Tisita, Romania: men ride on a horse-pulled cart loaded with sand collected from the dried riverbed of the Susita riverPhotograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFPSão Paulo, Brazil: deaf ballet student Vitoria Torres and disabled classmate Julia Carruci rehearse Don Quixote at the Association of Ballet and Arts for the BlindPhotograph: Nacho Doce/ReutersYangon, Burma: a Buddhist novice monk shaves his head at a monasteryPhotograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Cajamarca, Peru: an Andean woman and a girl ride next to the Cortada lagoon during a march against Newmont Mining's Conga gold project – a planned £3bn open cast minePhotograph: Enrique Castro-Mendivil/ReutersNewcastle, England: fans lay tributes in memory of former footballer Gary Speed ahead of the match at St James' Park. Speed played for the club from 1998 to 2004Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PAKohima, India: a fire-eating Naga tribesman bites a burning stick on the second day of the Hornbill festivalPhotograph: Anupam Nath/APKabul, Afghanistan: Fatima sweeps her home in the old part of the city while her baby brother sleepsPhotograph: Omar Sobhani/ReutersFlorida, US: wildlife biologist Rafael Crespo measures a small crocodile during a night time survey of the animalsPhotograph: Wilfredo Lee/APEl Fasher, Sudan: blind citizens clutching white sticks at a Sudanese Association for Disabled People buildingPhotograph: ReutersBaghdad, Iraq: partygoer Nora Muaid stands in Zawraa Park, home to Baghdad zooPhotograph: Mario Tama/GettyNilin, West Bank: Palestinian demonstrators use a plank to fling a burning tyre over the controversial Israeli barrier towards Israeli soldiers during a protest against the wallPhotograph: Mohamad Torokman/ReutersYangon, Burma: a family travels by ferryPhotograph: Paula Bronstein/GettyNasiriyah, Iraq: Lt Adam Pettus of the US army washes clothes in a near-empty Camp Adder Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty
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