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Photos of the Week: 2/18–2/24 (35 photos)

Flooding in California, unrest at town hall meetings across the U.S., the Naked Man Festival in Japan, continued fighting in Iraq and Syria, the end of a long-term protest in North Dakota, horse racing on a frozen Swiss lake, and much more.

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Lula, an abandoned bear, awaits treatment from members of the international animal welfare charity “Four Paws” at the Muntazah al-Nour zoo in eastern Mosul, Iraq, on February 21, 2017. Most of the animals in the Mumtaz al-Nour zoo were killed or died of starvation during the recent offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the eastern part of the city from ISIS. (Safin Hamed / AFP / Getty)
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http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/02/photos-of-the-week-218224/517722/