Image: Mahant Kailash Giri, a sadhu, lies buried in soil as part of a ritual during the nine-day long Navratri festival in Jammu. The ritual was performed to appease Goddess Durga, according to Giri
Photographs: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters
Photographs: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters
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Image: Palm trees are swayed by strong winds and rains in Havana. A weakening Tropical Storm Paula moved ashore in Cuba on Thursday and neared the Cuban capital, where thunderstorms raked the city with winds and driving rain. The US National Hurricane Centre said the eye of the small storm was now 60 km southwest of Havana, its top winds had dropped to 95 kph and would continue fallingPhotographs: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters
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Image: Miners watch as the drill machine 'Sissi' breaks through the rock at the final section Faido-Sedrun, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel on October 15. With a length of 57 km crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2017Photographs: Reuters
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Image: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger watches the changing of the guard during a visit to Wellington Barracks, in central LondonPhotographs: Leon Neal/Pool/Reuters
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Image: Lebanon's Hezbollah celebrate the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a rally in the south Lebanese town of Bint JbeilPhotographs: Sharif Harim/Reuters
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Image: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton adjusts her make-up before a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in BrusselsPhotographs: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
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Image: A boy with his face decorated with thanaka paste waits outside a local school, for children of migrant workers from Myanmar, near Mae Sot in northwest Thailand on October 15. Myanmar's long standing political crisis has forced millions of people across the border for a better and safer life. Some 140,000 refugees live in official camps along the Myanmar-Thailand border, according to the UN refugee agency and there are concerns that hostilities in the hills of eastern Myanmar could intensify as a result of a refusal of several ethnic political groups to take part in an election next monthPhotographs: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
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Image: A woman leans against a wall inside Svetitskhoveli cathedral in Georgia's ancient capital of Mtskheta, outside Tbilisi. Georgia marks the 1700th anniversary of Svetitskhoveli cathedral and the 1000th anniversary of its first reconstructionPhotographs: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
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Image: Police chase away Kashmiri protesters during an anti-India protest in Srinagar on October 15. At least 110 people have been killed since June, mostly by police bullets. The protests are the biggest since an armed revolt against Indian rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989Photographs: Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
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Image: A young reveller twirls to show of her vibrant outfit at a dandiya mandal in MumbaiPhotographs: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com
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