Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
There’s something very unexpected about this picture of a penitent of La Candelaria brotherhood waiting in the rain during Easter week festivities in Seville, Spain.
See more images of how Easter is being marked across the world in our gallery
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Boys pose for a photograph in Bnei Brak during the Jewish festival of Purim. More images from the festival in our slideshow
Have a good Bonfire Night?
Plenty of fireworks season recipes for you to try and a place to share your sparkling snaps
Photograph: Karel Navarro/AP
Lima, Peru: Actors perform during the Peruvian International Gastronomic Fair
Dhaka, Bangladesh: A child dressed as Krishna takes part in Janmashtami celebrations Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2011. Photo: Michael MacLeod
Spotted in the festival bookshop - with more than 120 books Julia Donaldson is so prolific that there is a catalogue consisting of nothing bur her own work.
Edinburgh International Book Festival. Photo: Michael MacLeod
It’s not all just about books. The Spiegeltent hosts all kinds of cabaret each each evening in Charlotte Square Gardens. Here Angelika Sikorska and Ben Collins of the Tollcross Community Circus show us how to queue for the bar in style.
Photo: Michael MacLeod
During the day The Spiegeltent is a relaxing sanctuary in the heart of the busy festival. At night it’s crammed with cabaret lovers and a busy queue at the bar.
Festival-goers queue in the car park while they wait to gain access Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Wellies and waterproofs are essential attire as the first of more than 170,000 ticket-holders arrive at Worthy Farm - see a gallery of images as festival-goers arrive
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Mars Rover Snaps Stunning Self-Portrait
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