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Photos of the Week: Swimming Elephant, Long Table, Bookstore Maze

By Alan Taylor,

2024-08-09

Skateboarding and steeplechase at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart at a dressage event, a volcanic eruption atop Mount Etna, a traditional mask festival in Benin, anti-government protests in Bangladesh, a military robot dog in Ukraine, and much more

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