Allahabad, India: a Hindu devotee known as a kanwaria offers prayers, as others take holy dips in the Ganges riverPhotograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/APMisrata, Libya: a Libyan militiaman guards a checkpoint in the desert near Bani Walid Photograph: Manu Brabo/APGalicnik, Macedonia: young men and women hold torches as they participate in a procession the night before a wedding ceremonyPhotograph: Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images
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