FEBRUARY 27 -- BARSANA, INDIA: Hindu men from the village of Nandgaon throw colored powder at each other as part of the region's Lathmar Holi festivities. During Lathmar Holi, men from Nandgaon -- said to be the home of the Hindu god Krishna -- tease women from neighboring Barsana -- the home of Krishna's consort, Radha. In response, Barsana's women "beat" the men with wooden sticks.
FEBRUARY 27 -- BARSANA, INDIA: Hindu men from the village of Nandgaon throw colored powder at each other as part of the region's Lathmar Holi festivities. During Lathmar Holi, men from Nandgaon -- said to be the home of the Hindu god Krishna -- tease women from neighboring Barsana -- the home of Krishna's consort, Radha. In response, Barsana's women "beat" the men with wooden sticks.
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FEBRUARY 26 - SANAA, YEMEN: Schoolgirls attend a class as efforts are made to <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ye.undp.org%2Fcontent%2Fyemen%2Fen%2Fhome%2Fmdgoverview%2Foverview%2Fmdg2%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">improve access to education in the country, particularly for girls</a>. 2015 has been declared by the Yemeni <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yementimes.com%2Fen%2F1850%2Freport%2F4800%2F2015-Education-Year-Challenges-ahead.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank">Prime Minister Khaled Bahah as the "Education Year," </a>despite the financial and political challenges faced. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unicef.org%2Fappeals%2Fyemen.html%23sthash.4q6kA2De.dpuf" target="_blank" target="_blank">UNICEF claims to have reached 193,000 children last year</a> with interventions to improve their learning environment.
FEBRUARY 26 - SANAA, YEMEN: Schoolgirls attend a class as efforts are made to improve access to education in the country, particularly for girls. 2015 has been declared by the Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah as the "Education Year," despite the financial and political challenges faced. UNICEF claims to have reached 193,000 children last year with interventions to improve their learning environment.
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FEBRUARY 25 - BEIJING, CHINA: Women wearing traditional costumes wait prior to a show at Ditan Park temple fair during the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F08%2Fasia%2Fgallery%2Flunar-new-year-2015%2F">Chinese Lunar New Year.</a> Millions of Chinese are celebrating the Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the country's calendar, which marks the beginning of the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F12%2Fasia%2Fyear-of-the-goat-sheep-ram%2F">Year of the Sheep</a> in 2015.
FEBRUARY 25 - BEIJING, CHINA: Women wearing traditional costumes wait prior to a show at Ditan Park temple fair during the Chinese Lunar New Year. Millions of Chinese are celebrating the Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the country's calendar, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Sheep in 2015.
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FEBRUARY 24 - ATHENS, GREECE: Local revelers celebrate Clean Monday with a flour war, a unique, colorful event marking the end of the carnival season in the port town of Galaxidi, about 133 miles (214 km) west of Athens. The flour fight takes place at the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast.
FEBRUARY 24 - ATHENS, GREECE: Local revelers celebrate Clean Monday with a flour war, a unique, colorful event marking the end of the carnival season in the port town of Galaxidi, about 133 miles (214 km) west of Athens. The flour fight takes place at the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast.
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FEBRUARY 23 - OKAYAMA, JAPAN: Men wearing nothing but loincloths cram into the Saidiji Temple for the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival. In a tradition dating back some 500 years, those taking part battle to grab one of two lucky talismans thrown by a Shinto priest. The winners are said to be<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fevents%2F2015%2F02%2F13%2Ftraditional-festivals-things-to-do%2Fsaidaiji-eyo-naked-festival" target="_blank" target="_blank"> blessed with good fortune for the next year.</a>
FEBRUARY 23 - OKAYAMA, JAPAN: Men wearing nothing but loincloths cram into the Saidiji Temple for the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival. In a tradition dating back some 500 years, those taking part battle to grab one of two lucky talismans thrown by a Shinto priest. The winners are said to be blessed with good fortune for the next year.
