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Dhaka, Bangladesh. About 2,000 people, crammed into a cargo vessel with their belongings, head to Sunamganj in Sylhet to celebrate Nobanno, the harvesting of Boro rice

Out of the flames. A man runs through the smouldering remains of slum houses razed by a blaze in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, which destroyed the homes of some 200 families

Sana'a, Yemen. Supporters of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh during a celebration marking his 70th birthday

Idlib, Syria. A man stands guard during fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government troops in Idlib

Walk this way. Women do morning exercises with swords by a riverbank in Suining, Sichuan province, south-west China

After the battle. A photograph by Rémi Ochlik of a rebel Libyan fighter on the outskirts of the strategic oil city of Ras Lanouf taken in March 2011. The French photojournalist was killed during shelling in the Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday. This picture won him a World Press Photo award

Afghan freeze. A family sits around a traditional heater called a sandaly, at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul. At least 24 children have died in such camps as a result of freezing temperatures during Afghanistan's coldest winter in more than a decade

Uneasy rider. Steer wrestler Jason Miller shows off his skills in a competition at la fiesta de los vaqueros (the festival of cowboys) in Tucson, Arizona. Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images