Stick in the mud

Stick in the mud

Curtain of noodles, one horse open sleigh, and more

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Participants hold up a man and smear mud on his face during the Warabi Hadaka festival in Yotsukaido, Japan

Participants hold up a man and smear mud on his face during the Warabi Hadaka festival in Yotsukaido, Japan

Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP / Getty Images

A laborer prepares vermicelli noodles at a workplace in Hyderabad, Pakistan

A laborer prepares vermicelli noodles at a workplace in Hyderabad, Pakistan

Nadeem Khawar / EPA / Shutterstock

People are silhouetted against the setting sun while hiking in the mountains in Phoenix, USA

People are silhouetted against the setting sun while hiking in the mountains in Phoenix, USA

Charlie Riedel / AP Photo

A man riding a bicycle takes a photo of a burned truck, in the wake of violence that followed the killing of a powerful cartel leader known as El Mencho, near Acatlan de Juarez, Mexico

A man riding a bicycle takes a photo of a burned truck, in the wake of violence that followed the killing of a powerful cartel leader known as El Mencho, near Acatlan de Juarez, Mexico

Ulises Ruiz / AFP / Getty Images

A displaced Palestinian plays with fireworks outside a building damaged by Israeli strikes at the Jabalia refugee camp, Palestine

A displaced Palestinian plays with fireworks outside a building damaged by Israeli strikes at the Jabalia refugee camp, Palestine

Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP / Getty Images

A man in traditional Polish garb takes part in a horse-drawn sleigh race in Sierockie-Biały Dunajec, Poland

A man in traditional Polish garb takes part in a horse-drawn sleigh race in Sierockie-Biały Dunajec, Poland

Artur Widak / NurPhoto / Shutterstock

Israeli police deploy water cannons against seated ultra-Orthodox Jews peacefully protesting Israel's military recruitment law in Jerusalem, Israel

Israeli police deploy water cannons against seated ultra-Orthodox Jews peacefully protesting Israel's military recruitment law in Jerusalem, Israel

Atef Safadi / EPA / Shutterstock

Punch, baby monkey who had been briefly abandoned by his mother, is seen finding comfort with her at a zoo in Chiba, Japan

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Punch, baby monkey who had been briefly abandoned by his mother, is seen finding comfort with her at a zoo in Chiba, Japan