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Two bald eagles fly above Odell Lake in the Oregon Cascades Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. 📸 by Brian Davies/The Register-Guard via @ap.images)

The Jefferson Memorial is reflected in the frozen surface of the Tidal Basin at daybreak in Washington, Monday, Jan 8, 2018. The Tidal Basin, famous for the Cherry Trees that surround it, is a sheet of ice after several days of bitter cold weather in the Nation's Capital. ⠀
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📷 J. David Ake, via @ap.images

Jeff Gallup carries his bike through mud in Southern California on Tuesday. At least five people were killed and homes were swept from their foundations as heavy rain sent mud and rocks sliding down hills stripped of vegetation by California's recent wildfires. ⠀
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Rescue crews used helicopters to lift people to safety because of blocked roads, and firefighters slogged through waist-high muck to pull a muddy 14-year-old girl out of the rubble of a home northwest of Los Angeles. She was taken away on a stretcher.⠀
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A key stretch of U.S. 101 was completely covered in mud, and brought to a standstill along the border of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. #california #weather #mudslides⠀
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📷: Michael Owen Baker | @AP

Hundreds of Victoria Cruziana plants float over the Salado river water in Piquete Cue, near Limpio, on Asuncion's outskirts, Paraguay, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. This water lily that grows up to 2 meters wide, was according to locals believed to be extinct in the area. ⠀
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📷 Jorge Saenz, via @ap.images

Eleven-year-old Dom Peters, inaugurated as Oregon's first "kid governor" on Monday, said he hopes to use his newfound soapbox to spread a message that kids should not bully each other.

Peters is a fifth-grader at Willamette Valley Christian School, located in Brooks. He applied for the first annual kid governor contest, which asks Oregon's youth to record a short video on a topic of their choice and complete several civics lessons. Peters was elected by fifth-graders across the state from a field of eight finalists. His "term" lasts one year.

Though Peters' title as kid governor comes with no real powers, Monday's ceremony was carried out with full pomp and circumstance.

There was a full invocation, live rendition of the national anthem and a presentation of the colors by a local Boy Scouts troop. Peters' family, friends and classmates filled the chamber of the Oregon Senate, including the side aisles and gallery. ✍️ by Gordon R. Friedman

About four dozen people with bare naked legs attended the No Pants (MAX) Subway Ride in downtown Portland Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The pant-less riders squeezed onto the MAX train and rode from Skidmore Fountain to Pioneer Square and back. They then headed to Paris Theatre to socialize, get warm and drink. Conditions for the event were fair with upper 40 degree temperatures and light rain. Last year, snow was on the ground and the crowd was half the size. ⠀
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📸 by @mark_w_graves

Cliven Bundy walks out of federal court with his wife Carol on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Las Vegas, after a judge dismissed criminal charges against him and his sons accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities in 2014. ⠀
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📷 K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal, via @ap.images

New @TimbersFC coach Giovanni Savarese was all smiles during his introductory press conference Monday #RCTID
Photo by Sean Meagher/Staff

About four dozen people with bare naked legs attended the No Pants (MAX) Subway Ride in downtown Portland Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The pant-less riders squeezed onto the MAX train and rode from Skidmore Fountain to Pioneer Square and back. They then headed to Paris Theatre to socialize, get warm and drink. Conditions for the event were fair with upper 40 degree temperatures and light rain. Last year, snow was on the ground and the crowd was half the size. ⠀
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📸 by @mark_w_graves

@3jmccollum (25 points) led the @trailblazers to a 111-110 win over the San Antonio Spurs Sunday night.
Photo by Sean Meagher/Staff