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Great shots from around the world, including burning effigies in Spain and a colourful festival in Malaysia

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Effigies burn during the finale of the Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, in the early hours of March 20, 2012.HEINO KALIS

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The festival is a noisy week full of fireworks and processions, which climaxes in the burning of large papier mâché figures displayed around the streets of the city.Alberto Saiz

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The festival is in honour of Saint Joseph.Alberto Saiz

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A woman gets her face smeared with coloured powder during Holi, a religious spring festival, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 18, 2012.Lai Seng Sin

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A woman blows coloured powder to a young girl. Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and water at each other.Lai Seng Sin

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A girl smiles as her face is covered in coloured powder during Holi. The festival celebrates the death of the Demoness Holika, and the love between Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha.STRINGER/MALAYSIA

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Cherry trees blossom next to the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 19, 2012.Andrew Harrer

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This year marks the hundredth year since Japanese flowering cherry trees first graced the National Mall.Manuel Balce Ceneta

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Over one million people are expected to attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival this year.Andrew Harrer

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Princess Diana-themed wallpaper decorates a hallway in Kensington Palace, which reopened March 20, 2012, after a 12-million pound renovation.ANDREW WINNING

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The palace is located in central London.ANDREW WINNING

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Two actors in costume walk through a new reception area in Kensington Palace.ANDREW WINNING

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Tourists gather around the arches of the Basilica, the main administrative building of Volubilis, Morocco’s most famous Roman ruin, March 8, 2012.Abdeljalil Bounhar

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The afternoon sun shines on the arches of the Basilica, the main administrative building in the ancient Roman city of Volubilis, near Meknes, Morocco.Abdeljalil Bounhar

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A stone used to grind olives to produce olive oil peeks through the undergrowth in Volubilis.Abdeljalil Bounhar

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