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The World in a SNAP (18)

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The World in a SNAP (18)

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  1. Tibetan New year : Tibetan monks throw the effigy of a skull in flames during the festivities at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  2. Tibetan New year : Tibetan monks dressed as demons for the festivities at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  3. Tibetan New Year : Celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  4. Tibetan New year : Celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  5. Tibetan New year : Celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  6. Tibetan New year : Celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  7. Tibetan New year : Celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  8. Tibetan New year : Tibetan Monks performing in the celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  9. Tibetan New year : Celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  10. Tibetan New year : A Tibetan monaco expects to perform for the festivities at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  11. Performers pause before a religious ceremony, known as "Da Gui" or beating ghost, to celebrate the upcoming Tibetan New Year which starts on February 22 at Yonghegong Lama Temple February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee

  12. Tibetan New year : Tibetan monks dressed as devils during festivities at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  13. Tibetan New year : Celebrations at the Lama Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2012. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

  14. China's Zhang Kexin performs in the women's free skating event during the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) - Julie Jacobson - AP

  15. "Gilles" in traditional costume parade during the carnival in the streets of Binche, Belgium, on February 21, 2012, during Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras). The Binche Carnival tradition is one of the most ancient and as representative of Wallonia, was inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. (Benoit Doppagne/AFP/Getty Images)

  16. severely malnourished two-year-old girl Rajni is weighed by health workers at the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre of Shivpuri district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Reuters

  17. India’s dying sports tradition, Kushti - Wrestlers practise in the mud at a traditional wrestling centre called 'Akhaara' in Kolhapur. Reuters

  18. FEBRUARY 19: Riders and horses compete during the 73rd Guebelin Grand Prix of St. Moritz on the third weekend of the White Turf races. The race was won by jockey Freddy Di Fede on "African Art," second from left. (Arno Balzarini/Keystone)

  19. A devotee dressed as Shiva participates in a procession ahead of the Shivratri festival, in Jammu. Shivratri, a festival dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, will be marked across the country Monday. AP

  20. Shivratri, a festival dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva - A child dressed as a demon participates in a procession ahead of Shivratri festival, in Jammu. AP

  21. A Ninjutsu practitioner performs a split as members of various Ninjutsu schools showcase their skills to the media in a gym at Karaj, close to Tehran. Currently about 3000 to 3500 women train in Ninjutsu in independently run clubs throughout Iran working under the supervision of the Ministry of Sports' Martial Arts Federation. Reuters

  22. FEBRUARY 20: A Hindu devotee dressed as a demon participates in a Shivratri festival procession in Allahabad, India. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

  23. In Menton, on the French Riviera before the start of the "Fete du Citron" (lemon carnival) will exhibit these giant sculptures made with lemons and oranges. The theme of this 79th edition of the festival is "French regions" and will be held from 17 February to 7 March.-photo AFP

  24. FEBRUARY 20: A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana during Mahashivratri festival celebrations - the festival is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva AP PHOTOS

  25. FEBRUARY 18: A cyclist disguised as French fries rides his bike on a ski slope in the alpine resort of Villars, Switzerland, during the GP St-Sylvestre, a mountain bike snow race. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone)

  26. FEBRUARY 19: A dancer from the Aguia de Ouro samba school performs during Carnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Andre Penner/Associated Press

  27. FEBRUARY 18: The Nice Carnival 2012's theme is "King of Sport." The King's float is displayed during the 128th edition of the carnival in southern France. (Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press

  28. FEBRUARY 17: Filipino shoppers walk past a "tribute wall" for Whitney Houston at the SM North EDSA shopping mall in suburban Quezon city. The tribute wall was put up for fans to write their messages following Houston's sudden death Saturday at age 48. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)

  29. FEBRUARY 16: Hindu devotees perform yoga in the morning on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press

  30. FEBRUARY 16: Female Malayan tapir cub Pinola stands next to her mother Indah at a zoo in Nuremberg, Germany. (Timm Schamberger/DAPD)

  31. FEBRUARY 15: A Hindu holy man smears his body with ash and vermillion powder at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal. Hindu holy men have began arriving at the temple ahead of the Shivaratri festival dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva. (Niranjan Shrestha/Associatead Press)

