These are the best science images of the week

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commercial fishing differs based on what you are fishing when crabbing fishermen drop cages called crab pots in areas that are known to be filled with crabs

Corey Arnold/Fish-Work: Bering Sea

Photographer Corey Arnold documented fishing in the Bering Sea.

This week in science news, construction began on what could become the world's largest optical telescope, SeaWorld announced it would stop killer whale shows in its San Diego amusement park, and a heap of space junk exploded in Earth's atmosphere.

Scientists also discovered the closest rocky Earth-sized exoplanet ever, and the smog in China reached levels 50 times more than the World Health Organization deems safe.

Many of these stories also had remarkable images.

Here are 26 of our favorites:

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