A Lebanese fisherman casts his fishing pole from a rocky coastal area along the Beirut coastline. The coastline has been for thousands of years a vital source of sustenance for local residents, but privatization and pollution have now made it increasingly difficult to scrape by on catches from the Mediterranean Sea.
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Members of the Prizma Ensemble wearing full solid-colored bodysuits take part in the 6th Jane's walk Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel
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Villagers take part in a ritual celebrating the pagan god Yurya and pray for plentiful future harvests in the village of Pogost, Belarus.
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An egret flaps its wings on a tree on the banks of river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. During this time of the year, hundreds of egrets build their nests in thickly populated trees along the Brahmaputra.
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Chinese tourists taste Samgyetang, Korean traditional ginseng chicken soup, at a massive outdoor party in Seoul, South Korea.
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Laborers thrash paddy crop in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.
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A duck paddles past three dancers from The Australian Ballet, dressed in white swan tutus pose for photos on floating barge in Penrith Lake in Sydney. The Australian Ballet announced it will perform on an open-air stage on Lake Penrith in November.
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New recruits of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard stand in the courtyard prior to a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican.
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