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Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival draws thousands to coastal town in US

The festival features a pumpkin parade with a marching band, floats, a pie-eating contest and pumpkin carving masterpieces on display

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Hundreds of colourful kites perk up skies above Malta's Gozo

The three-day festival included a competition for international teams of professional kite masters

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Azerbaijan's Nasimi Festival is a melting pot of Poetry Arts and Spiri

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Kicking off in Baku, the multi-disciplinary festival bears the name of Imadeddin Nasimi a great 14 century poet and thinkers.

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Knights participate in jousting contest on bikes in Berlin

For the first time in the history of the so-called Berlin pedal battle women took to the "battlefield"

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Egypt

Winners of Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival revealed

The third edition of the El Gouna Film Festival wrapped up its nine-day run on Friday with more than 80 films screened throughout the week.

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Global free flight festival: colorful carnival in the French Alps

Around 130 pilots from France and beyond flew paragliders during the 'Icarnaval' carnival, a contest awarding pilots with the best costume prize

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'O zapft is!': Munich's world-famous Oktoberfest beer festival opens

The festival brings more than six million people to the southern German city.

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Chinese celebrations for Mid-Autumn Festival

China has being holding events to mark its traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Devotees bid farewell to Ganesh at festival climax

Thousands of devotees gathered in Mumbai to bid farewell to the popular elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh, after a ten-day festival to celebrate his birth.

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Horns lock at controversial buffalo fighting festival in Vietnam

The buffaloes fight in pairs in an elimination contest, the two competitors lock horns for several minutes, sometimes just seconds, before one signals defeat by running away.

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Kite festival fun in Russia despite lack of strong winds

Lack of strong winds grounded the mega kites at a festival in Russia. But that didn't stop the participants having fun while showing off their kite flying skills.

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El Salvador: Traditional fireball festival in the streets of Nejapa

The town of Nejapa, El Salvador celebrated its annual fireball festival on Saturday (August 31) with participants pelting each other with rags drenched in gasoline that have been rolled into tight flaming balls.

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Unveiling of giant Buddha Thangka kicks off festival in Tibet

To celebrate the annual traditional Sho Dun Festival, a giant Buddha went on display in Lhasa, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

United Kingdom

Photographs of British homes tell stories of the generations

Homes and interiors tell a story, both politically and culturally of a whole country, says Isabelle Bonnet, the curator of ‘Home Sweet Home’ photographic exhibition. It presents a complex image of the British home, carefully documented by photographers from the sixties to the present day.

Mexico

Watch: Mariachis gather in Guadalajara for Mexican music festival

Musicians came from 25 countries including Australia, Sweden, Peru and the United States to Guadalajara, considered the capital of traditional Mexican culture and music

Belgium

Watch: Parade puts blackface in Belgium back in spotlight

Anti-racism campaigners have criticised a folk festival featuring a character called "the savage". The character, played by a white actor in blackface makeup, is paraded through the town in chains.

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Belgian festival faces pressure over blackface 'Savage' character

Pressure is mounting for UNESCO to remove a Belgian festival from its cultural heritage list. The a blackface character known as 'the savage' in a parade in the town of Ath has drawn strong criticism from anti-racist campaigners.

Russia

Watch: Street festival sees creativity with cardboard in Russia

More than 30 theatrical troupes, dance groups and street artists took part in the celebrations, ensuring the audience wasn't card-bored!

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Chinese lanterns light up the world's biggest food park in Bologna

More than 80 illuminated sculptures created by Chinese craftsmen are on display at Eataly World in Bologna.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The Edinburgh Fringe is white, middle class and elitist ǀ View

While the Fringe is something Britain should be proud of, we must also recognise that a disproportionate number of the performers (and even the audience) will be white, middle class and wealthy.