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• 1/30 26 February 2016

  A tiger jumps while being trained at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand

• 2/30 25 February 2016

  A protester hits a Donald Trump pinata before a Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston, USA

• 3/30 24 February 2016

  A man watches a periodic karst spring illuminated by a lamp as it wells up in the Bukk Mountains, near Felsotarkany, Hungary. Resulted by the rainy weather and the thaw of snow several periodic karst springs have gushed forth in Bukk Mountains

• 4/30 23 February 2016

  Renato Vallarte, a worker from the Spirit of EDSA Foundation, attaches flags to the statues at the People Power Monument two days before the anniversary of the People Power revolution in Manila. The Philippines is this week celebrating 30 years of democracy, but thousands who suffered through the Marcos dictatorship tremble with anger at slow justice and the stunning political ascent of the late strongman's heir

• 5/30 23 February 2016

  Macedonian policemen stand in front of a gate over rail tracks as migrants wait behind at the Greek-Macedonian border, after additional passage restrictions imposed by Macedonian authorities left hundreds of them stranded near the village of Idomeni, Greece

• 6/30 22 February 2016

  People stand in the subway during the worldwide 'No Pants Subway Ride' event in Mexico City on February 21, 2016. Organized by New York City-based prank collective Improv Everywhere, the annual event was launched in 2002 and has since spread to more than 60 cities

• 7/30 21 February 2015

  Two horses fight at an ethnic Miao's horse fighting event celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

• 8/30 20 February 2016

  A child examines some of the dead farmed fish floating in Lake Maninjau, West Sumatra province Indonesia. Fishery officials say that up to 30 tonnes of farmed fish have died due to high winds on the lake

• 9/30 19 February 2016

  Chilean big wave surfer Rafael Tapia drops a wave at Praia do Norte near Nazare in central Portugal

• 10/30 18 February 2016

  A Greek coastguard helps a migrant child to disembark, at the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey

• 11/30 18 February 2016

  Spanish taxi drivers shout slogans holding a flare and a flag during a protest of what they called unfair competition from private shared ride businesses like Uber in central Madrid, Spain

• 12/30 17 February 2016

  People leave the Venustiano Carranza stadium after the mass by Pope Francis, in Morelia, Michoacan State, Mexico. Pope Francis arrived in Mexico's troublesome western state of Michoacan, where the cult-like Knights Templar drug cartel and its pseudo-messianic leader terrorized the population until farmers revolted against them

• 13/30 16 February 2016

  Ugandan female police officer is rushed away from supporters after she was hit by a tear gas canister thrown back at the police line by protesting supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Kampala, two days before the Uganda's Presidential elections

• 14/30 15 February 2016

  Police stop demonstrators during a protest against the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) outside the university campus in New Delhi, India. India's biggest nationwide student protests in a quarter of a century spread across campuses after the arrest of a student accused of sedition, in the latest battle with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over freedom of expression. Outrage over the arrest of the left-wing student leader, who had organized a rally to mark the anniversary of the execution of a Kashmiri separatist, has led to demonstrations in at least 18 universities

• 15/30 14 February 2016

  Merrylu Casselly and Jozsef Richter, both circus performers, pose with an elephant as they celebrate their wedding in front of Budapest's basilica on Valentine's Day in Budapest, Hungary

• 16/30 13 February 2016

  Girls perform during a parade to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, which welcomes the Year of the Monkey, in Madrid, Spain

• 17/30 12 February 2016

  Palestinian youth, members of a Gazan martial art group, perform fire breathing at ruins of a house, that was destroyed in the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas militants, in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip

• 18/30 12 February 2016

  Workers place LED lights roses at the 'Light Rose Garden', against the backdrop of the Central, business district of Hong Kong. 'Light Rose Garden' is an art installation project featuring 25,000 white roses made of LED lights which will be light up for the celebration of the Valentine's Day

• 19/30 12 February 2016

  A traditional performer sprays molten iron against a concrete wall to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Nuanquan town of Yuxian County, Hebei province

• 20/30 11 February 2016

  People gather at the site of a train derailment near Beni Suef, Egypt, that injured dozens of people as it was traveling north toward Cairo. Railroad accidents due to negligence are common in Egypt. Egyptians have long complained that the government has failed to deal with the country's chronic transport problems

• 21/30 11 February 2016

  A boy looks at leopard skins for sale near Mogadishu airport. Leopards are an endangered animal in Somalia

• 22/30 11 February 2016

  Iranian students wave Iran's national flags during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, at the Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran. The event mark the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, which came ten days after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's return from his exile in Paris to Iran, toppling the monarchy system and forming the Islamic republic

• 23/30 10 February 2016

  People run as they follow a wild elephant that strayed into the town of Siliguri in West Bengal state, India. The elephant had wandered from the Baikunthapur forest, crossing roads and a small river before entering the town. The panicked elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes before it was tranquilized

• 24/30 10 February 2016

  Believers pray around a cross-shaped platform covered with candles placed in jars of honey during a ceremony marking the day of Saint Haralampi, Orthodox patron saint of bee-keepers, at the Church of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, eastern Bulgaria

• 25/30 9 February 2016

  Aerial view shows firefighters and emergency doctors working at the site of a train accident near Bad Aibling, southern Germany

• 26/30 9 February 2016

  A man feeds seagulls on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India

• 27/30 9 February 2016

  A girl watches an acrobatic performance at the Longtan park as the Chinese Lunar New Year, which welcomes the Year of the Monkey, is celebrated in Beijing, China

• 28/30 8 February 2016

  Revellers of Estacio de Sa samba school perform during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• 29/30 8 February 2016

  Mount Soputan spewing hot lava as the mountain erupts. Mount Soputan on Sulawesi is one of the island's most active volcanoes

• 30/30 8 February 2016

  A general view shows Thean Hou temple decorated with red lanterns in Kuala Lumpur, on the eve of the Lunar New Year