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    Photos of the week: Carnival season and invading polar bears

    Carnival season winds up across the world and a freak sight of polar bears rummaging through human trash --photos of the week from across the world.

    Updated on: Mar 09, 2019 2:42 PM IST
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    A long exposure photo shows a series of lightning strikes over Santa Barbara, California, seen from Stearns Wharf in the city's harbor. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A long exposure photo shows a series of lightning strikes over Santa Barbara, California, seen from Stearns Wharf in the city's harbor. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

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    Performers jump on the street during a carnival parade in Herbstein, Germany. (Uwe Zucchi / dpa via AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Performers jump on the street during a carnival parade in Herbstein, Germany. (Uwe Zucchi / dpa via AP)

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    Team Alberta skip Kevin Koe makes a shot during the 10th draw against team British Columbia at the Brier curling tournament in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press via AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Team Alberta skip Kevin Koe makes a shot during the 10th draw against team British Columbia at the Brier curling tournament in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press via AP)

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    A “Momotxorro”' takes part in the carnival in Alsasua, northern Spain. During the carnival Momotxorros, characters who seem to have been resurrected from a prehistoric ritual, come out onto the streets wearing horns and hiding their faces under headscarves, and dressed in a white sheet stained with blood. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Mar 09, 2019 2:42 PM

    A “Momotxorro”' takes part in the carnival in Alsasua, northern Spain. During the carnival Momotxorros, characters who seem to have been resurrected from a prehistoric ritual, come out onto the streets wearing horns and hiding their faces under headscarves, and dressed in a white sheet stained with blood. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)

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    A carnival reveler in a bird costume pauses in front of a traditional Amazonian home during the “Cordao da Bicharada” celebration in Cameta, Para state, Brazil. Carnival in Cameta celebrates the forest, putting its animals at the forefront as an ecological manifest in defense of the protection of their forests. (Raimundo Pacco / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A carnival reveler in a bird costume pauses in front of a traditional Amazonian home during the “Cordao da Bicharada” celebration in Cameta, Para state, Brazil. Carnival in Cameta celebrates the forest, putting its animals at the forefront as an ecological manifest in defense of the protection of their forests. (Raimundo Pacco / AP)

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    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center as viewed in Vero Beach, Florida. (Joe Rimkus Jr. / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center as viewed in Vero Beach, Florida. (Joe Rimkus Jr. / REUTERS)

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    A group of scavengers search for items and plastics to sell for recycling at Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia. (Willy Kurniawan / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A group of scavengers search for items and plastics to sell for recycling at Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia. (Willy Kurniawan / REUTERS)

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    Women sail in a floating electric hot tub on a waterway near the River Thames and Canary Wharf, in London, England. (Peter Nicholls / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Women sail in a floating electric hot tub on a waterway near the River Thames and Canary Wharf, in London, England. (Peter Nicholls / REUTERS)

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    Demonstrators attend a protest against President Aleksandar Vucic and his government in central Belgrade, Serbia. (Marko Djurica / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Demonstrators attend a protest against President Aleksandar Vucic and his government in central Belgrade, Serbia. (Marko Djurica / REUTERS)

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    People look at flames of a fire as dry grass and bushes burn near the village of Ivanovka, Crimea. (Alexey Pavlishak / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    People look at flames of a fire as dry grass and bushes burn near the village of Ivanovka, Crimea. (Alexey Pavlishak / REUTERS)

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    Police forensics officers search the area near to where 17-year-old Jodie Chesney was killed, at the Saint Neots Play Park in Harold Hill, east London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Police forensics officers search the area near to where 17-year-old Jodie Chesney was killed, at the Saint Neots Play Park in Harold Hill, east London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS)

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    A car drives along a five-kilometre-long road, which is supervised by regional traffic services to connect the banks of the ice-covered Yenisei River during winter season, south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A car drives along a five-kilometre-long road, which is supervised by regional traffic services to connect the banks of the ice-covered Yenisei River during winter season, south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS)

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    US first lady Melania Trump listens to remarks at Microsoft Headquarters during her two-day, three state tour promoting her “Be Best” initiative in Redmond, Washington. (Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    US first lady Melania Trump listens to remarks at Microsoft Headquarters during her two-day, three state tour promoting her “Be Best” initiative in Redmond, Washington. (Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS)

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    A Palestinian boy cries as he stands outside his family house in the northern Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Salem / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A Palestinian boy cries as he stands outside his family house in the northern Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Salem / REUTERS)

