A labourer sifting coloured powder known as "gulal" for use during the forthcoming spring festival of Holi, outside Siliguri, India.

Dancers Kate Wormald and Joel Rasmussen performing on a special harbour-top opera stage for the 3-week "Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: Carmen" featuring a stage resembling a blood-stained bull-fighting ring and incorporating six red Hollywood style letters spelling out the word Carmen.