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 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
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
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 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
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
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. […]
Chinese children wearing Han ethnic costume at Dragon Boat Festival
Children wearing “Hanfu”, an ancient costume of the Han ethnic people, take part in a gathering to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, June 10, 2013. The Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival, which is celebrated across China to pay homage to […]
Chinese villagers launch new dragon boat for week-long festival
Villagers have a trial run of their new dragon boat during a launching ceremony at the Chenhanhui Shipyard at Shangjiao Village in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province, June 6, 2013. Chenhanhui Shipyard has been busy making new dragon boats and renovating old ones for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival that falls on June […]
Myanmar’s Kachin activists mark 2nd anniversary of ethnic civil war
Activists wearing T-shirt with the flag of Kachin Independence Army (KIA), march during a ceremony to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the fighting between Myanmar government troops and KIA, in Yangon, Myanmar Sunday, June 9, 2013. The fighting began June 9, 2011 when government troops allegedly shelled a Kachin base in a bid to force […]
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