26-01-2025
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- The Guardian
Lunar new year preparations and a rage room: photos of the weekend
Forcibly displaced Palestinians wait on the Salah al-Din Road, the main highway through the Gaza Strip, close to the Netzarim Corridor zone to return to their homes in the north after the completion of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement Photograph: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images
Visitors to a 'rage room' relieve stress by smashing things with a sledgehammer or baseball bat to vent their anger Photograph: Samir Jordamovic/Anadolu/Getty Images
Devotees visit the Kiri Vehera Buddhist temple Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images
A woman and her baby flee from Kibati, where fighting has intensified, towards the city of Goma Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images
Cameron Leon plays the didgeridoo for the Dawn Reflection at the Sydney Opera House on Australia Day Photograph: Steven Markham/EPA
Costumed divers perform a traditional Chinese lion dance at the Aquaria KLCC oceanarium, ahead of the lunar new year, which falls on 29 January Photograph: Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images
Participants at the Surva folk festival celebrating Bulgarian and Balkan traditions take part in parades and competitions as part of the International Festival of Masquerade Games Photograph: Ihvan Radoykov/Anadolu/Getty Images
Palestinian prisoners released by Israel wave and cheer to people below, having arrived at a sports centre on an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) bus Photograph: Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images
Members of the dog squad of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) demonstrate their skills during India's Republic Day celebrations Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images
Yingge dancers wait at an ancestral temple before a performance. Their traditional dance of 'heroes', a mix of martial arts and Chinese opera, takes place before the lunar new year Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images
Street performers in Mo y la Cinta Roja, by Compañía l'Homme Debout, take part in the Teatro a Mil international theatre festival Photograph: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images
The Japanese Art Aquarium exhibition is said to be a modern interpretation of the traditional art of goldfish appreciation, which dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868) Photograph: Daniel Ceng/Anadolu/Getty Images
Shiite Muslims carry a portrait of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib as they attend a symbolic funeral to commemorate the death of Imam Musa al-Kadhim. Pilgrims from various Iraqi provinces undertake a yearly march on foot to reach the shrine of al-Kadhim in Baghdad Photograph: Hussein Faleh/AFP/Getty Images
Folk dancers perform a dragon dance before the lunar new year celebrations Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Palestinians wait on al-Rashid Street close to the Netzarim Corridor zone to return to their homes in the north after the completion of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement Photograph: Hasan Eslayeh/Anadolu/Getty Images
A newly released Israeli hostage, Liri Albag, gestures from the window of a military helicopter as it prepares to land at the Schneider children's medical centre Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
Incarcerated firefighters from the Growlersburg crew hike up the mountain to create a containment fire line to control the Hughes fire in Castaic, a north-western neighbourhood of Los Angeles
Photograph: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images
