Barranquilla, Colombia: Carnival groups march during the Batalla de Flores parade Photograph: Ricardo Maldonado/EPA Jammu, India: A Hindu worshipper of the god Shiva takes part in a religious procession ahead of the Maha Shivratri festivalPhotograph: Amit Gupta/ReutersParati, Brazil: A reveler is covered in mud during the annual Bloco de Lama carnival celebrations Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
Wat Bang Phra, Thailand: A Buddhist monk tattoos the body of a man during an annual tattoo festival Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/ReutersBalvanyos, Romania: A nervous pig looks through a fence during an annual pork festival Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/ReutersLahore, Pakistan: A worker checks the bulb of a street lamp Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/APNovoyeniseisk, Russia: A worker sorts timber during temperatures of minus 25 degrees celsius Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/ReutersValletta, Malta: Revellers attend a masked carnival ball at the Manoel Theatre Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/ReutersSemikhovichi, Belarus: A fisherman sits on a frozen lake Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/ReutersShanxi, China: Rescue workers carry a body of a victim of a blast in a coal mine Photograph: Xinhua/ReutersNgalima, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A girl fixes her sister's hair in a refugee campPhotograph: Finbarr O'reilly/ReutersBaghdad, Iraq: A relative weeps as he hugs a prisoner whop has been released from a coalition prison at the Umm al-Qura Sunni Muslim mosque Photograph: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
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