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Winter Olympics opening ceremony highlights

The cauldron at the Arco della Pace is lit at the 2026 Winter Olympics ceremony in Milan, Italy. Photo: Bernat Armangue

The Westminster dog show turns 150

A Weimaraner named Sophia is assessed by judges during the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. Photo: Yuki Iwamura

Split-second images document Israeli strike on Gaza building

A ball of fire rises from a building after it was hit by an Israeli military strike in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. Photo: Jehad Alshrafi

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Cubans get by without power as outages persist and tensions with US escalate

A woman holds up a cell phone flashlight as she chats with a friend during a scheduled power outage in Santa Cruz del Norte. Photo: Ramon Espinosa

One extraordinary photo visualizes a blind person ‘seeing’ art

Stefania Terre, who is blind, uses a small light on her fingers while touching a life-size reproduction of Michelangelo's David as she poses for a long-exposure photograph at the Omero Tactile Museum in Ancona, Italy. Photo: Alessandra Tarantino

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