• Scuba divers perform an underwater Kung Fu performance in connection with Chinese New Year at the 'Aquaria KLCC' aquarium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The 'Aquaria KLCC' is a 60,000 square foot oceanarium in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur and presents more than 5,000 aquatic and land-bound animals from Malaysia and around the world. Ahmad Yusni / EPA
    Scuba divers perform an underwater Kung Fu performance in connection with Chinese New Year at the 'Aquaria KLCC' aquarium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The 'Aquaria KLCC' is a 60,000 square foot oceanarium in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur and presents more than 5,000 aquatic and land-bound animals from Malaysia and around the world. Ahmad Yusni / EPA
  • Workers dismantle the scaffolding around the People Power monument in Manila after removing the rust and polishing ahead of the 32nd People Power Revolution anniversary on February 25. A popular People Power revolt toppled Ferdinand Marcos from power in 1986 and chased him into exile in Hawaii, where he died in 1989. Noel Celis / AFP
    Workers dismantle the scaffolding around the People Power monument in Manila after removing the rust and polishing ahead of the 32nd People Power Revolution anniversary on February 25. A popular People Power revolt toppled Ferdinand Marcos from power in 1986 and chased him into exile in Hawaii, where he died in 1989. Noel Celis / AFP
  • Colin Munro of New Zealand bats during the International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and England at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand. Anthony Au-Yeung / Getty Images
    Colin Munro of New Zealand bats during the International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and England at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand. Anthony Au-Yeung / Getty Images
  • A woman cooks an Ox head outside her restaurant at a market in Gangneung, South Korea. Gangneung is one of the venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Aaron Favila / AP Photo
    A woman cooks an Ox head outside her restaurant at a market in Gangneung, South Korea. Gangneung is one of the venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Aaron Favila / AP Photo
  • Iraqi workers work at a field in the capital Baghdad. Sabah Arar / AFP
    Iraqi workers work at a field in the capital Baghdad. Sabah Arar / AFP
  • Roosters fight during a match with the highest cash reward of cockfighting in Thai history for more than US$1 million at a stadium on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
    Roosters fight during a match with the highest cash reward of cockfighting in Thai history for more than US$1 million at a stadium on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
  • Indiana Pacers' Victor Oladipo dunks while wearing a mask from the movie "Black Panther" during the NBA basketball All-Star weekend slam dunk contest in Los Angeles. Bob Donnan / via AP
    Indiana Pacers' Victor Oladipo dunks while wearing a mask from the movie "Black Panther" during the NBA basketball All-Star weekend slam dunk contest in Los Angeles. Bob Donnan / via AP
  • An exiled Tibetan ties multicoloured prayer flags called lungta, or wind horse, on a high pole on the third day of the Tibetan New Year in Dharmsala, India. Tibetans believe that the prayers inscribed on these flags representing the five elements, earth, fire, water, space and air, are spread on wind. Ashwini Bhatia / AP Photo
    An exiled Tibetan ties multicoloured prayer flags called lungta, or wind horse, on a high pole on the third day of the Tibetan New Year in Dharmsala, India. Tibetans believe that the prayers inscribed on these flags representing the five elements, earth, fire, water, space and air, are spread on wind. Ashwini Bhatia / AP Photo
  • Alan Pulido (2-R) of Chivas vies for a ball against Erick Sanchez (L) of Pachuca during the Clausura Tournament football match between Chivas of Guadalajara and Pachuca at the Arkon Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. Carlos Zepeda / EPA
    Alan Pulido (2-R) of Chivas vies for a ball against Erick Sanchez (L) of Pachuca during the Clausura Tournament football match between Chivas of Guadalajara and Pachuca at the Arkon Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. Carlos Zepeda / EPA
  • Water cascades over Blackwater Falls during a snowstorm outside Davis, West Virginia, US. The fresh wave of snow moved across the mid-Atlantic states. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
    Water cascades over Blackwater Falls during a snowstorm outside Davis, West Virginia, US. The fresh wave of snow moved across the mid-Atlantic states. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA

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