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Berlin, Germany

A statue of Joseph Stalin stands on Berlin’s Karl-Marx-Allee. It was placed there for 15 minutes to promote the exhibition Stalin, The Red God
Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK

A visitor looks at Charles I in Three Positions by Anthony van Dyck, behind a statue of Charles I by Francois Dieussart, during a press view for the Charles I: King and Collector exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts
Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Delhi, India

A mannequin head on the banks of the Yamuna river
Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters