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Mittenwald, Germany
Men wearing traditional costumes and wooden masks take part in the annual carnival parade
Photograph: Michaela Stache/AFP/Getty
Prayagraj, India
Pilgrims bathe in Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
Photograph: AFPTV/AFP/Getty
Christchurch, New Zealand
Jacob Ryan, aka Yikes, puts the finishing touches on an 11-storey mural, part of Flare 2025, a street art festival. Nearly two dozen artists are taking part in the 11-day event
Photograph: PJ Heller/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Tidworth, England
Fusilier Llewelyn II, the regimental goat, joins a soldier from the Tidworth-based 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh, as they commemorate St David’s Day at Lucknow barracks. The fusiliers parade to honour the patron saint of Wales in a traditional ceremony and receive leeks, a national emblem of Cymru
Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty
Tenerife, Spain
A model wears a carnival costume at the queen’s election gala of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife carnival. Costumes can weigh up to 800kg, cost thousands of euros and take up to nine months to create
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty
Havana, Cuba
A woman smokes a cigar during the 25th Habano festival
Photograph: Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA
Bogotá, Colombia
Actors take part in the opening of the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies’ three-day fair
Photograph: Carlos Ortega/EPA
Banda Aceh, Indonesia
A man found guilty of sexual relations with another man under Islamic sharia law is publicly flogged
Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty
Rome, Italy
A shopworker arranges figurines of Pope Francis on sale in a souvenir shop
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
Sydney, Australia
A wing surfer glides across the water as a Qantas plane awaits to take off at Sydney international airport
Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty
Colón, Panama
Migrants wave from a Panamanian authorities bus in the district of Miramar
Photograph: Bienvenido Velasco/EPA
Chennai, India
A devotee dressed as the Hindu deity Kali performs a ritualistic dance in a religious procession during the Maha Shivratri festival
Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty
Ramallah, Palestine
Relatives greet Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the West Bank after their release from an Israeli prison after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas
Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP
La Paz, Bolivia
Revellers participate in the Paceño carnival, a celebration organised by the Indigenous groups of La Paz. The dances and costumes reflect the different groups’ various traditions and religions
Photograph: Luis Gandarillas/EPA
Peshawar, Pakistan
A man sweeps a mosque before Ramadan. The beginning of the holy fasting month is expected to fall on 1 March, depending on the sighting of the crescent moon
Photograph: Bilawal Arbab/EPA
