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Argentine waiters race to the finish line during annual competition

Hundreds of waiters in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires took part in the annual waiters' race on Saturday, walking as fast as possible without spilling bottles and drink glasses from their trays.

21/10/2018

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Watch: Schoolchildren dress as Gandhi amid birthday celebrations

October 2 marks Gandhi's birthday as well as International Day of Non-Violence, an ideal that Gandhi strove towards.

02/10/2018

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Nepal's new "living goddess" makes first public appearance

The role of living goddess means the four-year-old must live in a temple and away from her family home until she reaches puberty.

26/09/2018

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Fire dragon dances through streets of Hong Kong

Eighty people lifted a giant fire dragon through the streets of Hong Kong on Monday as part of the city's mid-autumn festival celebrations.

25/09/2018

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Auckland police officers perform haka at graduation ceremony

The newest additions to the North Shore, Rodney and West Auckland police performed a passionate haka at their graduation ceremony on September 6.

24/09/2018

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Fires of passion: North Korea holds torch parade

Thousands of North Koreans wielding burning torches and shouting slogans filled Kim Il Sung square Monday in celebration of the country's 70th birthday.

11/09/2018

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The procession of the Machine of Santa Rosa returns to Viterbo

The Machine of Santa Rosa, designed by the architect Raffaele Ascenzi, has marched this year on September 3 for the fourth time in Viterbo.

05/09/2018

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Thousands gather in Venice to watch traditional regatta

Thousands of boating enthusiasts gathered in Venice on Sunday to watch the Regata Storica, a historical boat race held every year since the thirteenth century in the city's lagoon and Grand Canal.

03/09/2018

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World's biggest alpine horn festival delights Swiss folklore fans

The soft, melancholic notes of hundreds of traditional wooden Swiss alpine horns filled the valley below Mount Tracouet in Switzerland on Sunday (July 22) during the end of world's largest festival of its kind.

22/07/2018

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Colourful floats wow crowds at Kyoto's Gion festival

Spectators braved sweltering heat to watch a series of colourful floats at the annual Gion festival on Tuesday.

17/07/2018

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Colachos jump over Spanish babies to bring them good luck

Men representing the devil, known as Colacho, leaped over young babies on Sunday, in an ancient Spanish religious festival designed to chase out bad spirits.

04/06/2018

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Competitors in Hong Kong race up 14-metre-high bun tower

Thousands of local residents and tourists flocked to an outlying island in Hong Kong on Tuesday to celebrate a local bun festival despite recording-breaking heat.

23/05/2018

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Hong Kong's festival to drive away evil spirits

Thousands of people flocked to an outlying island in Hong Kong on Tuesday to celebrate the Cheung Chau Bun festival, one of the oldest and most colourful in Hong Kong which began around 100 years ago after a deadly plague devastated the island.

23/05/2018

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Colourful scenes as Spanish town marks running of the wine horses

Every May 2, the citizens of the small Spanish town of Caravaca de la Cruz commemorate the 13th Century tradition of the running of the "wine horses."

03/05/2018

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Catalans celebrate Sant Jordi with yellow roses

Political discomfort bloomed in Catalonia on Monday as thousands of Catalans gifted their partners with yellow roses during Sant Jordi, the annual celebration of the region's patron saint.

24/04/2018

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Thousands gather for festival to mark Nepali new year

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday at the medieval city of Bhaktapur for the annual Sindoor Jatra, a festival that marks the beginning of the Nepali New Year and celebrates the arrival of Spring.

15/04/2018

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Traditional Wet Monday celebrated in Poland

The cold weather did not stop Poles from celebrating Wet Monday.

02/04/2018

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Thousands flock to priestly blessing held at Jerusalem's Western Wall

Thousands of Jewish worshipers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday to attend a special 'Priestly Blessing' prayer during the holiday of Passover.

02/04/2018

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Haitian voodoo followers sacrifice animals at Easter ceremony

Haitian voodoo followers marked one of the holiest days of their religious calendar with a traditional ceremony on Easter Sunday in Port-au-Prince.

02/04/2018

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Japan's Emperor and Empress enjoy cherry blossoms on rare stroll

The couple strolled around the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo, enjoying cherry blossoms in their path.

02/04/2018