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Parts of Mardi Gras floats created by Kern Studios sit stored inside Mardi Gras World in New Orleans (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Revellers warned to stay away from Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans

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A man wearing a face mask walks past a man feeding pigeons outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi, Kerala state, India (RS Iyer/AP)

Scientists baffled by plummeting levels of coronavirus infections in India

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Rap singer Pablo Hasel is detained by police officers (Joan Mateu/AP)

Rapper arrested in Spain following protest against curbs on free speech

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Johnny Pacheco (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

Tributes to salsa great Johnny Pacheco following death aged 85

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The ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill is illuminated during a snowfall in central Athens (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Heavy snowfall causes pause in vaccine rollout in parts of Athens

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Demonstrators display pictures of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi (AP)

Demonstrations resume in Myanmar despite crackdown on protests

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Spanish rapper rejects imprisonment to draw focus on gag law

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Speaker Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot

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A gibbon in the enclosure at the zoo in Sarajevo

Endangered gibbons find new home at Sarajevo Zoo

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A health worker is sprayed as he leaves the contaminated zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Gueckedou, Guinea

Guinea declares Ebola epidemic

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A political carnival float depicting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin fighting with opposition leader Alexei Navalny is rolled out to be shown in the streets of Duesseldorf, Germany

Germany ekes some fun out of quiet Carnival

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Members of the Aam Aadmi Party demand the release of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi during a protest in Mumbai

Protests in India over arrest of climate activist

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A policeman aims a catapult towards an unknown target during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters holding a rally in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay

Myanmar security forces crack down on anti-coup protesters

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Rohingya refugees headed to the Bhasan Char island prepare to board navy vessels from the south eastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh

Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to new island

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Rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Nganjuk, East Java, Indonesia

Rain triggers deadly landslide in Indonesia

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An Israeli military paramedic prepares a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer vaccine ‘highly effective and prevents serious illness’ – Israeli study

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A family plays at the snow-covered Sygrou park in northern Athens

Snow in central Athens as cold weather front sees temperatures plummet in Greece

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Nicki Minaj’s father dies after hit-and-run crash in New York

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