Festivals

Competitors in Nezha and other costumes take part in the Aberdeen Dragon Boat Race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Ryleigh Shepherd competes in a parasol duelling contest at the Steampunk NZ Festival in ?amaru, New Zealand, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

Visitors take part in the Pink Soup Fest festival celebration in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, May 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Peoples participate in the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

Faithful attend Ash Wednesday Mass marking the start of the Catholic Lent inside the Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina, Kosovo, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani)

Attendees march during the annual Krewe of Bacchus parade during the Mardi Gras season on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

A worker sets decorations in preparation for the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Performers of Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China, gather beside a historic gate before Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A man wearing traditional carnival masks takes part in Shrovetide celebrations in the village of Rumsiskes, some 89 kilometers (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

A girl performs on a mallakhamb pole as fireworks light up the sky during the festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Barges carrying Buddha statues float during the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival in Inle Lake, southern Shan State, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

FILE - Revelers lie in a pool of squashed tomatoes during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz, File)