• Participants whirl cans filled with burning wood chips during a celebration ahead of Jeongwol Daeboreum (Great Full Moon), which is a traditional Korean holida, at a park in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
    Participants whirl cans filled with burning wood chips during a celebration ahead of Jeongwol Daeboreum (Great Full Moon), which is a traditional Korean holida, at a park in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
  • New Zealand huddle prior to the Women's FIH Field Hockey Pro League match between New Zealand and China in Christchurch, New Zealand. Getty Images
    New Zealand huddle prior to the Women's FIH Field Hockey Pro League match between New Zealand and China in Christchurch, New Zealand. Getty Images
  • Members of Marla Brodsky's sled dog team sit and wait in the transport truck during the second annual Blue Mountain Sled Dog and North Country Musher's mid distance Sled Dog Race in Grantham, New Hampshire. AFP
    Members of Marla Brodsky's sled dog team sit and wait in the transport truck during the second annual Blue Mountain Sled Dog and North Country Musher's mid distance Sled Dog Race in Grantham, New Hampshire. AFP
  • A girl from the Long Horn Miao, a branch of the Miao ethnic minority group, posing for a photo in her wig and traditional costume prior to taking part in the annual flower festival or 'Tiaohuajie' in the village of Longjia in China's Guizhou province. AFP
    A girl from the Long Horn Miao, a branch of the Miao ethnic minority group, posing for a photo in her wig and traditional costume prior to taking part in the annual flower festival or 'Tiaohuajie' in the village of Longjia in China's Guizhou province. AFP
  • New York Knicks forward Dennis Smith Jr dunks over J Cole in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in Charlotte, North Carolina. Reuters
    New York Knicks forward Dennis Smith Jr dunks over J Cole in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in Charlotte, North Carolina. Reuters
  • George Pankhurst of Australia competes in the K1 Men's Invitational during the 2019 Australian Canoe Slalom Open in Penrith, Australia. Getty Images
    George Pankhurst of Australia competes in the K1 Men's Invitational during the 2019 Australian Canoe Slalom Open in Penrith, Australia. Getty Images
  • Souvenirs of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman are pictured in a store at the 'Saint Jesus Malverde' chapel in Culiacan, in Mexico's state of Sinaloa. Reuters
    Souvenirs of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman are pictured in a store at the 'Saint Jesus Malverde' chapel in Culiacan, in Mexico's state of Sinaloa. Reuters
  • A performer prepares backstage before a pre-carnival event called Saturnalia Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
    A performer prepares backstage before a pre-carnival event called Saturnalia Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
  • North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Torin Dorn is harassed by Duke Blue Devils fans during a game in Durham, North Carolina. Reuters
    North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Torin Dorn is harassed by Duke Blue Devils fans during a game in Durham, North Carolina. Reuters
  • People take part in dry boat racing during the Art Deco Festival in Napier, New Zealand. Getty Images
    People take part in dry boat racing during the Art Deco Festival in Napier, New Zealand. Getty Images

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