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After 2 years of COVID, Peru's clowns return

After being suspended for two years due to COVID-19 hundreds of clowns dressed in colorful costumes, wigs and face paint marched through the streets of central Lima on Wednesday to celebrate Peruvian Clown Day.

Experiences

Burlesque meets Mexican wrestling at this flamboyant carnival in LA

This carnival world, a mix of American burlesque and Mexican wrestling, is stunning audiences once again after a two-year pandemic hiatus.

Culture news

Spanish town welcomes back pagan monster 'Carantoñas' from COVID break

The tradition is a meeting of old and new as the pagan fertility figure takes part in a parade for local patron St Sebastien.

Climate

From Pikachu to mermaids: The best protest costumes from COP26

Look through the pictures capturing the imaginative demonstrations happening at the UN climate summit in Glasgow.

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People

Comic Con returns to New York: Let the dress-ups begin

After a virtual event was held last year due to the pandemic, fans return to New York Comic Con in full force.

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Stars hit the red carpet as Met Gala returns after 2-year hiatus

Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and other stars hit the red carpet of the Met Gala in New York. The Al-lister event of the year is back after a two-year hiatus, welcoming a crowd of some 400 actors, athletes, poets and performers -- all of whom were either vaccinated or had tested negative for Covid-19.

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Boy dressed as Donald Trump for Halloween catches president's eye

The boy's costume matched the president's outfit almost exactly, even down to the red tie.

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Costume-wearing walkers boost morale amid Michigan's COVID-19 lockdown

Members' costumes vary each time, from hippos to sharks and dinosaurs to bears.

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Homemade sledge race brightens up Russian winter

The event - Sunny Sledge 2020 - was being staged for the fourth time, with 36 teams taking part in this year's contest.

Living

5 spooky, sustainable solutions for this Halloween

Not just a scary time for the kids, but an even scarier time for the planet.

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Battle of Hastings re-enacted after nearly 1000 years

Nearly a thousand years after the original battle took place, people dressed up qs English and French troops "fought" against each other on Saturday in a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings.

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Knights participate in jousting contest on bikes in Berlin

For the first time in the history of the so-called Berlin pedal battle women took to the "battlefield"

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Global free flight festival: colorful carnival in the French Alps

Around 130 pilots from France and beyond flew paragliders during the 'Icarnaval' carnival, a contest awarding pilots with the best costume prize

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Paddleboard masquerade brings colours to St. Petersburg canals

Over 1,000 paddleboard enthusiasts brightened the grey waters of St. Petersburg's canals with a flashy masquerade on Saturday (July 20).

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Costumed guests go back centuries at Palace of Versailles

More than 600 guests had the chance to live out their royal fantasies for one-night-only at the Palace of Versailles on Monday (May 27), with a costumed party designed to take them back hundreds of years to the time when France was ruled by kings and queens.

France

Over 600 guests attend a costume party at the Palace of Versailles

The theme of the event was "Marie-Antoinette and fashion".

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Japanese enjoy Kanda Matsuri festival in Tokyo

People dressed in period costumes took part in one of the three largest festivals in Tokyo on Saturday.

Italy

Woman in butterfly suit kicks off Venice Carnival

A woman in a butterfly costume who jumped off from St Mark's Campanile kicked off this year's Venice Carnival.