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Photos of the Week: Hungry Ghosts, Seaweed Racers, Mud Angels

By Alan Taylor,

2024-08-23

A greased-pole competition in Indonesia; a scene from the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago; an Israeli air strike on Gaza; a waterskiing competition in Canada; a tilting church in Greece; a “dinner in the sky” in Poland; big-wave surfing in South Africa, and much more.

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