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Calm next to the storm (11/30/2021)
He doesn't let himself be upset: A man walks past a ship that capsized in a storm in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul.
The Strait of the Bosphorus is temporarily closed because strong winds continue to blow.
Four people were recently killed in the storms in Istanbul.
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Yasin Akgul / AFP
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Searching for traces (29.11.2021)
Camel drivers are out and about with their animals in the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia.
The picture was taken in a landscape near the megacity of Ordos.
Photo: Wang Zheng / VCG / Getty Images
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Batman has to pee too (11/28/2021)
At the weekend in San Diego, comic fans met who like to embody their heroes.
One such cosplayer named Shawn Richter posed for the photographer in the men's toilet.
Motto: Always be yourself, even if you are Batman.
Photo: Daniel Knighton / Getty Images
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Goodbye (November 27th, 2021)
Zack Greeley hadn't seen his wife Emma for seven months.
The US Navy NCO spent the time on board the submarine USS Minnesota.
At the base in Groton, Connecticut, the two were able to embrace again.
Photo: Sean D. Elliot / AP
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Red alert (11/26/2021)
These demonstrators dance to draw attention to violence against women at a rally in Venezuela.
Worldwide, tens of thousands took to the streets on Thursday, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
According to the UN women's organization, the problem is pressing: almost every third woman worldwide has already experienced physical or sexual violence.
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Jesus Vargas / dpa
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Kick with the icon (25.11.2021)
Today is the anniversary of Diego Maradona's death.
The soccer star died a year ago.
In Buenos Aires, some children are kicking a wall with a mural of Maradona on it.
Will the next Argentine world star be among them?
Photo: Rodrigo Abd / dpa
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I'm here, pick me up here (11/24/2021)
At the end of the line there is luck: numerous travelers in Los Angeles are waiting to be picked up from the airport.
Many people in the United States travel home for Thanksgiving on November 25th to spend the holiday with loved ones.
The joy of seeing you again is great.
Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images
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The big crab crawling (23.11.2021)
Thousands of red crabs roam a street in the Christmas Islands.
The annual migration of animals begins with the first rainfall of the rainy season, usually in October or November.
Millions then make their way across the island to the sea to mate and spawn.
Photo: Parks Australia / Getty Images
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There is a horse hanging from the ceiling (11/22/2021)
Visitors to an exhibition by Maurizio Cattelan in front of two works of art by the Italian artist, who is known for his provocations: "Novecento" - the horse that hangs from the ceiling - and "Comedian" - the banana that is attached to the wall with adhesive tape.
Cattelan's first solo exhibition in China shows 29 works from over three decades.
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Roman Pilipey / EPA-EFE
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Dream of America (11/21/2021)
Around 3,000 migrants, many of them from Venezuela, have gathered in the southern Mexican administrative district of Villa Comaltitlan for a trek to emigrate to the USA.
This young man is wearing a necklace with a crucifix around his neck.
Photo: Jose Luiz Gonzalez / REUTERS
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Feeding (20.11.2021)
On a hazy morning in New Delhi for a flock of seagulls, it's time for breakfast!
On the Yamuna, a tributary of the Ganges, people give the birds something to eat from a boat.
Photo: Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
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Practice for Beijing (11/19/2021)
They are already daring to descend the alpine slopes again, the runners let them slide over the ice surfaces anyway - and winter sports enthusiasts are also about to start the season in the Nordic disciplines.
Here Stefan Rettenegger, Austria's top talent in Nordic combined, jumps down the ski jumping facility in Innsbruck, which is not yet snow-covered.
It will take about two and a half months to build up the form before medals will be on the agenda at the highlight of the season, the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Photo: Michael Kristen / GEPA pictures / IMAGO
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No homecoming (11/18/2021)
Where rubble floats in puddles, the woman's house once stood in a red cloth.
Some of the residents of the Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum lived in their homes for more than 20 years.
But the huts and apartments were demolished to make way for an expressway.
Many lost their jobs in the pandemic and no place to go.
Photo: Donwilson Odhiambo / ZUMA Wire / IMAGO
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Really cute? (11/17/2021)
It takes less than nine months for these babies to be ready: Brazilian artisan Ana Paula Guimarães is working on a super-realistic baby doll.
The so-called reborn babies should look as real as possible with details such as fingernails, eyelashes, veins, wrinkles and spots on the body.
Production takes around seven days - the finished dolls cost the equivalent of around 1148 euros.
Photo: Douglas Magno / AFP
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Hit the water (11/16/2021)
In this weather the boats stay better in the harbor: Lightning strikes near the yacht club of the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
For a brief moment the waters of the Río de la Plata are brightly lit.
Photo: Mariana Suarez / AFP
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Zero waste motto (November 15, 2021)
Workers in Antalya, Turkey separate the components of a garbage dump.
