A groundhog in Pennsylvania, a ritual on a beach in Uruguay, military training for civilians in Ukraine, a snowstorm in Massachusetts, a mudslide among houses in Brazil, oil spills in Thailand and Peru, an ice fishing contest in Minnesota, preparations for the Winter Olympics in China, and much more
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The Great Salt Lake is seen in the background of the earthwork “Spiral Jetty” by Robert Smithson, on February 1, 2022, near Rozel Point, in Utah. #
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An aerial view of Russia’s longest staircase is seen on Torgashinsky ridge outside Krasnoyarsk in Central Siberia, Russia on February 1, 2022. It has 1,683 steps stretched out along 1,200 meters. #
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Cranes lift a bus that was on a bridge when it collapsed on January 28, in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park, during the recovery process on January 31, 2022. #
Gene J. Puskar / AP

Nick Page of Team USA trains during the Men’s Freestyle Skiing Moguls training session at Genting Snow Park on January 30, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. #
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Athletes from Italy take part in a speed skating training session at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on February 2, 2022. #
Susana Vera / Reuters

An overview shows thousands of anglers near fishing holes during the 32nd annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza, billed as the “largest charitable ice fishing contest in the world,” on Hole In The Day Bay on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minnesota, on January 29, 2022. #
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Fishermen wait for a shuttle on the ice at Gull Lake following the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on January 29, 2022. #
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A manatee floats in the warm water of a Florida Power & Light discharge canal on January 31, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Temperatures were in the 40s after a cold front passed over South Florida during the weekend. #
Lynne Sladky / AP

An official from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources collects a water sample from a beach that was hit by an oil spill in Rayong, Thailand, on January 30, 2022. Thailand’s Pollution Control Department said about 200,000 liters of crude oil from a pipeline spill south of the city of Rayong. #
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Specialists work to remove the oil from a cormorant affected by an oil spill that happened when a tanker was unloading oil at the La Pampilla refinery, at the Parque de las Leyendas Zoo in Lima, Peru, on February 2, 2022. #
Ernesto Benavides / AFP / Getty

Workers clean spilled oil off Thailand’s eastern coast at Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong province, Thailand, on January 29, 2022. #
Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters

Citizens help firefighters to remove mud in search of victims after a landslide caused by heavy rains buried homes in Franco da Rocha, São Paulo state, Brazil, on January 31, 2022. #
Filipe Araujo / AFP / Getty

A view of white-out conditions at the Old Massachusetts State House as a winter storm blew through on January 29, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts. #
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Nantucket High School students row a canoe along a road during heavy flooding in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on January 29, 2022. #
Ian Williams / Reuters

Ice clings to oranges in Plant City, Florida, on January 30, 2022. Farmers sprayed water on their crops to help keep the fruit from being damaged by the cold. Temperatures overnight dipped into the mid-20s. #
Chris O’Meara / AP

People take photos with tiger decorations ahead of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Tiger, according to the Chinese zodiac, in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 28, 2022. #
Chiang Ying-ying / AP

A brown bear walks through the snow at the Pristina bear sanctuary near the village of Mramor, in Kosovo, on February 2, 2022. #
Armend Nimani / AFP / Getty

This photograph taken in Montgenevre, France, shows the sun setting over the Alps on February 2, 2022. #
Loic Venance / AFP / Getty

Tourists take a selfie overlooking Niagara Falls, in Canada, on January 30, 2022. #
Nick Iwanyshyn / Reuters

A flock of white pelicans are seen on the shore of the Chapala lagoon in Cojumatlan de Regules, Mexico, on January 28, 2022. #
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Bellringers, known as “Joaldunak,” march with big cowbells hanging on their back during the traditional Ituren Carnival, in the northern Spanish Navarre town of Ituren on January 31, 2022. The annual festival, focusing mainly on agriculture and sheep farming, takes place on the last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of January where the inhabitants of two villages in the Navarre Valley dress up and participate in various activities during a pilgrimage in each village. #
Ander Gillenea / AFP / Getty

New York City police officers gather for the funeral of NYPD officer Wilbert Mora on February 2, 2022, in New York City. #
Angela Weiss / AFP / Getty

U.S. troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. The United States plans to deploy 3,000 troops to fortify NATO forces in Eastern Europe amid fears Russia could invade Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. #
Allison Joyce / AFP / Getty

A military instructor teaches civilians, holding wooden replicas of Kalashnikov rifles, during a training session at an abandoned factory in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 30, 2022. #
Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty

Syrian refugee children are seen in a camp during cold weather in Idlib, Syria, on January 26, 2022. #
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A woman kisses a dove as she participates in a ritual for the African sea goddess Yemanja at Ramirez Beach in Montevideo, Uruguay, on February 2, 2022. #
Matilde Campodonico / AP

Groundhog handler A.J. Derume holds Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow, predicting a late spring, during the 136th annual Groundhog Day festivities on February 2, 2022, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. #
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A monkey is seen at a center established for the rehabilitation of wild animals in the village of Andreikovo, in Moscow, Russia, on January 28, 2022. The animals, once their rehabilitation and health checks are completed, are released into nature. #
Pelagiya Tikhonova / Anadolu Agency / Getty

An elf cat is photographed during the International Cat Show in Sochi, Russia, on January 29, 2022. #
Ekaterina Lyzlova / AP

Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup as he celebrates victory in his Men’s Singles Final match against Daniil Medvedev of Russia during day 14 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, on January 30, 2022. #
Clive Brunskill / Getty

Luis Cruz looks at the camera while working in his “Transformers” suit at a traffic light in Bogotá, Colombia, on January 26, 2022. Cruz and his his family have created several different transforming robot costumes over the past ten years. #
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Hotel staff members demonstrate the “Lantern Dining Experience,” which they say enables diners to enjoy meals while protecting themselves against the spread of COVID-19 at Hoshinoya Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, on February 2, 2022. #
Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

A girl walks inside a room as she visits the Tel Aviv Pop-Up Museum, a temporary art museum in two condemned Tel Aviv residential buildings, where the works of 150 artists and designers are displayed, before the buildings are demolished, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 1, 2022. #
Nir Elias / Reuters

Waves splash during high winds, as seen in a harbor in Lomma, Sweden, on January 30, 2022. #
Johan Nilsson / Tt News Agency / Reuters

Members of the public look at strong waves in Saint-Benoit, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on February 2, 2022, ahead of the passage of tropical cyclone Batsirai. #
Richard Bouhet / AFP / Getty
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