From the Miss Chita 2019 beauty pageant and the last bell celebration in Sevastopol, Russia, to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest grand final and protests in Jakarta, Indonesia, from elections in India and the annual Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia in Manila to the international World Beard and Moustache Championships — these are just some of the important and spectacular events that have been taking place around the globe over the past week.
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Winner of the beauty pageant Miss Chita-2019 Anastasia Popova in Chita, Russia.
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Cadets from the Nakhimov Naval School (Sevastopol Presidential Cadet Corps) during the last bell celebration in Sevastopol.
© Sputnik / Alexey Malgavko
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second to the right)
© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin
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FC Lokomotiv players Anton Miranchuk, Dmitry Tarasov and Alexei Miranchuk (left to right) pose for photographers with the Russian Football Cup after winning the final match against FC Ural (Ekaterinburg).
© Sputnik / Alexander Vilf
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A Sukhoi Su-30 supermanoeuverable fighter aircraft from the Russian Knights aerobatic team performs a demonstration flight during the "Open House" day at the Taganrog Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex named after G.M. Beriev.
© Sputnik / Sergey Pivovarov
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Sergey Lazarev (Russia) performs the song "Scream" during the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Tel Aviv, Israel.
© AP Photo / Sebastian Scheiner
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Police disperse protesters at Tanah Abang in Jakarta, Indonesia.
© REUTERS / Antara Foto/Galih Pradipta
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An athlete stretches as she warms up ahead of her show at the bodybuilding event part of the Arnold Classic Africa 2019 a multi-sport festival held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton.
© AFP 2023 / Marco Longari
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Indian nuns from the Mother Teresa Missionaries of Charities queue to cast their votes at a polling station at St. Mary's School in Kolkata, during the 7th and final phase of India's general election.
© AFP 2023 / Amit Datta
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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a visit to the Zarechye agricultural enterprise in the Voronezh Region.
© Sputnik / Dmitry Astakhov
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Boys contort their faces as they participate in a game where they need to slide a coin from their forehead to their mouth to win, during the annual Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia in Manila.
© AFP 2023 / Noel Celis
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College students work out at the Sumo wrestling club at the Nippon Sports Science University in Tokyo, Japan.
© REUTERS / Issei Kato
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Participants in the Moscow Spring Bike Festival.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Sergeev
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A participant in the international World Beard and Moustache Championships poses before taking part in one of the 17 categories of beard and moustache styles competing in Antwerp, Belgium.
© REUTERS / Yves Herman
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Actress Lane Bloom at a photo session for the Daniel Lessovitz film "Port Authority" at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival.
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Chesnokova
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Competitors pull a JetBlue A320 aircraft as they compete in a "Plane Pull" at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
© AFP 2023 / Johannes Eisele
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Participants in the Miss Chita-2019 beauty pageant, Russia.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Yepanchintsev
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after his inauguration ceremony at the Verkhovna Rada in Kiev, Ukraine.
© Sputnik / Stringer
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives a toy duck while visiting biotech company Centogene in Rostock, Germany.
© REUTERS / Michele Tantussi
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A girl next to a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado, taking part in the rally of classic retro cars in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Maksim Blinov
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Activists from the CGT Auchan Retail Logistics gather on 23 May 2019 in Croix, northern France, in front of the company's headquarters to protest against a dismissal plan targeting 21 Auchan sites.
© AFP 2023 / Philippe Huguen
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Gaelle Dule Asheri, 17, a soccer player, who is amongst the first wave of girls being trained by professional coaches at the Rails Foot Academy, plays football with her friends outside her house in Yaounde, Cameroon.
© REUTERS / Zohra Bensemra
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Buddhist monks pray on the eve of Buddha's birthday also known as Vesak celebrations, at the Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java province.
© AFP 2023 / Oka Hamied
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Dina Averina (Russia) performs exercises with a ribbon at the European Rhythmic Gynmastics Championships in Baku.
© Sputnik / Nina Zotina
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A man proposes to a girl on the red carpet of the premiere of the film "A Hidden Life" at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival.
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Chesnokova
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The main irrigation canal in Krasnodar Territory, Russia.
© Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv
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Canadian fashion model Winnie Harlow on the red carpet for the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival.
© Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants
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A protester carries Indonesia's national flag during a protest following the announcement of last month's official election results in Jakarta, Indonesia.
© REUTERS / Willy Kurniawan
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An alleged work by British street artist Banksy depicting a migrant child wearing a lifejacket holding a pink flare is painted on the outer wall of a house overlooking the canal Rio de Ca Foscari, in Venice.
© AFP 2023 / Marco Sabadin