A ballet dancer adjusts her shoe before performing at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company has been hit hard by the country’s economic crisis, and only on June 23, 2018 it held its first show in a year. Photo: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Cyclists at Velo-city 2018, an international summit on cycling.
Photo: Antonio Lacerda/EPA.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Ballerinas from the Municipal Theatre ballet school prepare to rehearse for their end-of-year performance. Photo: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters.
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Prima ballerina Deborah Ribeiro, soloist of the Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Theatre, performs during a protest of the theatre’s artists against the non-payment of their salaries and the economic crisis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters.
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A dog dressed in costume is seen during the Rio de Janeiro dog carnival, known as the “Blocao” – with “bloco” meaning street party and “cao” dog – during pre-carnival celebrations at Copacabana beach. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: More carnival news, this time on the Copacabana beach where the “Blocao” gets underway and the dogs of the city parade along the promenade. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images.
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Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images.
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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images.
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Afghanistan’s team was the first to enter the stadium. Photo: Sergio Moraes/Reuters.
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China sent the largest team, 307 athletes. Photo: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters.
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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images.
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A beach scene was created using special effects as dancers enacted a day at the seaside during the opening ceremony. Photo: Szilard Koszticsak/EPA.
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Just to not forget that the 31st Summer Olympic Games took place in Brazil. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters.
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Mexico’s Iván GarcÃa in the men’s diving 10m platform semi-final. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters.
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Simone Giannelli of Italy lays up the ball during the men’s volleyball semi-final match against U.S. at the Rio Olympics at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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Serbia celebrates during women’s volleyball semifinal match against U.S. at the Rio Olympics at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit: EPA/Michael Reynolds.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Puerto Rico’s Grace Claxton warms up before competing in the women’s 400-metre hurdles at the 31st Summer Olympic Games. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images.
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Rafaela Lopes Silva celebrates after winning Brazil’s first gold medal in the women’s 57kg judo. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters.
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Russia’s Yana Karapetovna Egorian celebrates after defeating her compatriot Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya in the final of the women’s individual sabre. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The New Zealand men’s team pursuit squad of Hayden Roulston, Dylan Kennett, Piet Bulling, Aaron Gate and Regan Gough in practice at the Rio Olympic Velodrome. The team are current world champions. Photo: Phil Walter/Getty Images.
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