A caretaking humanoid robot in Japan, prayers for Pope Francis in Brazil, the Royal Shrovetide Football Match in England, a polar-bear-plunge record attempt in the Czech Republic, a performance at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, a skijoring competition in Colorado, and much more
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Revelers watch a giant wooden installation depicting a mill tower burn during the annual celebration of Maslenitsa at the Nikola-Lenivets art park in Moscow's Kaluga region, Russia, on March 1, 2025. The cherished Russian folk festival has its origins in an ancient Slavic holiday marking the end of winter and spring's arrival. #
Russians gathered for the Maslenitsa folk festival celebrate spring and burn all their troubles, in the form of anonymous notes, together with a giant wooden tower installation at the Nikola-Lenivets art park in Moscow, on March 1, 2025. #
A red deer is pictured at sunrise on a frosty spring morning in Bushy Park, London, on March 4, 2025. #
Fusilier Llewelyn II, the Regimental Goat, jumps in the air before soldiers from the 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh, parade to commemorate St. David’s Day at Lucknow Barracks, on February 27, 2025, in Tidworth, England. The Fusiliers paraded to honor the patron saint of Wales in a traditional ceremony and receive leeks, a national emblem. #
Rider Nick Ehlenfeldt races down Harrison Avenue as he pulls his brother Cody during the 77th annual Leadville Ski Joring weekend competition in Leadville, Colorado, on March 1, 2025. Skijoring, which has its origins as a competitive sport in Scandinavia, has been adapted over the years to include a team made up of a rider and a skier who must navigate jumps, slalom gates, and the spearing of rings for points. Leadville has been hosting skijoring competitions since 1949. #
Members of Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel perform with a large puppet during 2025 Carnival parades at Sapucai Sambodrome on March 4, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. #
Members of Unidos de Vila Isabel perform during a Carnival parade at Sapucai Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro on March 4, 2025. #
People walk under blooming cherry trees in Kawazu, Japan, on March 2, 2025. In this small town on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula, a type of cherry blossom that begins to flower two months earlier than others will be in full bloom in March. #
Models wear creations as part of the Ferragamo Fall/Winter 2025–26 collection presented in Milan, Italy, on March 1, 2025. #
People gather beside the rubble of destroyed buildings for a huge communal iftar (fast-breaking meal) on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the area of al-Dahduh, in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa district, on March 2, 2025. #
Thai singer and actress Lalisa Manobal performs onstage during the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 2, 2025. #
German DJ HorsegiirL poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the BRIT Awards 2025 in London on March 1, 2025. #
Jessica Hamersley rides a horse named Tom Kitten during a beach session in Altona North, Australia, on March 5, 2025. #
A reveler rolls in the mud during the traditional Mud Block carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, on March 1, 2025. #
In Most Lake, near the town of Most, Czech Republic, 2,461 winter swimmers attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people taking a polar-bear plunge simultaneously, on March 1, 2025. #
Competitors from opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, fight for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, England, on March 4, 2025. The mass-participation ball game involves two teams, whose players are decided according to which side of the town's small brook they were born on. The game has very few rules and is played across a three-mile stretch over two eight-hour periods on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Royal Shrovetide Football is believed to have been played annually in Ashbourne since 1667. #
Members of the team of "Aranceri della Morte" fight against "I Difensori del Castello" during the traditional Battle of the Oranges held during the carnival in Ivrea, near Turin, on March 3, 2025. #
A woman is sprayed with foam during a carnival parade at Paseo Los Proceres in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 3, 2025. #
Catholic faithful hold candles during a Mass for the health of Pope Francis at the complex of the statue of Christ the Protector in Encantado, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on February 27, 2025. #
A cat is silhouetted in front of the Pyramid of Cestius, an ancient monument built in about 18–12 B.C., in Rome, Italy, March 3, 2025. #
A woman swims as a bird flies underneath the Sky Pool, a transparent acrylic swimming-pool bridge between apartment blocks in London, on March 5, 2025. #
Next to a statue of Eleftherios Venizelos, riot police take cover from Molotov cocktails thrown by demonstrators as clashes break out during a rally—part of a general strike called by unions to mark the second anniversary of the country's worst rail tragedy—in front of the Greek Parliament, in Athens, on February 28, 2025. #
An aerial view of Peruvian firefighters battling a major fire in a toy store in downtown Lima, Peru, on March 4, 2025 #
Long-range AN-196 Liutyi attack drones of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine agency stand in line before takeoff in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on February 28, 2025. #
AIREC, an AI-driven humanoid robot, demonstrates a caretaking maneuver to change a diaper or prevent bedsores, with a researcher at Waseda University's laboratory in Tokyo, Japan, on February 17, 2025. #
A model presents a creation by Anrealage for the Womenswear Ready-to-Wear Fall/Winter 2025–26 collection as part of Paris Fashion Week at the American Cathedral in Paris on March 4, 2025. #
Participants run from (and with) reindeer in the traditional Running of the Reindeer, part of the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 1, 2025. #
A Nubian ibex nibbles from a snack packet, near a "Do not feed the animals" sign, in Ramon crater, in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, on March 6, 2025. #
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