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Photos of the Week: Grenadier Guards, Floating Island, Wrapped Arch

Flooding in southern France, cliff diving in Ireland, civilian astronauts’ launch from Florida, an elephant bath in Pakistan, scenes from the Met Gala in New York City, and much more

By Alan Taylor
People play soccer on a dusty field at sunset.
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Flooding in southern France, cliff diving in Ireland, the MTV Video Music Awards in Brooklyn, civilian astronauts’ launch from Florida, an elephant bath in Pakistan, theater reopenings in Indonesia, a protest march in Argentina, scenes from the Met Gala in New York City, and much more

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.