August 07, 2018 at 06:16PM

Photographers capture communities gathering at events organized to celebrate a variety of cultural observances in 2018.

Regional dancers perform at the Guelaguetza festival on July 30 in Zaachila, Oaxaca, Mexico. The Guelaguetza is a festival held once a year which gathers music, dance, gastronomy and handicrafts of different ethnic groups and tribes of the state of Oaxaca. (Patricia Castellanos/AFP/Getty Images)


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