A jockey spurs the buffalos as they race during Barapan Kebo or buffalo races as part of the Moyo festival in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The traditional Buffalo races, known as Barapan Kebo, are held by Samawa tribes in muddy rice fields to celebrate and provide entertainment ahead of the annual planting season. Jockeys secure themselves on a wooden structure attached to the buffalo, and maneuver across the mud in a race to the finish line. The jockeys weild long sticks, in a similar style to jousting, and direct them towards targets called ‘Saka’. Read more
Moyo festival
Dashain festival
Pro Assad forces regain Hama
Forces of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad burn a flag of al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Zor al-Mahruqa village, after they said they had regained control of the area and its surrounding hills in the Hama countryside
Indonesian ministers prepare for family photo
Indonesian maritime and fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti, centre, adjusts her sunglasses as she prepares for a photo session after the inauguration ceremony for the newly appointed Cabinet members at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia
Burkina Faso protest
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Underwater wedding in Polynesia
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Nick Clegg at the CBI
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gestures as he speaks at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference in London.
Autumn sun in Germany
Autumn sun rises over the river Leine and surrounding landscape in Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany
3d comet landing
French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) president Jean-Yves Le Gall, French President Francois Hollande and former French astronaut Claudie Haignere wear 3D glasses during a visit at the Cite des Sciences at La Villette in Paris as they follow the successful landing of the Philae lander on comet 67P.
Obama meets Aung San Suu Kyi
US President Barack Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greet each other at her house in Yangon, Myanmar.
A selfie with Brad Pitt
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Jerusalem attack
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23 inch nails
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Sunset at Orange Beach
A blue herring walks along the beach at sunset in Orange Beach Alabama.
Chile’s bright star cluster
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Our Journey
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Emerging voters
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Fishy campaigning
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Eyes and ears on Ghani
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Afghani President Ashraf Ghani take part in a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. Ashraf Ghani is making his first official visit to Germany since becoming President.