The annual Nakizumou Crying Baby Festival takes place at Yukigaya Hachiman Shrine in Tokyo. For 400 years, people have prayed for the health and growth of babies.
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Competitors gather for the Queen of the Great Power dance competition, which takes place in La Paz, Bolivia, ahead of the Feast of the Lord Jesus of the Great Power, a street party that celebrates a depiction of Jesus Christ with indigenous features and outstretched arms.
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The cast gathers for a first look at the new Much Ado About Nothing, which takes place this summer at Shakespeare’s Globe in Bankside, London.
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A pair of great crested grebes perform a courtship ritual in Katowice, Poland, which involves presenting each other with leaves and plant material.
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Supporters of Venezuela’s President Maduro march during a May Day rally in Caracas to mark International Workers’ Day
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The corn is hulled and stacked in Bangladesh to help it dry so it lasts longer during transport.
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Pam brought her dog Ruby to the polling station in Ruislip to vote in the local elections for London Mayor and London Assembly.
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Paddleboarders test their balance on the River Cam in Cambridge
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Brandon Beck, a blacksmith and sculptor based in the Scottish Borders, polishes his bust of a Highland cow made from horseshoes. His work will be on display at the Art at Ancrum exhibition this weekend
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Where It Began by Osman Yousefzada, a British-Pakistani artist, at Cartwright Hall, is the first in a series of preview events leading up to Bradford 2025, UK City of Culture.
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Somewhere in Times I and II by Henry Hudson. The artist uses AI in his work to play with physical and digital boundaries
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A model walks the runway for Zhsaken and Akmaral during fashion week in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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John Cleese poses with the cast of Fawlty Towers: The Play, which opens this week at the Apollo Theater in London’s West End
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San Francisco officials say the largest number of sea lions in 15 years has gathered at the city’s famous Pier 39.
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Lightning splits the sky during a thunderstorm, seen from Minster on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent
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Paragliders admire the spectacular views as they fly over Yangshuo in Guilin, northeast of China’s Guangxi region.
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The Santa Capelina festival, which includes fish soup, homemade hats and a papier-mâché doll representing the saint, takes place in Nice, in the south of France. Once the procession is over, the saint is delivered to the sea, in the hope that the wishes she carries will come true.
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Dancers rehearse for Australian Ballet’s Circle Electric, which opens this week at the Sydney Opera House
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London restaurant Sketch launches the tenth edition of its Sketch in Bloom flower exhibition, this time paying tribute to 200 years of the National Gallery
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A pride of lions at Longleat, Wiltshire, walk through a carpet of early bluebells
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