A teenager slips on the “gostra,” a pole covered in grease, during the celebrations for the religious feast of St. Julian, patron of the town of St. Julian’s, outside Valletta, Malta, on Sunday. In the traditional “gostra,” a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top of a pole and try uproot one of the flags to win prizes.

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