A man dives into a mud puddle at Devil’s Backbone, a tradition expected to bring healings and miracles in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
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An Afghan Army soldier stands sentry on a hill overlooking the Kart-e Sakhi mosque in Kabul as thousands prepare to celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian New Year
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A honeybee sidles up to a snowdrop flower in Klosterneuburg, Austria, on the first day of spring.
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Italian dancers perform ‘Rhyth.mix — The Show,’ a rhythmic gymnastics show at TIPI am Kanzleramt in Berlin.
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First Dog Bo surveys the scene while joining first lady Michelle Obama at an Easter celebration with military families at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md.
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Retired Iraq war veteran Marine Corporal Ryan Lamke visits the grave of friend and fellow Marine Corporal Benny G. Cockerham III at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on the 10th anniversary of the war’s first shots.
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A 30-inch puppet models a miniature version of a design from the Fause Haten summer collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil.
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Firefighters douse a Falla during the last day of the Las Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain, which celebrates the arrival of spring with fireworks, fiestas and bonfires fueled with large puppets named Ninots.
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An Indian laborer in Siliguri prepares colored powder known as “gulal” to be used during the spring festival of Holi.
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A skier soars during a training session for the World Cup Freestyle Slope at the World Cup Snowboard and FreeStyle Super finals at Sierra Nevada ski resort near Granada, Spain.
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New York City emergency services officers are covered in mud and dirt upon returning to the surface after rescuing a construction worker trapped underground while working on the 2nd Avenue subway.
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Jae Jae shakes off after a dip at his new home at the London Zoo’s just-opened Sumatran tiger enclosure, called Tiger Territory.
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