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Hindu devotees celebrate Ganga Dussehra, worship of River Ganges

Hindu devotees celebrate Ganga Dussehra, worship of River Ganges

An Indian Hindu devotee offers prayers at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Hindus across the country are celebrating Ganga Dussehra, devoted to the worship of the River Ganges. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Rajesh Kumar Singh> Hindu devotees take holy dips at Sangam, the confluence of […]

Chinese film festival opens in New Delhi, India

Chinese film festival opens in New Delhi, India

Chinese Hollywood actor Jackie Chan talks during a press conference at the opening of the Chinese film festival, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Manish Swarup> Actor Jackie Chan attends the news conference of the Chinese film festival in New Delhi, India, on June. 18, 2013. The 5-day festival opened on Tuesday […]

Kashmiri Hindu devotees pray in Khir Bhawani temple

Kashmiri Hindu devotees pray in Khir Bhawani temple

Kashmiri Hindu migrant women pray at the Kheer Bhawani temple during an annual Hindu festival in Jammu, India, Monday, June. 17, 2013. Kheer Bhawani temple originally in Srinagar, was built in Jammu as well by exiled Kashmiri Hindus. The temple is dedicated to the Goddess Rajnya Devi, popularly known as Kheer Bhawani, in which thousand […]

Naurauz : Theatre for all Seasons

Naurauz : Theatre for all Seasons

It had been a week of happiness for those who fall in love with theatre. The city is Kazan, the location is G. Kamal Tatar National Academic Theatre, and the event is the 11th edition of the International Theatre Festival of Turkic Peoples; Naurauz, with performances from 3 – 7 June, 2013. Some aspects are […]

A Nepalese woman makes handmade paper used by government

A Nepalese woman makes handmade paper used by government

A Nepalese woman makes the Nepali handmade paper at a paper factory in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 13, 2013. Nepali handmade paper is used for official letters and documents by Nepal Government. The paper is also used to make handicraft products for export. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sunil Pradhan> A Nepalese woman dries the Nepali handmade paper at a paper […]

World celebrates prince of Russian poetry Alexander Pushkin

World celebrates prince of Russian poetry Alexander Pushkin

On the day of the Russian language: The world celebrates prince of Russian poetry Alexander Pushkin For almost 150 million people, the Russian language is considered their mother tongue, added to that figure nearly 100 million more who speak it fluently as a second language. For all of them the sixth of June is celebrated […]

World’s oldest Japanese man dies of natural causes at 116

World’s oldest Japanese man dies of natural causes at 116

In this file photo taken Oct. 15, 2012 and released by Kyotango City, Jiroemon Kimura smiles after he was presented with the certificate of the world’s oldest living man from Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday at his home in the city, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Japanese media report that Kimura died of natural causes at […]

Five week-old meerkat cubs sit at Bali’s Safari and Marine Park in Indonesia

Five week-old meerkat cubs sit at Bali’s Safari and Marine Park in Indonesia

Five-week-old meerkat cubs sit at Bali’s Safari and Marine Park in Giayar, Indonesia on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Firdia Lisnawati> A five-week old meerkat cub sits beside its mother at Bali’s Safari and Marine Park in Giayar, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Firdia Lisnawati> Micheal, 3 week-old Sumatra elephant, stands under his mother […]

Afghan local Islamic school graduates receive graduation certificate

Afghan local Islamic school graduates receive graduation certificate

An Afghan man hands a certificate to a student as he graduates from a local Islamic school or madrassa, during a graduation ceremony at the Mazharal Olom mosque in Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June, 12, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Rahmatullah Nikzad> An Afghan man adjusts the turban of a student graduating from a local […]

Endangered Asiatic lions rest at Gir Lion Sanctuary in India

Endangered Asiatic lions rest at Gir Lion Sanctuary in India

In this Sunday, June 9, 2013 photo, endangered Asiatic lions rest at the Gir Lion Sanctuary at Sasan in Junagadh district of Gujarat state, India. The Asiatic lion has been almost wiped out in India, but intense conservation efforts by Gujarat over the last 50 years have brought them back from the brink of extinction. […]

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