You work for a company that wants to extract raw materials from waste under the motto “zero waste”.
Photo: Mustafa Ciftci / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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Free swimmer (11/14/2021)
A Palestinian looks out over a swimming pool.
The man with the amputated leg is a participant in a swimming competition at the al-Sadaka club in Gaza City.
Photo: Mahmud Hams / AFP
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Driven into the parade (11/13/2021)
In London, members of the Extinction Rebellion environmentalist movement disrupted the Lord Mayor's Show, which takes place annually one day after the new Lord Mayor of the City of London takes office.
The protesters criticized the "catastrophic failure" of the global climate summit in Glasgow.
Photo: Aaron Chown / AP
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Let yourself fall relaxed (November 12th, 2021)
Yoga has been practiced in India for thousands of years.
It found widespread use in western countries from the 1950s onwards.
In aerial yoga, you literally move in the air: with a cloth that is attached to the ceiling.
The participants use typical yoga poses, but sometimes combine them with elements from Pilates and dance exercises.
This is also the case with this yogi, in a yoga studio in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Photo: KIM LUDBROOK / EPA
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In the fog of religion (11/10/2021)
Every year thousands of Hindus gather at the gates of the "Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari" temple.
They celebrate "Rakher Upobash", a festival in honor of the gods.
Small lamps are lit that shine through the fog of the metropolis Narayanganj in Bangladesh.
Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP
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Foam carrier (11/11/2021)
The Indian river Yamuna, a tributary of the Ganges, is partly covered by thick foam these days.
The banks are also affected by pollution, which is said to be due to untreated industrial wastewater.
This kid in Delhi is playing with the foam.
Many devout Hindus are exposing themselves to him even more directly these days.
As part of the Chhath Puja, they bathe in the waters that are considered sacred.
Photo: Anindito Mukherjee / Getty Images
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Don't forget (November 9th, 2021)
83 years ago, on the night of November 10th, Hanover's synagogue burned - Jewish shops and apartments were devastated.
A memorial in Hanover commemorates the victims of the Holocaust.
In Lower Saxony, the number of anti-Semitic crimes has risen sharply since the beginning of the year.
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Julian Stratenschulte / dpa
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Hero of the Dogs (November 8th, 2021)
The Balinese Ketut Widanta collects food for his dogs.
He has several of his protégés with him on his converted motorcycle while he visits restaurants to collect leftover food.
The man takes care of about 20 animals.
Some of them were abandoned by their owners during the corona pandemic.
Photo: Johannes P. Christo / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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Almost 99 balloons (11/07/2021)
A balloon seller brings joy to children in a street in the Khwaja Bughra district of the Afghan capital Kabul.
Photo: Zohra Bensemra / REUTERS
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Pool party (11/06/2021)
A large format photo of a swimming sea turtle was draped in a swimming pool in Hong Kong.
The image is intended to remind you of the popular diving regions around Taiwan that diving enthusiasts are currently unable to visit due to corona-related travel restrictions.
Photo: Tyrone Siu / REUTERS
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Skyscraper (05.11.2021)
At least the helicopter can see where it's going: The Jing Jin International Center in the Chinese city of Tianjin is shrouded in clouds and thick fog.
Only the tip stands out until the morning sun.
Photo: VCG / Getty Images
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Africa's Venice (04/11/2021)
Saint-Louis in Senegal, the »African Venice«, is a small fishing village on the West African coast.
Excavators are currently building dams out of stone and sand to protect the city from rising sea levels.
Otherwise it is doomed.
The picture shows a little boy walking around between houses that are heavily marked by waves of water.
More than 6000 kilometers further north, politicians and experts are negotiating at the UN summit about climate protection, which is intended to limit global warming and thus the rise in sea levels.
Photo: Leo Correa / AP
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Squeaky Giant
(11/03/2021)
An oversized duck in Hong Kong.
A meter high kitten in Beijing.
A huge hippopotamus in London.
And now?
Now the artist Florentijn Hofman is swimming a gigantic rubber duck in the Parque de la Familia in Santiago de Chile.
Photo: Martin Bernetti / AFP
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Witty (02.11.2021)
Everything for the ruler of the dead: A voudou believer with a white make-up takes part in the festival of spirits in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.
During the festivities, numerous people visited the grave of the first person believed to have been buried in the city's cemetery.
According to the Voudou belief, this is Baron Samedi, the guardian of the dead.
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Horse tracks in the sand (1.11.2021)
Beach horse races have been held in Laytown, County Meath since 1868.
The competitions start early in the morning when the water recedes.
Last year, the race fell victim to the corona pandemic.
The Laytown Racecourse is unique - only here in Ireland do such equestrian events take place directly on the water.
Photo: Niall Carson / AP