Offbeat 2017 Gallery

Britain-Lifestyle-Flowers

Models Lauren Green (L) and Abi Moore wear floral dress creations, representing an iris and a poppy respectively, by New Zealand artist Jenny Gillies as they pose on the eve of the opening day of the Harrogate Spring Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, northern England on April 19, 2017.
The flower show, which features over 1, 000 exhibitors and hosts the UK's biggest exhibition by flower arrangers and florists, opens on April 20 and runs until April 23, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF

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Ukraine-Weather-Heat-Feature

A girl stands next to a sculpture in a children's playground in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kiev on June 21, 2017 as Europe sizzled in a continent-wide heatwave.
Thermometers were still hovering around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) -- a level matched across oven-like swathes of Europe, including Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and even alpine Switzerland. / AFP PHOTO / Sergei SUPINSKY

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Skorea-Religion-Buddhism

A child reacts after having his head shaved by Buddhist monks during a ceremony entitled Children Becoming Buddhist Monks, at the Jogye temple in Seoul on April 19, 2017.
Following the ceremony the children stay at the temple where they are taught about Buddhism for two weeks ahead of celebrations for Buddha's birthday on May 3 this year. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je

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