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Striking images of events in Asia
| Traditional travel – a horse stands by a tuk-tuk in the tien shan mountains outside Almaty. the tuk-tuk belongs to two British women who recently travelled from Bangkok to Brighton to raise funds for Mind charity. |  |
| Light up the world – a huge float of ornate wax creations dazzles as it drifts by at the Grand candle Festival in the city of ubon ratchathani. |  |
| Peace like a river – every August, Hiroshima city holds the annual peace commemorations, during which lighted lanterns are set afloat along the river. |  |
| Mammals and their movies – a mahout (and his elephant) watches the Thai animation movie, Kan Kluay, in Ayuthaya province. Ironically, the movie is about a wild Thai elephant. |  |
| Shadow dance – Khmer dancers perform an extract from the reamker at phnom penh’s sovanna phum theatre. |  |
| On a roll – ethnic drummers take part in an outdoor production called “Impression Lijiang”, held 3,100m above sea level on the Jade Dragon snow Mountain in Yunnan province. |  |
| Picking the paddy – Vietnamese farmers work tirelessly to reap rice in a paddy field outside Hanoi. |  |
| A spiritual journey – Burmese nuns walk to a village market near the Thai-Myanmar border to receive alms from villagers in Kanchanaburi province, 380km west of Bangkok. |  |
| Wet and wild – hundreds of Nanjing residents pack into a pool to cool off when temperatures hit 36.8 degrees celsius in July. |
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| Sound of strings – Guzheng musicians skillfully play the plucked string instrument, especially popular in the state of Qin in northwest China. |  |
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