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FEBRUARY 19 - BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese artists perform a dragon dance at a local amusement park during celebrations for the Lunar New Year, marking the start of the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F12%2Fasia%2Fyear-of-the-goat-sheep-ram%2Findex.html">Year of the Sheep</a>. The <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F17%2Fasia%2Fchina-new-year-gala%2Findex.html" target="_blank">Spring Festival has been marked around the world</a>.
FEBRUARY 19 - BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese artists perform a dragon dance at a local amusement park during celebrations for the Lunar New Year, marking the start of the Year of the Sheep. The Spring Festival has been marked around the world.
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FEBRUARY 18 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A Sadhu, or holy man, looks into a mirror while applying paint to his face inside Pashupatinath temple during the celebration of the annual Maha Shivaratri festival. The occasion reveres Shiva, one of the most important Gods in Hinduism.
FEBRUARY 18 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A Sadhu, or holy man, looks into a mirror while applying paint to his face inside Pashupatinath temple during the celebration of the annual Maha Shivaratri festival. The occasion reveres Shiva, one of the most important Gods in Hinduism.
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FEBRUARY 17 - MINYA, EGYPT: CNN's Ian Lee captured the moment when a Priest was consoled by an Imam. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F16%2Fmiddleeast%2Fisis-libya-egypt%2F">ISIS militants slaughtered 21 Egyptian Christians on Sunday,</a> leading to airstrikes by the Egyptian military targeting the terror group in Libya. Amid growing tensions, Lee describes the image as "a powerful show of solidarity."
FEBRUARY 17 - MINYA, EGYPT: CNN's Ian Lee captured the moment when a Priest was consoled by an Imam. ISIS militants slaughtered 21 Egyptian Christians on Sunday, leading to airstrikes by the Egyptian military targeting the terror group in Libya. Amid growing tensions, Lee describes the image as "a powerful show of solidarity."
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FEBRUARY 16 - AHMEDABAD, INDIA: An Indian Muslim bride smiles as she sits with other brides during a mass wedding arranged by a social organization. The event helps families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the elaborate dowry that is customary in some communities.
FEBRUARY 16 - AHMEDABAD, INDIA: An Indian Muslim bride smiles as she sits with other brides during a mass wedding arranged by a social organization. The event helps families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the elaborate dowry that is customary in some communities.
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FEBRUARY 13 - NATMAUK, MYANMAR: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters as she leaves a celebration marking the 100th birthday of her father Aung San, Myanmar's independence hero.
FEBRUARY 13 - NATMAUK, MYANMAR: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters as she leaves a celebration marking the 100th birthday of her father Aung San, Myanmar's independence hero.
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FEBRUARY 12 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Students wearing traditional hanbok dresses bow as they attend a graduation and coming-of-age ceremony at the Dongmyeong girl's high school. The event signifies a child's passage into adulthood and aims to teach participants etiquette and the acceptance of responsibilities.
FEBRUARY 12 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Students wearing traditional hanbok dresses bow as they attend a graduation and coming-of-age ceremony at the Dongmyeong girl's high school. The event signifies a child's passage into adulthood and aims to teach participants etiquette and the acceptance of responsibilities.
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FEBRUARY 11 - TEHRAN, IRAN: Schoolgirls wave their national flag during the 36th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Azadi Square (Freedom Square). <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F10%2Fpolitics%2Fnetanyahu-stands-by-congress-plans%2F">Iran must reach an initial framework agreement </a>with world powers on their nuclear program by March 24.
FEBRUARY 11 - TEHRAN, IRAN: Schoolgirls wave their national flag during the 36th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Azadi Square (Freedom Square). Iran must reach an initial framework agreement with world powers on their nuclear program by March 24.
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FEBRUARY 10 - MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA: Tori Sisson laughs with excitement and wedding day jitters just before marrying her partner, Shante Wolfe. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F09%2Fus%2Falabama-same-sex-marriages%2F">Alabama is the 37th U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage, </a>despite efforts to block them.
