09/05/2026

SATURDAY | MAY 9, 2026

PICTURE GALLERY 17

COLOURFUL CANOPY ... A festival participant spins an elaborate three-meter-tall decorated lantern tower known as manto through the streets of Fuchu during the Kurayami Matsuri , or ‘Festival of Darkness’ at Okunitama Shrine in western Tokyo. – AFPPIC

POOCH PACK ... Temple dogs at Wat Chin Wararam temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand, – REUTERSPIC

POPULAR PLUSHIES ... Visitors queue next to a display of Labubu toys at Pop Mart’s Pop Land theme park on its reopening day after an upgrade in Beijing, China. – REUTERSPIC

ERNAMAPIC

METAL MITTS ... Robotic hands are displayed on a table as visitors reach toward them at the office of Linkerbot in Beijing, China. – REUTERSPIC

REPTILE RIDE ... Kindergarten students sit on a Komodo dragon statue at Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia. – AFPPIC