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Professional wrestler Cristal (Crystal) poses for a photograph in her trainig place on February 09, 2018 in Mexico city, Mexico. (Photo by Omar Torres/AFP Photo)

To mark the occasion of International Women' s Day on March 8, 2018 AFP presents a series of photos depicting women performing roles or working in professions more traditionally held by men. Here: Professional wrestler Cristal (Crystal) poses for a photograph in her trainig place on February 09, 2018 in Mexico city, Mexico. (Photo by Omar Torres/AFP Photo)
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12 Mar 2018 00:01:00
People pour wine at each other during the traditional “Battle of Wine” held as part of the Haro Wine Festival in the La Rioja region in Haro, Spain, 29 June 2016. Every year on 29 June inhabitants and tourists celebrate San Pedro's day by trowing at each other thousands of liters of Riojan wine. (Photo by Abel Alonso/EPA)

People pour wine at each other during the traditional “Battle of Wine” held as part of the Haro Wine Festival in the La Rioja region in Haro, Spain, 29 June 2016. Every year on 29 June inhabitants and tourists celebrate San Pedro's day by trowing at each other thousands of liters of Riojan wine. (Photo by Abel Alonso/EPA)
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30 Jun 2016 11:51:00
Rob Switzer 34 proposed to Joli 33 whilst they were on holiday in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Dipkiss Travels/Caters News Agency)

A loved-up couple have captured the moments they shared a dip-kiss in different locations around the world. Rob, 34, and Joli Switzer, 33, from Maryland, embark on a minimum of four international holidays per year to ensure that they get their unique dip-kiss photograph. Here: Rob Switzer 34 proposed to Joli 33 whilst they were on holiday in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Dipkiss Travels/Caters News Agency)
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21 Apr 2018 00:03:00
Colombian Jahn Fredy Duque, dressed as superhero “Spiderman”, performs on the streets in Bogota, Colombia on April 24, 2017. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo)

Colombian Jahn Fredy Duque, dressed as superhero “Spiderman”, performs on the streets in Bogota, Colombia on April 24, 2017. Duque hangs a white cloth 26 meters long – his cobweb – from a bridge near the international center of Bogota, where he performs in the street for a livelihood. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo)
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28 Apr 2017 07:51:00
Fennec foxes are captured for the illegal pet trade. This three-month-old pup was for sale in a market in southern Tunisia. (Photo by Bruno D'Amicis/Photographers Against Wildlife Crime/Wildscreen/The Guardian)

In a new project, an international group of photographers have joined forces to use their powerful images to raise awareness and funds to help stop the illegal wildlife trade. Here: Fennec foxes are captured for the illegal pet trade. This three-month-old pup was for sale in a market in southern Tunisia. (Photo by Bruno D'Amicis/Photographers Against Wildlife Crime/Wildscreen/The Guardian)
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17 Oct 2017 06:05:00
Queen of the North (created by Emilie Steele and Sebastian Dell’Uva) is one of the more intense rooms, with the bed surrounded by the head and hands of an icy goddess. (Photo by Asaf Kliger/IceHotel/The Guardian)

Founded in 1989, the Icehotel in Swedish Lapland is built from the snow up each year, using ice from the local river. The rooms are designed by international artists and this year feature spacemen and an ice queen. The hotel has 35 suites, featuring ice carvings designed by 36 different artists from 17 countries. (Photo by Asaf Kliger/IceHotel/The Guardian)
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20 Dec 2017 07:11:00
Chris has fun with one of the exhibits. (Photo by Chris Burton/Caters News Agency)

A UFO enthusiast who found himself locked in the iconic Roswell museum has shared the pictures he took with aliens to pass the time. Chris Burton, from the U.K., had dreamed of visiting Roswell, N.M., since he was a child but was stunned when he found himself locked in the International UFO Museum and Research Center during a recent trip. The 42-year-old used the unique opportunity to get interactive with the usually out of bounds exhibits and set up some funny snaps with the extraterrestrials – posing for a beer with one alien and taking a nap with another. (Photo by Chris Burton/Caters News Agency)
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24 Dec 2017 08:48:00
Animal Armour: Cats And Mice By Jeff de Boer

Jeff de Boer is a Calgary-based multi-media artist with an international reputation for producing some of the world's most original and well-crafted works of art. With an emphasis on metal, he is best known for such bodies of work as suits of armour for cats and mice, armour ties and sword-handled briefcases, rocket lamps and pop culture ray guns, and exquisite high art, abstract works called exoforms.
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10 Apr 2013 11:50:00