The past week was marked by numerous festivals and events in different countries, including the Lathmar Holi celebration in the village of Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a tornado in Tennessee, Paris Fashion Week in France, the Mount Merapi volcano's eruption in Indonesia, US President Donald Trump kissing the American flag after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, and more.
Check out the gallery to make sure that you have not missed the most significant events in the world this past week.
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Participants of the "Sevastopol Beauty 2020" beauty pageant during the finals on the stage at the Sevastopol Centre for Culture and Arts.
© Sputnik / Konstantin Mikhalchevskiy
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The situation at the Pazarkule checkpoint on the border between Turkey and Greece, where police used tear gas against refugees.
© Sputnik / Burcu Okutan
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Residents of Krasnoyarsk during the setting of the Russian record for mass dousing with cold water.
© Sputnik / Ilya Naimushin
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Participants in the beauty pageant for the female military personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces "Makeup Under Camouflage" in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
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Women laugh as they walk in Georgetown, Guyana, on 1 March 2020. Guyana goes to the polls on 2 March in a pivotal election in one of South America's poorest nations, where a coming oil boom is set to reshape the ethnically-divided political landscape.
© AFP 2023 / Luis Acosta
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Russian President Vladimir Putin conducts a review of the personnel of the 104th Guards Airborne Assault Order of Kutuzov of the Red Banner Regiment of the 76th Airborne Division. On the right, background: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
© Sputnik / Alexey Nikolsky
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Participants of the "Baikal Mile" festival in Ulan-Ude.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov
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Women beat men with sticks during the Lathmar Holi celebration in the village of Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on 4 March 2020. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually a few days ahead of the Holi festival, which is a spring celebration, also known as the “festival of colours” and is observed in India at the end of the winter season.
© AFP 2023 / Stringer
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South Korean soldiers wearing protective gear move to spray disinfectant as part of preventive measures against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Dongdaegu railway station in Daegu on 29 February 2020. South Korea confirmed 594 more coronavirus cases on 29 February, the biggest increase to date for the country and bringing the national total to 2,931 infections with three additional deaths.
© AFP 2023 / YONHAP
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Participants of the Berikaoba holiday in Georgia. Berikaoba is an improvised masqueraded folk theatre in the country, stemming from a pagan festivity for fertility and rebirth.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Umikashvili
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Spanish policemen and civil guards sporting Guy Fawkes masks hold a placard reading "Traitors" near the entrance of the parliament building in Madrid on 3 March 2020 during a demonstration for fair wages.
© AFP 2023 / Oscar del Pozo
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Siberian husky dogs from the Roev Ruchey flora and fauna team after a 10-kilometre race in preparation for sledding competitions in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
© Sputnik / Ilya Naymushin
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A couple wearing masks to avoid contacting the coronavirus stands on an escalator at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, 1 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Kim Hong-Ji
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Model Bella Hadid presents a creation by designers Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler as part of their Fall/Winter 2020/21 women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, 29 February 2020.
© REUTERS / Piroschka van de Wouw
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Inspectors from the Road Patrol Service (DPS) stop cars to congratulate women drivers on the upcoming holiday on 8 March in Krasnodar.
© Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv
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Elizaveta Shanaeva and David Narizhny (Russia) perform an ice dancing programme during a training session before the 2020 Junior World Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya
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A demonstrator gestures in front of a fire during a protest against Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government in Santiago, 28 February 2020.
© AFP 2023 / Martin Bernetti
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People run wearing fins during the celebration of Maslenitsa on a lake in a south-western housing estate in Novosibirsk.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev
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President Donald Trump kisses the American flag after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbour in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, 29 February 2020.
© AP Photo / Jose Luis Magana
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Two men look at damage Tuesday, 3 March 2020, in Cookeville, Tenn. after a tornado hit on Monday night.
© AP Photo / Wade Payne
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A woman makes noise as she directs bats away from a power tower in Hpa-An, Karen state on 1 March 2020.
© AFP 2023 / Ye Aung Thu
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Demonstrators clash with security forces during a protest day in the Chilean calendar known as "Super Lunes" to demonstrate against Chile's government and high living costs, in Concepcion, Chile 2 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Jose Luis Saavedra
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Stewardesses descend an Airbus A350-900 passenger aircraft of the Aeroflot airline at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov
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Firefighters dig for victims after a mudslide in which five people died and four remain missing, according to the fire department, in Morro do Macaco Molhado (Wet Monkey Hill) in Guaruja, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, 3 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Amanda Perobelli
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Participants in a winter fishing competition as part of the Pudozhsky Burbot festival in Vodlozersky National Park in Karelia.
© Sputnik / Ilya Timin
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Supporters of Uruguay's President-Elect Luis Lacalle Pou and their horses wait for him to arrive for his swearing-in ceremony, in Montevideo, Uruguay 1 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Andres Cuenca Olaondo
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Models present creations by designer Satoshi Kondo as part of his Fall/Winter 2020/21 women's ready-to-wear collection show for the fashion house Issey Miyake during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, 1 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Piroschka Van De Wouw
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Tourists look towards the Mount Merapi volcano as it erupts in the Cangkringan district in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 3 March 2020 in this photo, taken by Antara Foto.
© REUTERS / Antara Foto/Rizky Tulus
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Actors in costumes during the festivities of Wide Shrovetide in Suzdal.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Vyatkin
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An employee of the greenhouse complex "Green House" at work in the Republic of Adygea.
© Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv
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