Participants hold up a man and smear mud on his face during the Warabi Hadaka festival in Yotsukaido, Japan
A laborer prepares vermicelli noodles at a workplace in Hyderabad, Pakistan
People are silhouetted against the setting sun while hiking in the mountains in Phoenix, USA
A man riding a bicycle takes a photo of a burned truck, in the wake of violence that followed the killing of a powerful cartel leader known as El Mencho, near Acatlan de Juarez, Mexico
A displaced Palestinian plays with fireworks outside a building damaged by Israeli strikes at the Jabalia refugee camp, Palestine
A man in traditional Polish garb takes part in a horse-drawn sleigh race in Sierockie-Biały Dunajec, Poland
Israeli police deploy water cannons against seated ultra-Orthodox Jews peacefully protesting Israel's military recruitment law in Jerusalem, Israel
Punch, baby monkey who had been briefly abandoned by his mother, is seen finding comfort with her at a zoo in Chiba, Japan
Revelers take part in the annual flour war marking the start of the Christian Lent fast in Galaxidi, Greece
Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Montevideo, Uruguay
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his daughter Kim Ju Ae, and their entourage watch a flight display during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea
A veiled Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural next to former US embassy in Tehran, Iran
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