• A reveller wearing a demon costume takes part in the traditional Correfoc festival in Palma de Mallorca. AFP
    A reveller wearing a demon costume takes part in the traditional Correfoc festival in Palma de Mallorca. AFP
  • A Hindu carries 'kavadi' offerings on his shoulders during the annual Hindu Thaipoosam Kavady festival held at Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple in South Africa. AFP
    A Hindu carries 'kavadi' offerings on his shoulders during the annual Hindu Thaipoosam Kavady festival held at Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple in South Africa. AFP
  • Greenpeace activists display a thermometer installation in front of the brown coal-fired power plant Niederaussem in Berghem in the Netherlands. EPA
    Greenpeace activists display a thermometer installation in front of the brown coal-fired power plant Niederaussem in Berghem in the Netherlands. EPA
  • People gather on a bridge across the Dnipro River to celebrate the Day of Unity in Kiev, Ukraine. Reuters
    People gather on a bridge across the Dnipro River to celebrate the Day of Unity in Kiev, Ukraine. Reuters
  • The halo phenomenon is seen around the Moon above Budapest, Hungary. EPA
    The halo phenomenon is seen around the Moon above Budapest, Hungary. EPA
  • Teens jump of the jetty at Glenelg beach during a hot day in Adelaide, South Australia. EPA
    Teens jump of the jetty at Glenelg beach during a hot day in Adelaide, South Australia. EPA
  • Empty barges sit moored on the Yangtze river in Tongling, Anhui province, China. Bloomberg
    Empty barges sit moored on the Yangtze river in Tongling, Anhui province, China. Bloomberg
  • A Buddhist nun attends the last day of the Drubchen Puja at Nagi Gumba, Monastry in Shivapuri National park, outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
    A Buddhist nun attends the last day of the Drubchen Puja at Nagi Gumba, Monastry in Shivapuri National park, outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
  • Parents sing Happy Birthday to their children during the 2019 Refugee Birthday Party at the Della Lamb Community Centre in Kansas City, Missouri.. AFP
    Parents sing Happy Birthday to their children during the 2019 Refugee Birthday Party at the Della Lamb Community Centre in Kansas City, Missouri.. AFP
  • A Central American migrant caravan heading to the United States seen in Tapanatepec, Mexico. Getty Images
    A Central American migrant caravan heading to the United States seen in Tapanatepec, Mexico. Getty Images
  • Firefighters work on putting out a blaze at an old farm house in Billerica, Massachusetts. EPA
    Firefighters work on putting out a blaze at an old farm house in Billerica, Massachusetts. EPA
  • A lantern displayed at the Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, to mark the Lunar New Year. AFP
    A lantern displayed at the Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, to mark the Lunar New Year. AFP
  • People visit the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington, DC. AFP
    People visit the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington, DC. AFP
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts after winning his quarter-final match at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Reuters
    Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts after winning his quarter-final match at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Reuters

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