From Costa Rica to Spain, around the world in images

Snowfall buries Beijing and Arizona, fireworks go off in Spain, artists gather in Costa Rica and the first daffodils of spring blossom in Britain. Take a walk around the world with this selection of images.

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Yahoo Lifestyle Entertainment Photo by HEINO KALIS/Reuters Mon 26 Mar, 2012 1:30 PM IST

Effigies burn during the finale of the Fallas festival, which welcomes spring and honours Saint Joseph's Day, in Valencia in the early hours of March 20, 2012. Fallas are giant elaborate sculptures and effigies made of wood and plastic that are burned at the end of a week-long spectacle of processions, fireworks, music and dancing.
Effigies burn during the finale of the Fallas festival, which welcomes spring and honours Saint Joseph's Day, in Valencia in the early hours of March 20, 2012. Fallas are giant elaborate sculptures and effigies made of wood and plastic that are burned at the end of a week-long spectacle of processions, fireworks, music and dancing.