FEBRUARY 10 - MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA: Tori Sisson laughs with excitement and wedding day jitters just before marrying her partner, Shante Wolfe. Alabama is the 37th U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage, despite efforts to block them.
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FEBRUARY 9 - KANO, NIGERIA: Royal Guards of the emir Muhammad Sanusi II race during a Durbar ceremony in honor of his coronation. Sanusi, a former Nigeria central bank chief, is <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F01%2Fworld%2Fafrica%2Fnigeria-boko-haram-attack%2F">one of the country's most influential monarchs</a>.
FEBRUARY 9 - KANO, NIGERIA: Royal Guards of the emir Muhammad Sanusi II race during a Durbar ceremony in honor of his coronation. Sanusi, a former Nigeria central bank chief, is one of the country's most influential monarchs.
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FEBRUARY 5 - SECUNDERABAD, INDIA: A rescued child laborer looks on board a Patna-bound express train at a railway station. He is among hundreds of children, who were working in bangle-making factories and other workshops in the city of Hyderabad, being sent back to their places of origin. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newindianexpress.com%2Fcities%2Fhyderabad%2F300-Child-Labourers-Rescued-from-City%2F2015%2F02%2F01%2Farticle2646921.ece" target="_blank" target="_blank">Government officials have saved more than 282 children </a>during raids in late January.
FEBRUARY 5 - SECUNDERABAD, INDIA: A rescued child laborer looks on board a Patna-bound express train at a railway station. He is among hundreds of children, who were working in bangle-making factories and other workshops in the city of Hyderabad, being sent back to their places of origin. Government officials have saved more than 282 children during raids in late January.
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FEBRUARY 4 - ALMONACID DEL MARQUESADO, SPAIN: Members of the Endiablada (The Brotherhood of the Devils) take part in the town's traditional Endiablada festival. Celebrated annually to commemorate Saint Blaise (San Blas), it sees men dress up as devil-like characters in colorful jumpsuit costumes and red miter hats. The heavy copper cowbells around their waists clang as they walk, dance and jump through the town's winding streets and visit the cemetery to pay tribute to <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laendiablada.com%2Ffest.php" target="_blank" target="_blank">deceased members of the brotherhood.</a>
FEBRUARY 4 - ALMONACID DEL MARQUESADO, SPAIN: Members of the Endiablada (The Brotherhood of the Devils) take part in the town's traditional Endiablada festival. Celebrated annually to commemorate Saint Blaise (San Blas), it sees men dress up as devil-like characters in colorful jumpsuit costumes and red miter hats. The heavy copper cowbells around their waists clang as they walk, dance and jump through the town's winding streets and visit the cemetery to pay tribute to deceased members of the brotherhood.
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FEBRUARY 3 - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: A young Hindu devotee carries a "kavadi" (a wooden frame) as he makes his way towards the Batu Caves temple to mark the Thaipusam Festival on the outskirts of the city before sunrise. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2010%2FWORLD%2Fasiapcf%2F02%2F07%2Fmalaysia.hindu.festival%2F">The festival is celebrated under a full moon</a> and many Hindus come to ask Lord Muruga for forgiveness and to look forward to a prosperous year.
FEBRUARY 3 - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: A young Hindu devotee carries a "kavadi" (a wooden frame) as he makes his way towards the Batu Caves temple to mark the Thaipusam Festival on the outskirts of the city before sunrise. The festival is celebrated under a full moon and many Hindus come to ask Lord Muruga for forgiveness and to look forward to a prosperous year.
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FEBRUARY 2 - BATA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA: A Democratic Republic of Congo soccer fan reacts during the African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match between Congo and the DRC. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2015%2F01%2F31%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-africa-cup-of-nations-quarter-final-congo-tunisia%2F">Congo raced into a 2-0 lead</a> before a stunning comeback saw the Democratic Republic of Congo score four times without reply.
FEBRUARY 2 - BATA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA: A Democratic Republic of Congo soccer fan reacts during the African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match between Congo and the DRC. Congo raced into a 2-0 lead before a stunning comeback saw the Democratic Republic of Congo score four times without reply.
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