Pyongyang, North Korea: A common sight in North Korea - near-empty streets on the outskirts of the capitalPhotograph: Elizabeth Dalziel/APGuca, Serbia: A street vendor sells plastic trumpet souvenirs during the 47th annual trumpet and brass band festivalPhotograph: Andrej Isakovic/AFPLuttenberg, Netherlands: Zwientie Tikken, a traditional Dutch festival in which blindfolded participants must find and tag a little pig in a mudpoolPhotograph: Vincent Jannink/EPA
Dili, East Timor: A young boy sells East Timorese flags on the beach. The World Bank says East Timor, with a population of almost one million, remains one of the world's poorest nationsPhotograph: Jewel SAMAD/AFPBaghdad, Iraq: Iraqi women look through a bullet-riddled windshield after an overnight raid by US troops in Sadr CityPhotograph: Karim Kadim/APSeoul, South Korea: The Lotus Festival at Bongwon Temple, the purpose of which is to create a 'clear and fragrant world' by revealing human nature through lotuses, which symbolise purity and eternityPhotograph: STR/EPAGrindelwald, Switzerland: An alphorn player practises during a meeting on Maennlichen mountainPhotograph: Peter Klaunzer/APParang, Philippines: A young girl, who fled with her family from nearby Maimbung, at an evacuation centre in a government school in Parang, in the restive southern Philippine island of Jolo. Heavy artillery fire has been heard outside Jolo as President Gloria Arroyo announced a new offensive against Muslim militantsPhotograph: Therence Koh/AFPHuentwangen, Switzerland: Florian Nobis from Germany peers out of a tent mounted on the roof of his Trabant car during Switzerland's first international Trabant meetingPhotograph: Eddy Risch/APBudapest, Hungary: Members of the Spanish street-theatre company Tricicle perform on the fifth day of the week-long Sziget festivalPhotograph: Peter Kollanyi/EPAMexico City, Mexico: A baby is baptized during a ceremony for the folk saint known as "Santa Muerte" or "Saint of Death"Photograph: Gregory Bull/APWashington, USA: Performers compete during the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian's 2007 National PowwowPhotograph: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/EPAMiddlesbrough, UK: A man bungee jumps from the Transporter Bridge on Teeside - the highest bridge in the UK from which you are allowed to leapPhotograph: Owen Humphreys/PADhaka, Bangladesh: Flood-affected people wait with empty bowls at a shelterPhotograph: Abir Abdullah/EPAHong Kong, China: A worker leads a horse to a misting tent after the equestrian cross-country competition of the Good Luck Beijing-HKSAR 10th Anniversary CupPhotograph: YM/EPAManila, Philippines: Skaters glide on an ice skating rink partly illuminated by sunlight to warm up for a competitionPhotograph: Aaron Favila/AP
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