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Whittlesey, UK
Old Glory Molly Morris dancers pose during the annual Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival parade in Cambridgeshire. The traditional event, which was revived in 1980, features a straw bear and its children being led through the streets of the village of Whittlesey followed by Morris dancers
Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Pokhara, Nepal
Rescue teams work to retrieve bodies at the crash site of an aircraft carrying 72 people
Photograph: Reuters
Oahu, US
Surfer Matahi Drollet rides a wave during the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout (in memory of Duke Kahanamoku) on the north shore in Hawaii
Photograph: Brian Bielmann/AFP/Getty Images
Kuta, Indonesia
Balinese women clean a statue during preparations for the lunar new year at a temple in Bali
Photograph: Made Nagi/EPA
Drazice, Croatia
People in costumes take part in the bell ringers’ pageant during the carnival. The event is a Croatian tradition to drive out evil spirits over the winter months
Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock
Santiago, Chile
A dancer performs during Frontera Music Festival in Metropolitana
Photograph: Matías Basualdo/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Pine Level, US
Autauga County was hard hit by powerful tornadoes that caused widespread devastation and multiple deaths in Alabama
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Tel Aviv, Israel
Israelis hold the Israeli flag and light their phones as they protest against the new far-right government. For a second weekend, protesters rallied against the wide-ranging and controversial changes in Israel’s legal system that would boost the power of elected officials and reduce the power of the Israeli high court of justice
Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images
Erkelenz, Germany
The Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg looks on during an interview before a demonstration in which she will take part
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
Erkelenz, Germany
A protester is arrested by police during the confrontation around the Lützerath village during the ongoing protests against coal expansion
Photograph: Ying Tang/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
Yokohama, Japan
People walk underneath lanterns in the Chinatown section ahead of the Chinese new year of the rabbit
Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Muslim devotees travel on overcrowded trains after attending the Akheri Munajat or final prayers, at the Biswa Ijtema in Tongi. Locals tackle the journey climbing on, clinging to and clambering along the roofs of trains. With no seats available, many commuters decide to take the risk and choose a rooftop view for their journey out of Dhaka city
Photograph: Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Dnipro, Ukraine
Emergency personnel evacuate a woman after an apartment block was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike
Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Horsey, UK
Grey seal pups on the beach in Norfolk as the pupping season draws to a close at one the UK’s most important sites for the mammals. Nearly 4,000 pups have been born at the site this season, up from fewer than 100 births about 20 years ago
Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA
Bayingolin, China
Fishermen during winter fishing season in Bosten Lake in Mongol autonomous prefecture
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images
Madrid, Spain
Activists protest against the fur and leather industry
Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters
Donetsk, Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier warms himself with a candle in a house at his position on the Donbass frontline
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Xiamen, China
Aerial view of buildings surrounded by advection fog in Fujian Province
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images
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