Around the world in images - From Paris to Cuba

In Thailand, elephants spray water to herald the festival of Songkran. Saudi women in burqas pelt each other with snowballs in a Lebanese ski resort. A break-dancer in Cartagena wows tourists with his moves. Drought pales the grandeur of South America's largest waterfalls. And we get a sneak peek into life in Cuba. All of this and more in these fascinating images from around the world. Who needs a visa?

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Tourists walk by a peat land in the Ramsar protected wetlands near Ushuaia April 1, 2012. In the farthest southernmost stretches of Argentina's Patagonia region a massive network of peat bogs quietly stores thousands of gallons of fresh glacial water and helps regulate global climate change by containing more carbon per acre than most wooded forests. Argentina's Tierra del Fuego, is home to almost all of the country's peat bogs containing 110 ... more
Tourists walk by a peat land in the Ramsar protected wetlands near Ushuaia April 1, 2012. In the farthest southernmost stretches of Argentina's Patagonia region a massive network of peat bogs quietly stores thousands of gallons of fresh glacial water and helps regulate global climate change by containing more carbon per acre than most wooded forests. Argentina's Tierra del Fuego, is home to almost all of the country's peat bogs containing 110 million metric tons of the country's 115 metric tons of peat in the continent's most significant peat bog. However,Inturraspe, says this crucial resource is in danger of being over harvested and says more regulation is needed to protect the peat. Picture taken April 1, 2012. less