Yambol, Romania: Roma people walk in an area set aside for them by the governmentPhotograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty ImagesStockholm, Sweden: Far-right Sweden Democrats party leader, Jimmie Akesson, is guarded by police as he campaigns before the general election Photograph: Fredrik Persson/AFP/Getty ImagesTwickenham, UK: A nun stands with a clergyman at a bus stop ahead of the pope's visit to the areaPhotograph: Kevin Coombs/Reuters
Panjshir, Afghanistan: A donkey transports ballot boxes to villages unreachable by vehicles ahead of parliamentary elections Photograph: Ahmad Masood/ReutersAhmadabad, India: A man immerses an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh in the Sabarmati river Photograph: Ajit Solanki/APStavropol, Russia: A turtle swims in a pond Photograph: Eduard Korniyenko/ReutersNoida, India: Children dressed as Buddha wait to perform during a cultural programme carrying the theme of world peace Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/ReutersMazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan: A gardener walks past bird statuesPhotograph: Mustafa Quraishi/APKhartoum, Sudan: One man whips another during a traditional Jaaliyeen tribal ceremony at a wedding. Men from the tribe are whipped as a sign of their strength and to show their dignity while experiencing painPhotograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/ReutersLouisiana, US: Dead fish float near Bay Joe Wise. Their death is possibly caused by a seaonal formation of oxygen-depleted dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, but local officials believe the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may be a factorPhotograph: Patrick Semansky/APSylt, Germany: A woman protects herself from a storm on Westerland promenade Photograph: Carsten Rehder/EPAAshdod, Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish believers perform the Kaparot ceremony before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendarPhotograph: David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty ImagesMonterrey, Mexico: Police officers take part in an Independence Day military parade as part of the bicentennial of independencePhotograph: Carlos Jasso/APBuenos Aires, Argentina: A demonstrator makes a bubble with soap during a student protestPhotograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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