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Photos of the Week: Robotic Horse, Balloon Cauldron, Berlin Swing

Swimming and fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, wildfires in Colorado and California, a disastrous oil spill in the Philippines, protests after a disputed presidential election in Venezuela, and much more

By Alan Taylor
A surfer points upward while jumping above a wave with his surfboard beside him, seeming to stand casually upright in mid-air .
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Swimming and gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics, wildfires in Colorado and California, a disastrous oil spill in the Philippines, newly freed Americans returned home from Russia, protests after a disputed presidential election in Venezuela, and much more

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.