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  A fire juggler shows off his skills during the My Kyrgyzstan cultural festival January 17 in Bishkek. The festival ran January 16-20. [Asker Sultanov]
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  Nurdin uulu Nurtilek (left) and Maksat Saparbekov, both 10, consult a map during a January 22 orienteering competition in Bishkek. [Maksat Osmonaliyev]
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  A woman cricketer stops a ball during a match between teams from Mohmand Agency and Mardan in a women’s regional tournament at the Gymkhana cricket ground Mardan January 1. [Ashfaq Yusufzai]
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  A Kazakhstani man climbs out of the freezing Esil River, 65km from Almaty, as another prepares to enter as part of the Orthodox Christian celebration of Epiphany, January 19. [Timur Batyrshin]
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  A student at Bishkek School No. 1 performs an acrobatic flip into the snow as his friends look on during recess January 17. [Maksat Osmonaliyev]
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  Pakistanis pay tribute to Arfa Karim Randhawa in Peshawar Cantonment January 17 after her death January 14 at age 16. She became the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at age 9 in 2004 and was invited by Bill Gates to visit Microsoft headquarters in 2005. [Javed Khan]
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  A Kyrgyz girl releases one of many floating lanterns into the night sky January 14 during a festival in Bishkek. The lanterns, carried aloft by their own hot air, symbolise letting go of negative associations from the previous year. [Dmitri Motinov]
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  Begaim Koshubakova (red) and Aisha Akbarova compete for third place in the 59kg weight category during the Kyrgyzstan Female Wrestling Championship January 12 in Bishkek. Female wrestling is becoming popular in Kyrgyzstan, according to sports watchers. [Maksat Osmonaliyev]
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  Pakistani families ride on motorcycles January 10 in Lahore. Many families who cannot afford cars are compelled to cram onto motorcycles. [Abdul Nasir Khan]
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  Tajiks play buzkashi in Tursunzade, 45km west of Dushanbe, January 8. In buzkashi, skilled horsemen attempt to snatch the beheaded carcass of a goat or calf and toss it over a goal line or into a scoring circle. [Nazim Kalandarov]