March 28, 2014
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A Balinese man in a trance stabs himself with a "keris" traditional dagger as he attends a Melasti prayer ceremony at Petitenget beach in Kuta on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Melasti is a purification festival which is held several days before "Nyepi", a day of silence, when Hindus on the island of Bali are not allowed to work, travel or take part in any indulgence.
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Ethnic Dong women work at a tea leaf processing factory in Liping county, Guizhou province, China. Liping county's tea plantations attracted more than 60,000 women workers from nearby villages this spring and each tea picker earns around 100 yuan ($16.10) per diem.
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Ethnic Dong women wearing traditional costumes pick tea leaves during a ceremony marking the start of tea picking season in spring, at a tea plantation in Liping county, Guizhou province, China.