February: What in the world?

We will post a photo every day from a random country around the world. You tell us where it is from.

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France

French Socialist Party candidate for the 2012 presidential elections Francois Hollande cleans a cow as he visits the Agriculture Fair in Paris, Feb. 28, 2012.

Fred Dufour / AP

Papua New Guinea

A boy from the village of Hanuabada bats during a game of cricket in the streets in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Chris Hyde / Getty Images

South Korea

Some 3,000 students from Baekseok University make the shape of a drop of blood at a ski resort in an event held by the university to encourage blood donation. The university plans to apply for a listing for the "World's largest blood drop" by Guinness World Records.

/ Reuters

Nepal

Guinness World Records officials are headed to Kathmandu, Nepal, this weekend to measure Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, who says he's only 22 inches (56 centimeters) tall. Dangi hopes to be named the world's shortest man.

/ AP

Zimbabwe

A baboon torments a child while in search of food at the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia in Chirundu, Zimbabwe. Troops of bag-snatching, truck-looting baboons have been causing chaos at the border crossing of this country. Can you tell us where the photo is from?

Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP

Gaza City

Demonstrators, some in hospital beds, protest in solidarity with a jailed figure.

Hatem Moussa / AP

Nepal

Children play with a prayer wheel at a Buddhist stupa, in Kathmandu.

/ AP

Cuba

A man carries a new Chinese-made refrigerator in the trunk of a old car in Havana, Cuba.

Franklin Reyes / AP

Thailand

Thai-Swedish couple William Timhede, 23, left and Napatsawan Timhede, 39, are chased by an actor in pirate costume as part of an adventure-themed wedding ceremony in Prachinburi province, on the eve of Valentine's Day.

Wason Wanichakorn / AP

Thailand

Seven couple competitors kiss each other during the World's Longest Continuous Kiss competition, which was held to celebrate Valentine's Day. Can you tell where the photo is from?

Sakchai Lalit / AP

Colombia

Animal rights' activists lie on the ground forming a bull's image during a protest against bullfighting in Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 9, 2012.

Fernando Vergara / AP

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov smiles as he rides a horse in capital Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The president of energy-rich Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov is an avid horseman, but he is unlikely ever to win a race as easily as he's set to clinch re-election on Feb. 12, 2012.

/ AP

China

Tibetans watch a monk perform a mask dance during a religious ceremony at a monastery in Jiuzhaigou, in northwestern China's Sichuan province.

Andy Wong / AP

Maldives

A Maldives police officer, in blue, charges soldiers during a clash in Male, Maldives. Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed presented his resignation in a nationally televised address Tuesday afternoon after police joined the protesters and then clashed with soldiers in the streets.

Sinan Hussain / AP

Indonesia

A worshipper pierces his cheeks with metal skewers during Cap Go Meh festival that marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Tatan Syuflana / AP

Afghanistan

Afghan women ride donkeys with their children, on the outskirts of Ab Kamari, the provincial capital of Badghis province, west of Kabul.

Hoshang Hashimi / AP

Syria

A Syrian rebel guards an alley, at Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian troops battled army defectors in a string of towns in the mountains overlooking Damascus on Wednesday in a new assault to crush rebellious areas around the capital, activists said.

/ AP

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ANNAPOLIS, MD- MAY 29: Graduates cheer as the Blue Angels fly over during the 100th anniversary of the United States Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremonies in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. U.S Sec. of Defense Leon Edward Panetta gave the graduation address. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post)

U.S. Naval Academy graduation

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave the commencement address at the ceremony.

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 26: Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez (C) performs with dancers during the Q'Viva! The Chosen Live show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on May 26, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Eye on entertainment

Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Lil Jon, Eddie Van Halen, Mariah Carey and other celebrities.

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Henry, a calf, sustained a head wound and required stitches after being slashed over the weekend.

Farm animals attacked in Fairfax

A calf, two goats and a chicken were slashed over the weekend at Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon.

COVINGTON, LA - MAY 14: Brother Emmanuel Labrise of St. Joseph's Abbey prepares a casket for lining on May 15, 2012 in Covington, Louisiana. Louisiana law forbids those who are not licensed funeral directors from selling caskets. And since Hurricane Katrina leveled the timberlands that once provided the main source of funding for the abbey, the monks have attempted to make a living by building and selling simple cypress caskets. The monks won their first round last year, and have a hearing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in June. (Photo by Sean Gardner/For the Washington Post)

Louisiana monks fight for the right to sell coffins

Federal court case pits a group of monks against the funeral home industry.

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