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Brendan Hoffman

In Kyiv, Ukraine, anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Independence Square, known as Maidan. In 2014, these protests successfully led to the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych. Protests small and large across the world are being tracked by the Mass Mobilisation Data Project.

Pilgrims take selfies at Drolma La, the highest point on their 32-mile kora—a circular, meditative walk around Mount Kangrinboqe in Tibet. The mountain is sacred to four religions, and four of South Asia’s rivers rise near its cardinal points. The source of the Indus River is a four-day walk north of the mountain.

According to tradition, married men may only participate in Malanka while wearing masks. Here, Dmytro Katan celebrates dressed as an old woman.

Todor Mytyk, 10, left, and Petrya Velia, 11, wear traditional costumes to celebrate Malanka. The annual celebration ushers in the new year and welcomes the coming spring.

After the costumed villagers travel from house to house, they meet in the town square to feast, dance, and play music.

Bear costumes can be enormous creations like the one on the left, or they can be faux-fur onesies like the one on the right. Any elements of the costume that survive the day are saved for the next year.

A vendor sells balloons to revellers.

Revellers jump for joy as Malanka festivities continue.

Heavy snow falls on the citizens of Krasnoilsk as they celebrate Malanka.

Revellers in costume cross a small footbridge on Thursday morning. They have been celebrating since the night before.