Photos of the Week: Death Valley, Steam Train, Cherry Blossoms
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Exposing himself to the danger of unexploded ordnance, a boy tries to climb on an Iranian projectile that landed in an open field in the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on March 4, 2026.
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Ángel Piqueras crashes during a race at the MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix at the Buriram International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, on March 1, 2026.
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Andre Barbieri of Team Brazil during a para-Alpine-skiing-training session ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games at Tofane Alpine Skiing Center on March 4, 2026, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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A general view of the mass start of the Vasaloppet cross-country ski race, held in Sälen, Sweden, on March 1, 2026
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This aerial photograph taken on March 5, 2026, shows a view of Sułoszowa, a village in southern Poland, considered to be the longest village in the country, where nearly all residents live along a winding road stretching for almost nine kilometers.
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The moon lights up the night sky over the Simatai Great Wall during a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026, in Beijing, China.
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A missile launched from Iran is intercepted high in the atmosphere, as seen from Jerusalem on February 28, 2026.
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People watch as smoke and dust rise after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, on February 28, 2026.
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Tracer rounds light the sky as people fire into the air during a televised speech by the Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, on March 4, 2026.
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A man walks past destroyed buildings following air strikes in central Tehran on March 4, 2026.
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An ambulance is parked near a fire following an Israeli bombardment of a solar farm and electricity-generation facility in Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre on March 4, 2026.
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In Galle, Sri Lanka, health-care workers carry the bodies of Iranian sailors who died in a U.S. torpedo attack on their frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka’s southern coast, at the mortuary of Karapitiya Hospital on March 4, 2026. A U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on March 4.
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In this aerial handout picture released by the Iranian Press Center, mourners dig graves during the funeral for children killed in a reported strike on a primary school in Iran’s Hormozgan province in Minab on March 3, 2026. Iranian media reported hundreds of Iranian casualties, including at the girl’s school, although AFP reporters have not been able to verify tolls independently.
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Buddhist monks take part in Makha Bucha celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, on March 3, 2026.
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The Fuego volcano erupts, seen from Alotenango, Sacatepequez department, some 65 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City, on March 1, 2026.
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Villagers and tourists jump through bonfires to celebrate the Lantern Festival on March 3, 2026, in Haikou, Hainan province, China.
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Ben Cutmore and Euan McCabe of Team Great Britain compete in the men’s 10-meter synchronized-platform final during the World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2026, Stop 1, at Centre Sportif Du Parc Olympique in Montreal, Quebec, on March 1, 2026.
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A girl smeared with colored powder celebrates the Hindu spring festival of Holi in Chennai, India, on March 4, 2026.
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A steam train runs past a field of blooming rapeseed flowers on February 27, 2026, in Leshan, Sichuan province, China.
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A handler works with a poodle during the dog-grooming championships on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England, on March 5, 2026.
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Giant panda Yu Ke plays with a horse-shaped toy at Chongqing Zoo on March 1, 2026.
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Tourists enjoy a horse-themed lantern installation at the Songjiacheng scenic area ahead of the Lantern Festival on February 28, 2026, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China.
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Tourists enjoy hot pot in tents set up in a field of blooming rapeseed flowers on March 1, 2026, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.
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A squirrel nibbles on a cherry blossom at Kunming Zoo in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, on March 2, 2026.
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A boy is carried to a migrant dinghy to sail into the English Channel in Gravelines, France, on March 3, 2026. Last year the number of migrants arriving in the U.K. by small boat totaled 41,472—an increase of 13 percent from the previous year, but lower than the highest number of 45,774, which was recorded in 2022.
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People stand in Lake Manly in Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, on March 2, 2026.
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Icelandic stallions play at a stud farm in Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on March 2, 2026.
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Beau, a bloodhound puppy, licks the face of his handler, North Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Dustin Pattengale, outside the highway patrol office in Fargo, North Dakota, on February 27, 2026.