A performer dressed as the Hindu deity Shiva holds a snake ahead of the Maha Shivaratri festival in Amritsar, India
A veterinarian holds a critically endangered orangutan baby, at Bandung Zoo in West Java, Indonesia
A man creates soap bubbles in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany
A warbling white-eye perches on the branch of a blossoming plum tree in Tokyo, Japan
Visitors gather at a memorial for Ukrainian and foreign fighters at Independence Square in Kyiv
Kim Jong Un visits the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea
A man performs a motorcycle stunt in Ahmedabad, India
A carnival float featuring Donald Trump holding the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice on a leash in Cologne, Germany
A leatherback sea turtle hatchling swims off following its release at Lhoknga Beach in north-west Indonesia
A masked monk stands behind a curtain during the Gyalpo Losar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal
Swimmers participate in the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival in Newport, Vermont
Dallas Mavericks' P.J. Washington dives for the ball during a basketball game in Dallas, Texas
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