• Participants wear protective clothing at the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Tainan, Taiwan. Held on the 15th day after the beginning of the lunar new year, it is regarded as one of the world's most dangerous fireworks festivals. Hundreds of thousands of fireworks are ignited simultaneously. Getty Images
    Participants wear protective clothing at the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Tainan, Taiwan. Held on the 15th day after the beginning of the lunar new year, it is regarded as one of the world's most dangerous fireworks festivals. Hundreds of thousands of fireworks are ignited simultaneously. Getty Images
  • Pupils who escaped from gunmen wait outside their school premises for their parents. The gunmen abducted more than 300 of their fellow pupils at Jangebe Government Girls Secondary School, Zamfara state, Nigeria. EPA
    Pupils who escaped from gunmen wait outside their school premises for their parents. The gunmen abducted more than 300 of their fellow pupils at Jangebe Government Girls Secondary School, Zamfara state, Nigeria. EPA
  • A craftsman works on a falla papier-mache sculpture in his workshop, despite the Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, being suspended for the second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. EPA
    A craftsman works on a falla papier-mache sculpture in his workshop, despite the Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, being suspended for the second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. EPA
  • Buddhist monks attend Makha Bucha celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya, north of Bangkok. AFP
    Buddhist monks attend Makha Bucha celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya, north of Bangkok. AFP
  • A Palestinian woman shouts slogans in front of Israeli troops, during a protest against Israeli settlers, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    A Palestinian woman shouts slogans in front of Israeli troops, during a protest against Israeli settlers, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Jana Maradona, daughter of Diego Maradona, arrives to testify before the Public Prosecutor's Office, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Officials are investigating the death of the soccer legend. EPA
    Jana Maradona, daughter of Diego Maradona, arrives to testify before the Public Prosecutor's Office, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Officials are investigating the death of the soccer legend. EPA
  • A protester waves a flare during an anti-government demonstration in Algiers, Algeria. Protesters are calling for the country's political system to be overhauled. EPA
    A protester waves a flare during an anti-government demonstration in Algiers, Algeria. Protesters are calling for the country's political system to be overhauled. EPA
  • Participants perform during the Daeboreum festival, in Siheung, South Korea. Daeboreum is a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the lunar new year. Getty Images
    Participants perform during the Daeboreum festival, in Siheung, South Korea. Daeboreum is a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the lunar new year. Getty Images

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