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Lion dancers perform in the streets of Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Tiger in Panama City.Credit:AP
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A man looks on from his home as a group of Joaldunaks taking part in the Carnival between the Pyrenees villages of Ituren and Zubieta, northern Spain, pass by. For two years the carnival has been cancelled due to COVID-19.Credit:AP
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A worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 test at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing.Credit:AP
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A woman lights joss sticks during the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Hok Lay Kiong temple in Bekasi, Indonesia. The celebration marks the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac calendar.Credit:AP
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Rescue workers carry away the body of a victim of flash flooding triggered by rain filling up nearby streams that burst their containment mechanisms, collapsing a hillside and bringing waves of mud over homes in La Gasca area of Quito, Ecuador.Credit:AP
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A bystander watches as firefighters battle a structure fire at Weaver Fertilizer Co., in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Credit:Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal
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A Hindu pilgrim prays after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna on 'Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day. It is the third and most auspicious date of bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair "Magh Mela" In Prayagraj, India. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, hoping to wash away sins during the month-long festival.Credit:AP
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Members of the public photograph Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, during their visit to London's Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year.Credit:AP
