A child dressed as Hindu God Shiva begs for alms from devotees at the Sangam, the confluence of three rivers – the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on the Makar Sankranti festival during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, January 14, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take dips in the confluence, hoping to wash away sins during the month-long festival. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

Vivid Sydney is a unique annual event of light, music and ideas, featuring an outdoor 'gallery' of extraordinary lighting sculptures, a cutting-edge contemporary music program, some of the world's most important creative industry forums and, of course, the spectacular illumination of the Sydney Opera House sails. It positions Sydney as the creative hub of Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and delivers both innovative live entertainment and creative inspiration on a grand scale.

The Chicago Air & Water Show is an annual air show held on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. The show has been held each year since 1959 and is Chicago's second most popular festival. In 2005, 2,200,000 watched the Chicago Air and Water Show.

“The 8th annual Water War on Friday in the center of Tel-Aviv, Israel turned into a battlefield, quite literally. As two thousand people were having fun in the square, some water-fighters took to more radical behavior, targeting passing cars, motorcycles and public buses”. – iReport.cnn.com (Photo by Sergey Demyanchuk)

U.S. Army Sgt. Patricia Foust receives a free Christmas tree on December 7, 2011 at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado. More than 600 soldiers and military families at the base chose trees as part of the annual Trees for Troops program. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Controlled fires lit by residents glow in the hills over the village of Pottenstein during the annual Epiphany celebration on January 6, 2012 in Pottenstein, Germany. The ceremony, which also includes a procession with torches through the village center, is part of a tradition going back to 1905. Pottenstein was once a pilgrimage destination. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

English Lop Eared Rabbits on the judging table on January 28, 2012 in Harrogate, England. Approximately 3,000 animals attend the annual show, which runs over two days and was first held in 1921. The Rabbit Grand National, attracts competitors from as far afield as Sweden to Yorkshire. (Photo by Bethany Clarke/Getty Images)

Samburu tribesmen stand during the Maralal Camel Derby, Kenya, August 15, 2015. Maralal, a small, arid town about an eight-hour drive north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, holds an annual camel festival, bringing together members of the Samburu, Turkana and Pokot semi-nomadic cattle-herding tribes. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)