• The Imperio de Casa Verde samba school float during the first night of carnival in Sao Paulo's Sambadrome, Brazil. AFP
    The Imperio de Casa Verde samba school float during the first night of carnival in Sao Paulo's Sambadrome, Brazil. AFP
  • A family makes the way through snowdrifts after heavy snowfall at the Rosa Khutor resort. Organisers of the Women's Alpine Ski World Cup were forced to postpone the Super-G race at Sochi's Rosa Khutor slope on March 2 due to heavy snowfall. AFP
    A family makes the way through snowdrifts after heavy snowfall at the Rosa Khutor resort. Organisers of the Women's Alpine Ski World Cup were forced to postpone the Super-G race at Sochi's Rosa Khutor slope on March 2 due to heavy snowfall. AFP
  • A reveller of "Academicos do Tucuruvi" samba school performs during the first night of carnival in Sao Paulo's Sambadrome, Brazil. AFP
    A reveller of "Academicos do Tucuruvi" samba school performs during the first night of carnival in Sao Paulo's Sambadrome, Brazil. AFP
  • A Yuka flies past at Avalon Airport in Melbourne, Australia. The 2019 Australian International Airshow will be open to the public from Friday 1 March to Sunday 3 March 2019. Getty
    A Yuka flies past at Avalon Airport in Melbourne, Australia. The 2019 Australian International Airshow will be open to the public from Friday 1 March to Sunday 3 March 2019. Getty
  • A member of the North Korean media wears a pin featuring former North Korean leaders Kim Jong Il, right, and his father Kim Il Sung during a wreath laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. Bloomberg
    A member of the North Korean media wears a pin featuring former North Korean leaders Kim Jong Il, right, and his father Kim Il Sung during a wreath laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. Bloomberg
  • The field competing in the men's 3,000m event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. AFP
    The field competing in the men's 3,000m event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. AFP
  • A group of men perform the bullfight of "Capeia Arraiana" during the Bullfighting Day at the Campo Pequeno arena in Lisbon. AFP
    A group of men perform the bullfight of "Capeia Arraiana" during the Bullfighting Day at the Campo Pequeno arena in Lisbon. AFP
  • A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy. Reuters
    A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy. Reuters

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