Dalla, Burma: A Hindu devotee pierces a boy's mouth during a traditional fire festivalPhotograph: Khin Maung Win/APRonda, Spain: El Cid performs a pass with a heifer during a tentadero, a short fight to check the animal's bravery, during the first international biennial of bullfighting Photograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersSt Petersburg, Russia: A bear balances on a tightrope during a performance at the Circus on FontankaPhotograph: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA
Jerusalem, Israel: A man from the ultra-Orthodox Tholdot Avraham Yizhak Hasidic dynasty uses a quill to write the last letters of a Torah scroll during an inauguration ceremony for the holy bookPhotograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ImagesYerevan, Armenia: A view of the capital, Yerevan, and mount Ararat. Presidential elections are under way in the countryPhotograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPAQuito, Ecuador: Voters fill in their ballots at a polling stationPhotograph: Dolores Ochoa/APRio de Janeiro, Brazil: A boy takes a break from playing with his scooter in the Cidade de Deus, or City of God, shantytownPhotograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty ImagesAleppo, Syria: Women members of the Sawt al-Haq (Voice of Rights) organisation undergo military training Photograph: Muzaffar Salman/ReutersHavana, Cuba: Dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez awaits passport checks at Jose Marti international airport as she prepares to leave for an 80-day tour of more than a dozen countries Photograph: Desmond Boylan/ReutersHong Kong, China: Visitors look at a solid gold Mickey Mouse sculpture in a jewellery store at Hong Kong DisneylandPhotograph: Bobby Yip/ReutersSrinagar, India: A paramilitary soldier stands guard near an armoured vehicle during a strike called by Kashmiri separatistsPhotograph: Mukhtar Khan/APFuente Vaqueros, Spain: The black poplar, which is common in many parts of Europe, has become the rarest native tree in Britain, where only about 7,000 of the species remain, according to estimatesPhotograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty ImagesNew York, US: A woman dressed in traditional costume is reflected in the mirror of a 1956 Bentley as she takes part in the 14th annual Chinatown lunar new year paradePhotograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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