Daily life around the world

Our daily life series is a visual exploration of everyday imagery from around the globe.

This month we feature photos from Lebanon, Bangladesh, Cuba and Russia from AP photographers Alexander Zemlianichenko, Rafiq Maqbool, Charlie Riedel, Rahmat Gul and more. 

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Lebanon Daily Life

A man holds a fishing rod as floating trash hits the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

South Korea Daily Life

South Korean college students wearing traditional costumes wait to attend Seokjeonje Memorial Rite at Sungkyunkwan, an educational institution in Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Seokjeonje is a celebration to consecrate Confucius and the great sages as of the supreme teacher at the civil temple in order to honor their virtue and follow their instruction, along with playing music and dancing and offering wine for blessing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

China Daily Life

A worker cleans an arch that is part of a large floral display under construction on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. The display is being built in commemoration of China's National Day, which falls on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Bangladesh Daily Life

A Bangladeshi labourer pushes a loaded cart on a congested street in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. On an average, each worker earns less than US $5 a day. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

California Daily Life

A tourist visits the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Cuba Daily Life

In this Sept. 19, 2016 photo, a cat and dog sleep at the home of Lourdes Ortega who works to care for the pets of owners who go out of town in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Dozens of dog salons, boutiques and purebred puppy sellers have cropped up across Havana in recent years, creating hundreds of jobs and a series of small reminders of the widening income gap in a society that strived for decades to be a land of absolute equality. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Russia Daily Life

A young woman with a balloon walks through a sunny street right after a rain in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. Residents of the Russian capital are savoring the last days of warm weather before autumn's rain leads to a long dark Russian winter. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kansas Daily Life

The sun sets in the distance on the autumnal equinox Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Mexico Daily Life

Delfina Valeria Martinez swipes away a flag as it flies into her face while she stands in a clutch of Mexican national flags, in Mexico City's main square The Zocalo, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. The flags are for sale prior the celebration of Mexico's independence day on Sept. 16. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Nepal Daily Life

A silversmith crafts a plate used for Hindu rituals in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. Patan, also called Yala in Newari Language, is known for its rich tradition of arts and handicrafts. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Paraguay Daily Life

Four Mbigua, a wild aquatic bird from Paraguay, fly over Asuncion, Paraguay, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Spain Daily Life

A woman looks at her phone in a bar next to Kursaal, the place where the San Sebastian Film Festival is held, in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Maine Daily Life

Paul Lavoie of Derry, N.H., and Mike Suprin, of Rollinsford, N.H., dig clams at dawn, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport, Maine. The friends made an early-morning drive to Maine to catch the low tide. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

New York Daily Life

In this Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 photo, a pair of workers clean the windows on the roof opening of the Santiago Calatrava-designed World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York. Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

New York Daily Life

A homeless man sleeps in the entrance to Macy's, before the department store opens, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

China Daily Life

Lightning flashes above skyscrapers in Central Business District during a rainstorm in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Afghanistan Daily Life

An Afghan woman walks past at a local brick factory as she carries her son, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan Daily Life

An Afghan laborer poses for a photograph as he waits for customers in front of a shop in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Romania Daily Life

A large cardboard depiction of a woman is placed in one of the windows of an office building in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Italy Daily Life

A woman enjoys a beautiful sunset on rocks at an embankment at the Naples Bay, Italy, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Indonesia Daily Life

Indonesian men walk on a pedestrian bridge as an advertisement banner is partially seen through holes on the bridge's wall at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Palestinians Daily Life

Palestinian youth and children spray each other with foam, water and paint in the narrow streets of Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. The activity was organized by the refugee camp residents to bring joy to the children. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Kansas Daily Life

A smiley face is seen on a sunflower in a sunflower field Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Lawrence, Kan. The 40-acre field, planted annually by the Grinter family, draws thousands during the weeklong late summer blossoming of the flowers. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Japan Daily Life

In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 file photo, model feebee poses as part of art installation "Narcissism : Dazzle room" made by artist Shigeki Matsuyama at rooms33 fashion and design exhibition in Tokyo. Matsuyama's installation features a strong contrast of black and white, which he learned from dazzle camouflage used mainly in World War I. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan Daily Life

