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Boatmen ride their boats while other boats are anchored in the Buriganga river during the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Boatmen ride their boats while other boats are anchored in the Buriganga river during the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Image credit: Monirul Alam / EPA / Shutterstock)

Police officers operate during an anti-government protest, triggered by a corruption investigation against high government officials, in Tirana, Albania (Image credit: Florion Goga / Reuters)

Ioulia Chtchetinina and Michal Wozniak from Poland perform at the Figure Skating World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic (Image credit: Petr David Josek / AP Photo)

Spoonbill chicks beg their parent for food at a nest in the Orlando Wetlands in Christmas, Florida, USA (Image credit: Ronen Tivony / NurPhoto / Getty Images)

A fireball erupts following an Israeli strike on a tent encampment sheltering people displaced by war in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip (Image credit:  Eyad Baba / AFP / Getty Images)

Bright orange floodwater covers a residential neighborhood in Waialua, Hawaii, USA (Image credit: Mengshin Lin / AP Photo)

A temple worker installs decorations for upcoming celebrations of Buddha’s birthday at a temple in Seoul, South Korea (Image credit: Jung Yeon-je / AFP / Getty Images)

A rocket carrying satellites blasts off from the sea near Haiyang, China (Image credit: Xinhua / Shutterstock)

Young protestor, demanding publication of the inquiry into last year’s killings by the Nepalese government, is blindfolded and covered in red powder in Kathmandu, Nepal (Image credit: Narendra Shrestha / EPA / Shutterstock)

Hot air balloons decorated with traditional motifs rise to the sky during the annual hot air balloon festival held to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Semayu, Central Java, Indonesia (Image credit: Devi Rahman / AFP / Getty Images)

Storks put branches in their nest in Wehrheim, Germany (Image credit: Michael Probst / AP Photo)

Masked performers take part in the final day of the city’s carnival in the historic center of Limoux, France (Image credit: Valentine Chapuis / AFP / Getty Images)

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