"Spring onset"

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29 April 2018

Participants carry a large wooden phallus named Konsei-sama, which is named after a fertility god, from its shrine to festival grounds during the Konsei Festival “Fertility Festival” at Osawa Onsen in Hanamaki on April 29, 2018, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Festival participants carry the Konsei-sama wooden phallus, which consists of a height of 1.4m and a weight of 150kg, to Osawa Onsen annually to wash out the dust that accumulates over a one year period, which symbolizes match making, fertility, and safe birth. (Photo: Richard Atrero de Guzman / NUR Photo)

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29 April 2018

Participants prepares a large wooden phallus named Konsei-sama, which is named after a fertility god, from its shrine to festival grounds during the Konsei Festival “Fertility Festival” at Osawa Onsen in Hanamaki on April 29, 2018, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Festival participants carry the Konsei-sama wooden phallus, which consists of a height of 1.4m and a weight of 150kg, to Osawa Onsen annually to wash out the dust that accumulates over a one year period, which symbolizes match making, fertility, and safe birth. (Photo: Richard Atrero de Guzman / NUR Photo)

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29 April 2018

Participants prepares a large wooden phallus named Konsei-sama, which is named after a fertility god, from its shrine to festival grounds during the Konsei Festival “Fertility Festival” at Osawa Onsen in Hanamaki on April 29, 2018, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Festival participants carry the Konsei-sama wooden phallus, which consists of a height of 1.4m and a weight of 150kg, to Osawa Onsen annually to wash out the dust that accumulates over a one year period, which symbolizes match making, fertility, and safe birth. (Photo: Richard Atrero de Guzman / NUR Photo)

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#2643562

29 April 2018

Women participants wash a large wooden phallus named Konsei-sama, which is named after a fertility god in a hotspring during the Konsei Festival “Fertility Festival” at Osawa Onsen in Hanamaki on April 29, 2018, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Festival participants carry the Konsei-sama wooden phallus, which consists of a height of 1.4m and a weight of 150kg, to Osawa Onsen annually to wash out the dust that accumulates over a one year period, which symbolizes match making, fertility, and safe birth. (Photo: Richard Atrero de Guzman / NUR Photo)

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29 April 2018

Participants carry a large wooden phallus named Konsei-sama, which is named after a fertility god, from its shrine to festival grounds during the Konsei Festival “Fertility Festival” at Osawa Onsen in Hanamaki on April 29, 2018, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Festival participants carry the Konsei-sama wooden phallus, which consists of a height of 1.4m and a weight of 150kg, to Osawa Onsen annually to wash out the dust that accumulates over a one year period, which symbolizes match making, fertility, and safe birth. (Photo: Richard Atrero de Guzman / NUR Photo)

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#1843248

13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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#1843264

13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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#1843267

13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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#1843268

13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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#1843271

13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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#1843316

13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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#1843336

13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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13 March 2017

Bangladeshi students throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University on March 13, 2017. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring.

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#1156332

15 April 2016

On April 13th in the atrium of the World Bank, onstage from l-r, Indian Ambassador to the United States Arun Kumar Singh, Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States Mathilde Mukantabana, Ghana Minister of Finance Seth Terkper and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands ( UNSG's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development).

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#1130524

27 March 2016

BUDGAM, INDIAN CONTROLLED KASHMIR, INDIA - MARCH 26: General view of Mustard field in full bloom on March 26, 2016 in in Budgam 20 km (7 miles) west of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. With unprecedented rains in Kashmir extending beyond the usual winter months that end in February, horticulturists are a worried lot as experts predict the unusual weather will impact the crop this year. The worst hit so far, according to farmers and experts, is the almond crop.In Kashmir six hundred thousand households with three million people are involved in horticulture and allied trades, has seen continuous, heavy precipitation this year that has continued even with the onset of spring.

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