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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hundreds of people brave bright sun and hot temperatures to witness the National District carnival parade on the Malecón (the seafront esplanade)
Photograph: Orlando Barría/EPA
La Paz, Bolivia
The Farándula de los Pepinos (cucumber parade) during the La Paz carnival
Photograph: Luis Gandarillas/EPA
Mexico City, Mexico
A woman in a hand-embroidered charro suit adjusts her hat before the start of carnival in Santa Martha Acatitla, the town that kicks off the celebrations that will lead up to Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent
Photograph: Josue Perez/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A dancer from the Viradouro samba school performs during the first night of carnival at the Marquês de Sapucaí Sambadrome
Photograph: Pablo Porciúncula/AFP/Getty Images
Medan, Indonesia
Students sit in circles as they read the Qur’an during Ramadan at the Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school
Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP
Gangneung, South Korea
A road curves through snow-covered hills and mountains
Photograph: Yonhap/EPA
Konosu, Japan
An event celebrating Hinamatsuri, a traditional festival dedicated to girls, plays host to 1,605 traditional Japanese dolls
Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Hangzhou, China
Plum blossoms flower at a wetland park in eastern China’s Zhejiang province
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Thrissur, India
Workers carry a robotic model elephant. The lifesize replica flaps its ears and waves its trunk, and has been rolled out in India as an alternative to the endangered animals used for festivals in Hindu temples
Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images
Tal al-Hawa, Gaza
People gather by the rubble of destroyed buildings for a communal iftar (fast-breaking meal) on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
Barcelona, Spain
King Felipe VI chats with the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, as they attend the opening day of the Mobile World Congress. About 100,000 people are expected to attend the event, which will focus on AI
Photograph: Enric Fontcuberta/EPA
Rottweil, Germany
A carnival reveller vaults with a wooden stick, performing the ‘fool’s jump’ that gives its name to the Narrensprung, a procession that dates back to the 14th century in in the Black Forest town and is part of the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht carnival tradition
Photograph: Steffen Schmidt/Reuters
Düsseldorf, Germany
A satirical carnival float by the artist Jacques Tilly depicting Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump, during Rosenmontag (Rose Monday) celebrations, the peak of German carnival season
Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
Sandringham, UK
King Charles III meets the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, at the Norfolk estate
Photograph: Aaron Chown/AP
Salisbury, UK
Choristers practice flipping pancakes before Shrove Tuesday at Salisbury Cathedral
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
