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A worker fixes a balloon before it is flown during the first day of the Hot Air Balloons festival at Clark airbase, a former U.S. base in Pampanga province, north of Manila, Philippines, February 9. At least 26 hot air balloons, including six specially shaped balloons were flown on Thursday. Aside from hot air balloons, military aircraft, kites and radio-controlled turbine jets also occupy the sky during the festival. The Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, an event that started in 1994, is considered the biggest aviation event in the country, a local media reported. Photo: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERS
Mount Etna spews lava on the southern Italian island of Sicily February 9. Mount Etna is Europe's tallest and most active volcano. Photo: Antonio Parrinello/REUTERS
Supporters of Mayawati, chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and president of Bahujan Samaj Party, raise their arms to greet her during an election campaign rally at a parade ground in Allahabad, India, February 9. Uttar Pradesh, with 200 million people, is an unruly state that stretches southeast from New Delhi, divided along its length by the Ganges River. To avoid violence, voting is staggered over seven days. Results from a total of five state elections are to be announced on March 6. Photo: Jitendra Prakash/REUTERS
A man bathes in an ice-hole in Lisi Lake, with the air temperature at about minus 6 degrees Celsius (21.2 degrees Fahrenheit), in Tbilisi, Georgia, February 9. Photo: David Mdzinarishvili/REUTERS
A bird flies past fishing trawlers as the sun rises in Yantai, Shandong province, China, February 9. Photo: China Daily/REUTERS
An icebreaker boat makes its way through frozen Danube harbour in Linz, Austria, February 9. Photo: Herwig Prammer/REUTERS
Designer dresses, shoes, make-up and jewellery are taken into the style suites in preperation for the Bafta Awards at The Savoy Hotel, February 9, London, England. Photo: Tim Whitby/Getty Images
A new 3D IMAX screen is installed at IMAX Darling Harbour on February 9, Sydney, Australia. The new 3D screen at 29.5 metres by 35.7 metres will replace the former screen at IMAX Darling Harbour as the largest in the world. Photo: Matt King/Getty Images
A boy plays soccer on a beach in Gabon's capital Libreville February 9. Photo: Louafi Larbi/REUTERS
Zack Denfeld from the Center for Genomic Gastronomy USA/Norway munching on Barbecued Meal Worms at the launch of 'EDIBLE , The Taste of things to come' at the Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, February 9. The exhibition is open to the public and runs from 10th Feb to 15th April.Photo: Alan Betson/THE IRISH TIMES
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