• A woman reacts as devotees apply coloured powder on her face during Holi celebrations outside a temple near Kolkata, India. Reuters
    A woman reacts as devotees apply coloured powder on her face during Holi celebrations outside a temple near Kolkata, India. Reuters
  • A fisherman sorts his net next to the 37-meter-long 'KAWS:HOLIDAY' 'Companion' inflatable sculpture in Tsing Yi, Hong Kong. EPA
    A fisherman sorts his net next to the 37-meter-long 'KAWS:HOLIDAY' 'Companion' inflatable sculpture in Tsing Yi, Hong Kong. EPA
  • A boy plays inside a zorb ball on a lake in a park in Beijing. AFP
    A boy plays inside a zorb ball on a lake in a park in Beijing. AFP
  • A stork is silhouetted by the moon in Riedlingen-Zell, Germany. AP Photo
    A stork is silhouetted by the moon in Riedlingen-Zell, Germany. AP Photo
  • AN aerial view of containers blocking the Tienditas Bridge which links Tachira, Venezuela, and Cucuta, Colombia, as seen from Cucuta, Colombia. AFP
    AN aerial view of containers blocking the Tienditas Bridge which links Tachira, Venezuela, and Cucuta, Colombia, as seen from Cucuta, Colombia. AFP
  • Rebecca Albino, a mother of three children, mourns beside the coffin of her husband during his funeral, following a strong cyclone that hit Beira, Mozambique. AFP
    Rebecca Albino, a mother of three children, mourns beside the coffin of her husband during his funeral, following a strong cyclone that hit Beira, Mozambique. AFP
  • A protester joins university students, trade unionists and members of social organisations demonstrating in San Salvador against a bill in debate in the Congress that could permit the privatisation of water services. AFP
    A protester joins university students, trade unionists and members of social organisations demonstrating in San Salvador against a bill in debate in the Congress that could permit the privatisation of water services. AFP
  • Jack Higgins of the Tigers is greeted by fans during the round one AFL match between the Carlton Blues and the Richmond Tigers at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Getty Images
    Jack Higgins of the Tigers is greeted by fans during the round one AFL match between the Carlton Blues and the Richmond Tigers at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Getty Images
  • A man looks inside the Imperial Palace during snowfall in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP
    A man looks inside the Imperial Palace during snowfall in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP
  • Children play in a poppy field blooming in the desert in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, East of San Diego, California. EPA
    Children play in a poppy field blooming in the desert in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, East of San Diego, California. EPA
  • People participate in a torch procession during celebrations of the Kurdish New Year Nowruz in Akre, Aqrah City in Duhok, Iraq. EPA
    People participate in a torch procession during celebrations of the Kurdish New Year Nowruz in Akre, Aqrah City in Duhok, Iraq. EPA
  • Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nolan Seegert in action during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan. Reuters
    Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nolan Seegert in action during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan. Reuters

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