Qiandongnan, China: Miao ethnic villagers perform a traditional water and drum dance to pray for good weather


Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Soldiers watch paratroopers during the military exercise Thracian Spring 2010


Stavropol, Russia: a choir wait for their turn to perform during a concert marking the 140th birthday of the founder of the Soviet state, Vladimir Lenin


Tehran, Iran: Soldiers march during a military ceremony marking the annual National Army Day


Siem Reap, Cambodia: Buddhist monks with lighted candles at Bayon temple during Visak Bochea, which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha

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