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Our world in photos: February 1

February 1, 2022 Michaela Keil
HONG KONG — Lunar New Year: Worshippers prayed during the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Man Mo temple on Tuesday. The celebration marked the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac calendar. Photo: Vincent Yu/AP
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ECUADOR — Flash floods: Rescue workers carried away the body of a victim of flash flooding triggered by rain filling up nearby streams that burst their containment mechanisms, collapsing a hillside and bringing waves of mud over homes in the La Gasca area of Quito, on Tuesday.
Photo: Dolores Ochoa/AP

 

CHINA — Disinfecting: A worker wearing a protective suit sprayed disinfectant at a screening checkpoint for arriving athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Tuesday, in the Yanqing District of Beijing.
Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

 

BOLIVIA — “Not one less”: Demonstrators shouted slogans as they marched against gender violence, particularly against women’s disappearances and femicide in La Paz, on Monday. The sign read in Spanish: “Not one less.”
Photo: Juan Karita/AP

 

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CHINA — Curling: A stash of brooms were lined up to be used on the ice at the curling venue ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, in Beijing.
Photo: Brynn Anderson/AP

 

INDIA — Magh Mela: A Naga Sadhu, or Naked Hindu holy man, rubbed ash on himself after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna on ‘Mauni Amavasya’ or new moon day, third and the most auspicious date of the bathing day during the annual month-long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” In Prayagraj, on Tuesday. Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, hoping to wash away sins during the month-long festival.
Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

 

 

IRAN — Header: Iran’s Sadegh Moharrami, left, and Khalil Ibrahim Alhammadi of U.A.E. tried to head the ball during their 2022 World Cup qualifier soccer match, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, on Tuesday.
Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP

 

BRAZIL — Landslide: Firefighters removed the body of a landslide victim after heavy rains in Franco da Rocha, Sao Paulo state, on Monday. At least 19 people died in cities in the interior of Brazil’s largest state, Sao Paulo, after landslides caused by heavy rains.
Photo: Marcelo Chello/AP

 

SOUTH KOREA — Celebrations from afar: North Korean refugees and their family members bowed to respect for their ancestors as they visited the Imjingak Pavilion near the border with North Korea, to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Paju, on Tuesday.
Photo: Ahn Young-joon/AP

 

INDIA — Market: A bullock cart carrying goods passed through a wholesale market in New Delhi, on Tuesday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Tuesday announced a series of investments to shore up spending in infrastructure projects in its annual budget designed to spur growth and popularity, just days ahead of key state elections.
Photo: Altaf Qadri/AP

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