Today in Pictures, Feb 22, 2016

Makha Bucha day at Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Thailand, devotees offering prayers in Bhaktapur, Nepal, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Feb 22, 2016, 03:06 PM

Thai Buddhist monks meditate ahead of the morning alms offering ceremony marking the Makha Bucha day at Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, February 22, 2016. PHOTO: EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the street during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, February 22, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/NAVESH CHITRAKAR

Residents with their empty containers crowd around a municipal tanker to fetch water in New Delhi, India, February 22, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/ANINDITO MUKHERJEE

A remote Fijian village is photographed from the air during a surveillance flight conducted by the New Zealand Defence Force on February 21, 2016. Fiji began a massive cleanup on Monday after a powerful storm tore through the Pacific island nation. PHOTO: REUTERS/NZ DEFENCE FORCE/HANDOUT

A woman carries an injured boy inside a hospital after multiple bomb blasts hit a southern district of Damascus, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on February 21, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/SANA/HANDOUT

Emergency workers work at the scene where a bus crashed into an overhead barrier protecting a low bridge in South Melbourne, Australia February 22, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AAP

Members of a historical military club participate in the reenactment of 'The Battle of Poznan' at the Citadel Park in Poznan, Poland, February 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA/JAKUB KACZMARCZYK

Scouts hold balloons before releasing them as they commemorate the centenary of Scouting in Haiti, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 21, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES

People use VR goggles during Samsung's presentation at a preview day of the the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA/ALBERTO ESTEVEZ

Russians Roman Izmailov and Victor Minibaev in action in the Men's 10m Synchro Platform Final during the 20th FINA Diving World Cup Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Acuatic Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA/MARCELO SAYAO

Participants take part in the Open International Bodybuilding Classic Paisa 2016 as part of Expofitness in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on February 21, 2016. PHOTO: AFP/RAUL ARBOLEDA

Players take part in in a tuk-tuk (three-wheeler) polo match as part of a promotional event organized by a local Sri Lankan leasing company in the southern town of Galle on February 21, 2016. PHOTO: AFP/LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI

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