  32. FEBRUARY 12: A temple maiden pays respect to a 16-meter, 30-ton bronze statue of a reclining Buddha at the Jorakuzan Mantokuji temple in Tateyama, Japan. It is said a believer can fulfill a dream if the person touches the foot of the statue after going around it three times clockwise. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)

  33. FEBRUARY 20: A Hindu devotee touches the foot of a statue of Lord Ram as he prays at a Lord Shiva temple during Shivratri festival celebrations in New Delhi, India. The festival Shivratri is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

  34. A man is silhouetted as he fills heart shaped balloons with helium while waiting for customers on Valentine's Day in Islamabad. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)

  35. Musicians dressed for carnival perform at the Luzern-Carnival in Lucerne, Switzerland, on February 16, 2012. The history of Lucerne's carnival can be traced back over more than 600 years and is best known for its individually hand-crafted masks and costumes paraded in the town's streets and squares by thousands of revellers during the three-day carnival festival. (Reuters/Michael Buholzer)

  36. Eroll Escobar kisses his partner Princess Madrolejo as they pose for photographers while carrying a 16-foot 200 kg Albino Burmese Python during a Valentine's Day presentation inside the Malabon zoo, north of Manila. A survey conducted by Social Weather Stations from last year showed that only 3 out of 10 Filipinos would change their religion in the name of love. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

  37. A vendor rides his bicycle laden with heart-shaped balloons down a street in Beijing on Feb. 14. Beijing's Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau were anticipating over 4,000 couples would be showing up at registry offices around the city to tie the knot this Valentine's Day, which is being considered particularly auspicious as it falls in the Chinese lunar year of the dragon. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

  38. FEBRUARY 18: Dancers perform the traditional "Diablada" or Dance of the Devils during Carnival celebrations in Oruro, Bolivia. The Carnival in Oruro always opens with the "Diablada," a ritual dance of good and evil that has remained unchanged since colonial times. Next to Rio, the mountain mining town is host to the largest carnival in South America, with an estimated participation of 30,000 dancers and up to 150 marching bands. (Juan Karita/Associated Press

  39. A Pakistani man prepares balloons for Valentines Day on a street in Islamabad, Pakistan on Feb. 14. (Anja Niedringhaus/Associated Press)

  40. Revelers from the Academicos do Grande Rio samba school perform during the second night of Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, on February 21, 2012. (Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)

  41. Thai-Swedish couple William Timhede, and Napatsawan Timhede kiss as they hang on a sling wire in a show known as a "flying wedding" as part of an adventure-themed wedding ceremony in Prachinburi province, Thailand. (Wason Wanichakorn/Associated Press)

  42. New Orleans — The Krewe of Rex signature Jester float approaches Canal Street along St. Charles Avenue. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ted Jackson / TIMES-PICAYUNE

  43. A couple kiss before performing on the first day of Carnival celebrations on February 16, 2012 in Salvador, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

  44. Priests perform rituals as they conduct evening prayers on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Varanasi is among the world's oldest cities, and millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually here for prayers and ritual bathing in the river considered holiest among Hindus. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  45. Couple walk to perform rituals during a mass community marriage of sixty couples in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Mass marriages in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts which are still prevalent in many communities. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

  46. Dancers perform "La Morenada" or "Dance of the Black Slaves" during Carnival celebrations in Oruro, Bolivia, Saturday Feb. 18, 2012. The dance mocks slave owners who brought Africans slaves to Bolivia to work in the silver mines. Next to Rio de Janeiro, the mountain mining town is host to one of the largest carnivals in South America with an estimated participation of 30,000 dancers and up to 150 marching bands. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

  47. A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, poses for picture on the eve of Shivaratri festival at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu February 19, 2012. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival which falls on February 20. This is one of the biggest Hindu festivals dedicated to Lord Shiva and is celebrated by devotees all over the world, with holy men smoking marijuana and some smearing their bodies with ashes and praying. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

  48. Revellers wait before their performance at a carnival parade in Barranquilla February 19, 2012. REUTERS/Joaquin Sarmiento

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