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    A woman looks at a view of Seoul shrouded by fine dust during a polluted day in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A woman looks at a view of Seoul shrouded by fine dust during a polluted day in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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    A Balinese man holds a burning coconut shell during Mesabetan Api, a purification ritual to enter the holy day of Nyepi, which is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu New Year, in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. (Johannes P. Christo / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A Balinese man holds a burning coconut shell during Mesabetan Api, a purification ritual to enter the holy day of Nyepi, which is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu New Year, in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. (Johannes P. Christo / REUTERS)

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    Tourists ride in a vintage car at the seafront Malecon in Havana, Cuba. (Alexandre Meneghini / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Tourists ride in a vintage car at the seafront Malecon in Havana, Cuba. (Alexandre Meneghini / REUTERS)

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    A woman counts her money as she sells flowers ahead of International Women’s Day in central Kiev, Ukraine. (Gleb Garanich / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A woman counts her money as she sells flowers ahead of International Women’s Day in central Kiev, Ukraine. (Gleb Garanich / REUTERS)

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    Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson (2L) reacts after winning the women’s 800m pentathlon final at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. (Ben Stansall / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson (2L) reacts after winning the women’s 800m pentathlon final at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. (Ben Stansall / AFP)

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    An owner poses with her Sphynx cat during a cat exhibition in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Cat lovers from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan took part in the event. (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    An owner poses with her Sphynx cat during a cat exhibition in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Cat lovers from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan took part in the event. (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP)

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    US President Donald Trump hugs the US flag as he arrives to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    US President Donald Trump hugs the US flag as he arrives to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

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    Polar bears feed at a garbage dump near the village of Belushya Guba, on the remote Russian northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a tightly-controlled military area where a village declared a state of emergency in February after dozens of bears were seen entering homes and public buildings. (Alexandr Grir / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Polar bears feed at a garbage dump near the village of Belushya Guba, on the remote Russian northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a tightly-controlled military area where a village declared a state of emergency in February after dozens of bears were seen entering homes and public buildings. (Alexandr Grir / AFP)

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    Chilean transgender student Arlen Aliaga (2-L) poses with classmates at a girl’s public high school in Santiago, Chile. Arlen, 18, started classes at a school for girls Monday, after giving a tough fight to be admitted. (Pablo Vera / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Chilean transgender student Arlen Aliaga (2-L) poses with classmates at a girl’s public high school in Santiago, Chile. Arlen, 18, started classes at a school for girls Monday, after giving a tough fight to be admitted. (Pablo Vera / AFP)

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    Afghan women take part in a taekwondo training session at a gym in Injil district in Herat province. (Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Afghan women take part in a taekwondo training session at a gym in Injil district in Herat province. (Hoshang Hashimi / AFP)

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    A woman walking with crutches stands next to a child as people evacuated from the Islamic State (IS) group’s embattled holdout of Baghouz arrive at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. (Bulent Kilic / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Mar 09, 2019 2:42 PM

    A woman walking with crutches stands next to a child as people evacuated from the Islamic State (IS) group’s embattled holdout of Baghouz arrive at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. (Bulent Kilic / AFP)

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    French President Emmanuel Macron gestures during a meeting as part of the “Great National Debate” in Greoux-les-Bains, southeastern France. The French president is carrying out a two-month debate which has seen dozens of town hall meetings held since the middle of January, as part of his response to the “yellow vest” protests. (Christophe Simon / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Mar 09, 2019 2:42 PM

    French President Emmanuel Macron gestures during a meeting as part of the “Great National Debate” in Greoux-les-Bains, southeastern France. The French president is carrying out a two-month debate which has seen dozens of town hall meetings held since the middle of January, as part of his response to the “yellow vest” protests. (Christophe Simon / AFP)

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    The winners of the best dressed contest celebrate at the Athens Mardi Gras Masquerade in Athens, Georgia. (Joshua L. Jones / Athens Banner-Herald via AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    The winners of the best dressed contest celebrate at the Athens Mardi Gras Masquerade in Athens, Georgia. (Joshua L. Jones / Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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    The sun rises over the Penang bridge in Penang island, Northern Malaysia. (Vincent Thian / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    The sun rises over the Penang bridge in Penang island, Northern Malaysia. (Vincent Thian / AP)

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    Model Cara Delevingne (2ndL), looks as models wipe tears from their eyes as they wear creations as part of the Chanel ready to wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Paris, France. It was Karl Lagerfeld's final curtain — even though he was missing. (Francois Mori / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Model Cara Delevingne (2ndL), looks as models wipe tears from their eyes as they wear creations as part of the Chanel ready to wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Paris, France. It was Karl Lagerfeld's final curtain — even though he was missing. (Francois Mori / AP)

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    Military band members rehearse ahead of the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Jason Lee / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Military band members rehearse ahead of the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Jason Lee / REUTERS)

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