Thai traditional dancers hold folk ceremony 'to cure toddler's birthmark'

Doomsday cultists flock to Cambodian 'heavenly king' who claims black hole 'growing on his spine will wipe out the world'

Grandmother, 84, burned alive by her own relatives in ritual cult killing to 'purge her of sins'

Kazakh musician plays lute while manipulating five goat puppets in traditional 'Orteke' performance

Unusual traditional Thai massage uses hammer and wood to ease customers' body pain

Police arrest cosplayer for wearing Japanese kimono during photoshoot in China

Burmese dancers gracefully hop between wooden poles in traditional Kayin bamboo dance

Determined bride rides carabao-drawn cart to church on her rainy wedding day in the Philippines

Contestants dress as fruit and vegetables for beauty pageantry contest

Fireworks mark 80th anniversary of 'legendary' Leningrad Symphony premiere in Russia

Forest fire destroys 40 hectares of land in Indonesia

Buddhist devotees worship tree trunk with knotted growth shaped like a woman

Buddhist monk slides on slippery floor during religious ceremony in Thailand

Orange candle wax sculptures paraded during festival in northeast Thailand

Thai villagers hold fancy wedding for frogs before they were released into swamp to mate

Kids wearing cat costumes hold flash mob during 'Day of Cats' in St Petersburg, Russia

Locals sprint while dressed as cats in amusing 'cat marathon' in St Petersburg, Russia

Soldiers perform awesome synchronised patrol dance next to warship

Real-life 'Rapunzel' swings her hair from balcony in Myanmar

'Debutant ball' held in St Petersburg, Russia to celebrate city founder's 350th anniversary