People attach limes and flowers to their bodies with sharp rods and hooks to show their devotion and gratitude to Lord Murugan, a Hindu deity…
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Devotees sometimes dance in a trance.
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In Uganda on Monday, supporters of Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son President Yoweri Museveni, ride to parliament during an anti-corruption demonstration.
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On Wednesday, two Egyptian women prepare traditional cheese at a community centre in Giza, Egypt.
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A man wrapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo flag attends a demonstration in Belgium on Saturday to protest against the ongoing conflict in the central African country.
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The next day in the DR Congo itself, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo prays for peace with congregants at the Notre Dame du Congo Cathedral in the capital, Kinshasa.
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The Chinese community in South Africa, the largest on the continent, ushers in the Lunar New Year with a dragon float in Johannesburg on Saturday…
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While two young women wearing traditional attire sit inside a massage parlour in Cyryldene, the Chinese district.
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