In this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 file photo, a visitor tries out a game with a virtual reality headset device at the Tokyo Game Show in Makuhari, near Tokyo. Virtual reality technology is taking center stage at the annual Tokyo Game Show, which gave reporters a preview Thursday at Makuhari Messe hall in the Tokyo suburb of Chiba ahead of its opening to the public this weekend. The show is one of the world's biggest devoted to video games, with 614 companies participating, demonstrating more than 1,500 game software titles. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

India Kashmir Daily Life

A Kashmiri villager walks through a filed at Uri, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, but is claimed by both in its entirety. Most people in the Indian-controlled portion favor independence or a merger with Pakistan. A militant uprising and subsequent army crackdown since 1989 have killed more than 68,000 people. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Russia Daily Life

A customer, right, makes a purchase at the Kuntsevsky food market in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Mexico Daily Life

In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 photo, Mexican architect Javier Senosiain poses for a photo in an indoor garden of his project, the "Nest of Quetzalcoatl," on the outskirts of Mexico City. At Senosiain's Nest, enormous snakes are conformed into passageways, bridges, fountains and walls. The people who live here have to get used to passing through gigantic snakes' mouths to reach their spacious if cave-like dwellings filled with soft angles and curves. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Emirates Daily Life

Two women jump from the top of a huge water park to the sea in front of Jumeirah Beach Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

India Daily Life

In this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 file photo, Hindu devotees participate in a procession towards the Arabian Sea where a giant idol of the elephant-headed god Ganesha will be immersed on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India. The last day of the 10-day celebration is the biggest day, with massive crowds singing and dancing as they carry their idols through the streets, to immerse them in the water, an act that symbolizes sending the god back to his mythical home in the snow-capped mountains taking all the worries and problems of his worshippers with him. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Hong Kong Daily Life

In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 photo, a resident holds up a lantern during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival at a park in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Like ancient Chinese poets, Hong Kong people appreciate the beauty of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Nepal Daily Life

In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2016 photo, Nepalese woman sits with her dog and watches outside from an artistically crafted wooden window in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Bhaktapur, also known as the city of devotees, is an ancient city popular for its traditional architectural buildings, temples and unique festivals. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Georgia Daily Life

Brehisy Zuniga, of Mexico, has her picture taken with a Statue of Liberty on display following a naturalization ceremony for 755 new United States citizens at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team in Atlanta, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. The ceremony, in honor of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, was the largest in Georgia this year and the 755 citizens sworn in marks the number of home runs hit by former Braves player Hank Aaron. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Spain Daily Life

A couple dance in the street, during the Poblenou fiestas in Barcelona, Spain, early Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. The Poblenou neighborhood, which has lived its own way far from the center of Barcelona, allows to have a special atmosphere that still remains alive today. All entities are involved in the organization of the activities during the one-week long fiesta, offering music, art and dance and its popular culture as gegants, or giants, correfocs, or fire runs, castells, or human towers and popular meals, children's workshops and sports competitions. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Korea Daily Life

A couple takes pictures in the middle of a cosmos field at Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Illinois Daily Life

Cruz Guzman, center, dressed up as Spiderman waives to children as he washes windows outside Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Chicago. A window washing crew dressed up as superheroes to entertain the young patients at the hospital. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)

Spain Daily Life

Silhouettes of people are reflected on the water of a pond while they go for a walk, in Pamplona northern Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Bolivia Daily Life

Students attend a ceremony where the next Spring Queens will be announced at their Abel Iturralde public school in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Three female students from pre-K, kindergarten and primary school were chosen by their teachers on Bolivia's annual Student Day, which coincides with the start of the Spring season. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

India Daily Life

Indian flower venders look on as they wait for customers at a market in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indonesia Daily Life

Workers make mannequins at a small factory in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. The mannequins are to be shipped to shopping centers around the area and cost 200,000 Rupiah (US $15) each. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Mideast Lebanon Daily Life

Pilgrims pray at the feet of a shrine to the Virgin Mary in Harissa east Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. The Virgin Mary statue is made from about 15 tons of bronze, painted in white and is also known as 'Our Lady of Lebanon.' (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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