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East Asia
People enjoy cherry blossom at Ueno Park in Tokyo, blooming a week earlier than expected
Visitors enjoy the blooming sakura at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2013. Sakura in Tokyo bloom a week earlier than expected owing to the rising temperature. Visitors row on a lake in Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2013. <Xinhua/Ma Ping>
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South East Asia
Performers celebrate Mango Festival in Zambales, the Philippines, to promote the tropical fruit
Dancers perform on a street during the Mango Festival in Zambales Province, the Philippines, March 20, 2013. The Mango Festival is held in Zambales annually to promote mango as the local signiture with colorful floats and street dances. A performer in a mango-like costume waves to people on a street…
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Central Asia
Uzbek women in colorful costumes dance to celebrate Navruz, New Year holiday
Uzbek dancers in embroidered silk costumes perform during the festivities marking the Navruz holiday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Navruz (“New Year”) dates back to ancient Iranian and Central Asian fire-worshippers who celebrated the spring equinox with dances and ritual food. <AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov>
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Culture
Kali, a polar bear cub whose mother was shot to dead, being cared for at a zoo
This photo provided by the Alaska Zoo and taken March 13, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska, shows Kali, an orphaned polar bear cub who is being cared for at the zoo. The cub’s mother was shot in Point Lay, Alaska, on March 12 and the cub is temporarily staying at the…
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West Asia
A man sets off a fire cracker to celebrate Nowruz, Iranian New year, in Babol City
An Iranian man holds a fire cracker during the celebration of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in Babol City, northern Iran, on March 19, 2013. “Nowruz”, which usually occurs on March 20 or 21, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the new year on the Iranian…
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West Asia
Foreign and local artists dance to celebrate Nevruz in Istanbul, Turkey
Artists perform at Nevruz celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 17, 2013. The Nevruz performance, organized by the Joint Administration of Turkic Arts and Culture (TURKSOY), brings together more than 250 artists from different countries or regions to celebrate Nevruz in 15 cities of Turkey. Artists perform on stage at…
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Central Asia
Muscovites celebrate traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter
Muscovites gather to burn an effigy of Lady Maslenitsa during celebrations of Pancake Week, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to the pagan times. <AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev>
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West Asia
The New Far Pope, the New Near Dialogue
The newly elected Argentinean Pope Jorge Berguliu was a real surprise, even for his own home countrymen. Reasons are many; he is the first pope descended from the American continent. This was the first great surprise in the whole of Latin America and left residents of Buenos Aires spontaneously in…
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East Asia
People perform an activity of ancient ethnic Qiang at a festival in Sichuan, China
Local residents perform an activity of the ancient Qiang ethnic minority at the Guairu Festival in Puxi Township of Lixian County in the Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 13, 2013. Wednesday marks the second day of the second lunar month, which is also…
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South East Asia
Artists dance at festival ending Chinese New Year celebration in Bogor, Indonesia
People perform a dragon dance during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. An artist performs during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebration in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.…
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