Lam Binh, Vietnam

A local Pa Then dancer is performing a fire dance during the annual spring festival. This ritual is performed to exorcise demons and pray for a healthy harvest; although it was banned from the communist authorities, the festival is still being held by certain minorities.

Photo: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images

Sayaboury, Laos

A man, who had just bathe his elephant in a river, is walking with him to the local elephant festival.

Photo: Reuters

Aberdeen, UK

The BewDog company just announced that it offers a week off to any of its member staff who gets a new dog, for reasons of ‘paw-ternity.’

Photo: BrewDog/PA

Felsőtárkány, Hungary

The Venus and the Milky Way (right) along with the Zodiacal Light (left) are being spotted at the top of the Three-Stone Hill on the Bukk Plateau.

Photo: Peter Komka/EPA

Jammu, India

A large group of devotees gather to celebrate Ratha-Yatra, along with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Photo: Jaipal Singh/EPA

Gridley, US

Local resident Melissa Martinez is walking through the floodwater with her son, Fernando. The Feather River keeps on swelling because of the Oroville dam spillway.

Photo: Marcus Yam/LA Times via Getty Images

Ceuta, Spain

An African immigrant is reacting as he arrives at the CETI short-stay immigrant centre after crossing the border from Morocco.

Photo: Reuters

Berlin, Germany

Canadian Prime-Minister Justin Trudeau is having dinner with German chancellor Angela Merkel and her security advisor, Christoph Heusgen.

Photo: GUIDO BERGMANN/BPA HANDOUT/EPA

Moscow, Russia

Dozens of members of the Alexandrov Ensemble are performing at the Russian Army Theatre.

Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov/TASS

Pyongyang, North Korea

A hostess is getting ready for work; in the background, there is a rocket surrounded by flowers in celebration of the 75th birthday of the birth of Kim Jong-Il.

Photo: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images