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Yasser Goyani carries a tambourine and walks with children carrying illuminated lanterns in preparation for celebrating the arrival of the month of Ramadan on the eve of the first day of Ramadan, in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
A girl holds a glowing lantern on the eve of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
Children carry lanterns on the eve of the first day of Ramadan at the Bytna Foundation for Culture, Arts and Heritage in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
Ghufran Thamer, 34, takes on the role of a musaharati in the Old City of Mosul, waking people for the suhoor meal during Ramadan. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
Worshippers perform tarawih prayers at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
The last tarawih prayers at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri were held nine years ago. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
Abeer al-Ghanem, 52, performs the role of a traditional storyteller, known as a hakawati, at the Bayt Ahluna Cultural Foundation. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
A customer buys raisin juice at Taha’s shop, one of the most famous in Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
A man arranges zalabiya, the traditional sweet popular during Ramadan, in his shop at the Nabi Yunus Market in Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
People shop at the historic Bab al-Saray market in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
Khalil Mahmoud, 65, has been selling dates in Bab al-Saray for almost 40 years. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
Fahd Mohammed Kashmoula, 55, second from right, plays the traditional game of siniya in the Old City of Mosul. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]
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The Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks the start of the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac. [Andres Martinez Casares/EPA]
Performers take part in a 238-metre-long dragon dance in front of the Government Palace during celebrations on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Macau. [Eduardo Leal / AFP]
People pray and make offerings inside a temple during Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan. [Ritchie B Tongo/EPA]
People watch as a performer blows fire during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Binondo, Manila, Philippines. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
A worshipper lights his incense sticks on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Fire Horse, at the Taoist temple of Sin Sze Si Ya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters]
Dancers in colourful costumes perform Yingge, a traditional folk dance from southern China, during Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China. [Vincent Thian/AP Photo]
A family takes a group photo in Beijing. The holiday, marking the start of the Year of the Fire Horse, was celebrated with temple fairs, family reunions, and traditional performances across cities and rural towns throughout China. [Fred Lee/Getty Images]
Chinese artists perform a dragon dance during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Yangon, Myanmar. [Thein Zaw/AP Photo]
A woman carries bouquets during celebrations on the first day of the Lunar New Year at the Niangniang Temple in Beijing. [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]
People attend the Lunar New Year festival at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, Russia. [Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo]
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Fishermen assemble along the Matan-Fada river, nets at the ready, competing to capture the largest catch during the final day of the Argungu International Fishing Festival in Kebbi State, Nigeria. [Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters]
Thousands of participants, among them a small number of women and children, braved the scorching 39C (102F) heat. Fishermen from neighbouring West African nations - Niger, Chad and Togo - also joined the competition alongside their Nigerian counterparts. [Sunday Alamba/AP Photo]
The fishing festival was first held in 1934 by Muhammad Sama, who was serving as the traditional ruler of Argungu at that time. [Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters]
It marked the conclusion of a century-long history of hostility and distrust between his people and the region's most powerful ruler, the sultan of Sokoto, Hassan Dan-Muazu. [Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters]
Over the decades, the festival evolved into a premier cultural event in Nigeria, attracting visitors from around the world, until security concerns and financial constraints transformed it into an intermittent celebration. According to organisers, the last complete edition took place six years ago. [Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters]
Fishermen drifted atop spherical brown gourds across the Matan Fada river, using nothing but their bare hands and nets to pursue prized catches in the cloudy depths. Thousands of spectators crowded along the riverbank, erupting in enthusiastic cheers. [Sunday Alamba/AP Photo]
Fishermen seek their catch during the Argungu cultural fishing festival. [Sunday Alamba/AP Photo]
Sarkin Ruwa, guardian of the Mata Fada, inspires fishermen during their competition. [Toyin Adedokun/AFP]
A fisherman displays his recent catch for a portrait during the fishing festival. [Toyin Adedokun/AFP]
Local fisherman Abubakar Usman made headlines at the UNESCO-listed fishing festival with his spectacular 59kg catch, which dominated the event. His impressive haul earned him two new saloon cars and a cash prize of 1 million naira (approximately $739). Hundreds of significantly smaller catches were sold at a temporary market established on streets adjacent to the main arena. [Sunday Alamba/AP Photo]
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