a ritual for Pororoca surfers, during the Amazon Surf Festival held in the Canal do Perigoso, or "Dangerous Channel," at the mouth of the Amazon River near Chaves, Marajo Island archipelago, Para state, Brazil.Credit:Eraldo Peres
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Men wait to take a truck to travel to a village, on the shore in Chuao, Aragua state, Venezuela, as the sun sets.Credit:Matias Delacroix / AP
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World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy at dawn on June 6, 1944.Credit:Thomas Padilla / AP
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A commuter steps into the subway as smoke from wildfires in Canada partially obscure One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, New York.Credit:Daniel Derella / AP
