Buddhist devotees perform ceremony at birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism founder
A buddhist wearing a mask attends a ceremony expressing stories of Gods and ghosts in Tibetan Buddhism at the Taer (Gumbum) Monastery in Huangzhong County of Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, July 14, 2013. The ceremony, which is called “Tiao Qian” in Chinese, was held on Sunday here at the monastery, the birth […]
Jaintia tribesmen watch Chariot being erected at Behdienkhlam festival
Jaintia tribesmen watch a chariot being pulled during Behdienkhlam festival celebrations in Jowai, in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, Saturday, July 13, 2013. Behdienkhlam is a traditional festival of the Jaintias celebrated after sowing is done seeking a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men symbolically drive away evil spirits […]
Temperature reaches scorching 39.2 degrees Celsius in western Japan
More than 30 schoolchildren were taken to hospitals due to heatstroke after attending an outdoor social studies program on Wednesday in a town of Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka, local press reported. The incident happened after a total of 108 fourth-grade students at an elementary schools in Kasuya Town of the prefecture were participating in […]
A suicide bomber attack kills Pakistani President’s guard and police officers
Pakistani security officials and media persons gather around a damaged vehicle at the site of suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. A suicide bomber attacked a vehicle carrying one of the Pakistani president’s guards in the southern city of Karachi Wednesday, killing him and two police officers, police said. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Fareed Khan>
Tibetan farmers pray for good harvest at Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony
Farmers in holiday array attend an Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony in Gonggar County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 10, 2013. Farmers of the Tibetan ethnic group pray for good harvests during the annual Ongkor Festival, or Bumper Harvest Festival. In doing so, the farmers walk around crop fields in praying processions led by Buddhist […]
Hindu devotees around chariot of Hindu god during annual Rath Yatra in India
Hindu devotees gather for the annual Rath Yatra or Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath in Puri, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The three idols of Hindu god Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made […]
Cambodian King and PM plant trees on Forest Day in Preah Sihanouk province
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (2nd R) and Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) plant trees in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia, July 9, 2013. Cambodia observed the Forest Day on Tuesday, urging people to plant trees in order to ensure the sustainability of forest and environment. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sovannara> Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni speaks on a Forest Day event […]
Visitors watch dolls at World Costumes Dolls Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur
Visitors watch dolls dressed in Spanish traditional costume during the World Costumes Dolls Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, on July 9, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Chong Voon Chung> A visitor takes photos of dolls dressed in Sri Lankan traditional costume during the World Costumes Dolls Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 9, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Chong Voon Chung> […]
Turkish protesters eat food on Ramadan as form of protest on Gezi Park
Thousands of anti-government protesters have broken their fast for the holy month of Ramadan by sitting down for a meal along a main Istanbul pedestrian street. As a police water cannon stood watch, the protesters on Tuesday laid newspapers and table cloths on the ground along Istiklal street for a makeshift Ramadan banquet that stretched […]
Ramadan, holy month for hundreds of millions of Muslims starts on July 9
Indonesian muslim perform first Tarawih pray in the Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 9, 2013. The first tarawih pray marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for local Muslims to fast during the month ahead. Indonesian government has set the first fasting on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Veri Sanovri> Indonesian Muslims perform an […]
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