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Nuuk, Greenland
The lights from residential housing blocks illuminate snowdrifts
Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Seoul, South Korea
A worker adjusts colourful lanterns during preparations for Buddha’s birthday celebrations on 5 May at Jogye temple
Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
Victoria, Australia
Spectators look on as a wall of fire is ignited at the Avalon Australian International Airshow. The show is set to be the largest aviation event in the southern hemisphere, featuring industry trade days and a public airshow
Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Alkmaar, Netherlands
Cheese carriers and traders display their products during the opening of the cheese market season. The cheese market in Alkmaar has existed since 1593 and is the oldest and largest in the Netherlands
Photograph: Jeroen Jumelet/EPA
Bangkok, Thailand
People inspect the damage to a collapsed building in Bangkok after a powerful earthquake in central Myanmar
Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters
Rome, Italy
Tourists consult a map near the Vatican
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Pagodas damaged by the earthquake
Photograph: Aung Shine Oo/AP
Beirut, Lebanon
Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs following an Israeli strike
Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Jerusalem, Israel
A worshipper attends the last Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City
Photograph: Jamal Awad/EPA
Bridport, UK
A man walks his dog near the art trail Stampede by the Sea in West Bay. The trail showcases 30 striking and colourful elephants, designed and painted by local artists. The exhibition will conclude with an auction of the artwork raising funds for Weldmar Hospicecare charity
Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
A family drives past protests against insecurity and gang violence. Protesters are demand the departure of the Transitional Presidential Council but authorities have left downtown to escape the armed gang attacks
Photograph: Patrice Noel/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Passengers wait to travel to their villages ahead of Eid al-Fitr, at Sadarghat launch terminal
Photograph: Monirul Alam/EPA
Yakutsk, Russia
People walk past blocks of flats decorated with murals. Yakutsk, six time zones east of Moscow, is the main city of Sakha, one of the coldest inhabited regions on Earth
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Beijing, China
Models present creations during China fashion week
Photograph: Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images
Bangkok, Thailand
Thai rescue teams search for survivors at a collapsed building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak area
Photograph: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
Mandalay, Myanmar
Motorists pass a damaged building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar
Photograph: Reuters
