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31 August 2025

Nepali Hindu women dance in a circle to celebrate the late summer festival of ''Gaura,'' singing songs of faith and struggle in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 31, 2025. The festival, observed for five days and led primarily by women, has roots in ancient scriptures and centers on the worship of Goddess Gaura, also known as Hindu goddess Parvati, and her union with Lord Shiva. The word Gaura refers to Gauri, another name for Goddess Parvati, and there are more than one thousand eight hundred names for her in total. Gaura Parva commemorates Parvati's penance to win Shiva as her husband. It marks the divine marriage between the two deities, an event mentioned in the Himavat Khanda, a segment of the Skanda Purana in Hinduism and several other Puranas. In these accounts, Parvati, the daughter of the Himalaya, worships Shiva through strict fasting. Her devotion eventually results in their union, which devotees continue to celebrate every year. The Manas Khanda section of the Skanda Purana places Gaura's origins in the Himalayan region, specifically among communities in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. The festival is most prominently celebrated in Nepal across the far-western districts of Doti, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Bajhang, Achham, and Bajura. It falls in August or September, depending on the lunar calendar.

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31 August 2025

Nepali Hindu women dance in a circle to celebrate the late summer festival of ''Gaura,'' singing songs of faith and struggle in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 31, 2025. The festival, observed for five days and led primarily by women, has roots in ancient scriptures and centers on the worship of Goddess Gaura, also known as Hindu goddess Parvati, and her union with Lord Shiva. The word Gaura refers to Gauri, another name for Goddess Parvati, and there are more than one thousand eight hundred names for her in total. Gaura Parva commemorates Parvati's penance to win Shiva as her husband. It marks the divine marriage between the two deities, an event mentioned in the Himavat Khanda, a segment of the Skanda Purana in Hinduism and several other Puranas. In these accounts, Parvati, the daughter of the Himalaya, worships Shiva through strict fasting. Her devotion eventually results in their union, which devotees continue to celebrate every year. The Manas Khanda section of the Skanda Purana places Gaura's origins in the Himalayan region, specifically among communities in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. The festival is most prominently celebrated in Nepal across the far-western districts of Doti, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Bajhang, Achham, and Bajura. It falls in August or September, depending on the lunar calendar.

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31 August 2025

Nepali revelers watch the celebration of the late summer festival of ''Gaura,'' singing songs of faith and struggle while smoking in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 31, 2025. The festival, observed for five days and led primarily by women, has roots in ancient scriptures and centers on the worship of Goddess Gaura, also known as the Hindu goddess Parvati, and her union with Lord Shiva. The word Gaura refers to Gauri, another name for Goddess Parvati, and there are more than one thousand eight hundred names of her in total. Gaura Parva commemorates Parvati's penance to win Shiva as her husband. It marks the divine marriage between the two deities, an event mentioned in the Himavat Khanda, a segment of the Skanda Purana in Hinduism and several other Puranas. In these accounts, Parvati, the daughter of the Himalaya, worships Shiva through strict fasting. Her devotion eventually results in their union, which devotees continue to celebrate every year. The Manas Khanda section of the Skanda Purana places Gaura's origins in the Himalayan region, specifically among communities in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. The festival is most prominently celebrated in Nepal across the far-western districts of Doti, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Bajhang, Achham, and Bajura. It falls in August or September, depending on the lunar calendar.

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31 August 2025

A Nepali Hindu woman carries the symbolic idol of Goddess Parvati during a procession in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 31, 2025, to celebrate the late summer festival of ''Gaura,'' singing songs of faith and struggle. The festival, observed for five days and led primarily by women, has roots in ancient scriptures and centers on the worship of Goddess Gaura, also known as Hindu goddess Parvati, and her union with Lord Shiva. The word Gaura refers to Gauri, another name for Goddess Parvati, and there are more than one thousand eight hundred names of her in total. Gaura Parva commemorates Parvati's penance to win Shiva as her husband. It marks the divine marriage between the two deities, an event mentioned in the Himavat Khanda, a segment of the Skanda Purana in Hinduism and several other Puranas. In these accounts, Parvati, the daughter of the Himalaya, worships Shiva through strict fasting. Her devotion eventually results in their union, which devotees continue to celebrate every year. The Manas Khanda section of the Skanda Purana places Gaura's origins in the Himalayan region, specifically among communities in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. The festival is most prominently celebrated in Nepal across the far-western districts of Doti, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Bajhang, Achham, and Bajura. It falls in August or September, depending on the lunar calendar.

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31 August 2025

A Nepali Hindu woman carries the symbolic idol of Goddess Parvati during a procession in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 31, 2025, to celebrate the late summer festival of ''Gaura,'' singing songs of faith and struggle. The festival, observed for five days and led primarily by women, has roots in ancient scriptures and centers on the worship of Goddess Gaura, also known as Hindu goddess Parvati, and her union with Lord Shiva. The word Gaura refers to Gauri, another name for Goddess Parvati, and there are more than one thousand eight hundred names of her in total. Gaura Parva commemorates Parvati's penance to win Shiva as her husband. It marks the divine marriage between the two deities, an event mentioned in the Himavat Khanda, a segment of the Skanda Purana in Hinduism and several other Puranas. In these accounts, Parvati, the daughter of the Himalaya, worships Shiva through strict fasting. Her devotion eventually results in their union, which devotees continue to celebrate every year. The Manas Khanda section of the Skanda Purana places Gaura's origins in the Himalayan region, specifically among communities in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. The festival is most prominently celebrated in Nepal across the far-western districts of Doti, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Bajhang, Achham, and Bajura. It falls in August or September, depending on the lunar calendar.

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10 February 2025

A veiled Iranian woman displays a Victory sign while standing in front of a placard with Persian scripts that read, ''A firm no to negotiations with America,'' during a rally commemorating the 46th anniversary of the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in western Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025. The Iranian Islamic Revolution, which leads to the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979, replaces the Imperial State of Iran with the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran.

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30 November 2024

A veiled mourner holds up her hands with Persian handwriting that reads ''Revenge'' (R) and ''Vadeh-Sadeq-3'' (L) during a funeral for General Kioumars Pourhashemi, a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, who is killed by Syrian rebels in western Syria, in northeastern Tehran, Iran, on November 30, 2024. General Pourhashemi, a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, is killed by Syrian rebels in western Syria on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.

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#11740971

4 November 2024

A giant anti-Israeli banner with Persian script that reads, ''American rabid dog,'' hangs from a governmental building in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 2024, forty days after the assassination of Lebanon's Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah in a suburb of Beirut, the day before the U.S. presidential elections.

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4 November 2024

A giant anti-Israeli banner with Persian script that reads, ''American rabid dog,'' hangs from a governmental building in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 2024, forty days after the assassination of Lebanon's Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah in a suburb of Beirut, the day before the U.S. presidential elections.

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4 November 2024

A giant anti-Israeli banner with Persian script that reads, ''American rabid dog,'' hangs from a governmental building in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 2024, forty days after the assassination of Lebanon's Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah in a suburb of Beirut, the day before the U.S. presidential elections.

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4 November 2024

A giant anti-Israeli banner with Persian script that reads, ''American rabid dog,'' hangs from a governmental building in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 2024, forty days after the assassination of Lebanon's Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah in a suburb of Beirut, the day before the U.S. presidential elections.

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#11434701

26 July 2024

A young veiled Iranian woman is waving a black flag with a Persian script that reads, Daughters of the Revolution, while participating in a family rally to support mandatory hijab, at the Azadi (Freedom) Stadium in western Tehran, Iran, on July 25, 2024. The rally is being organized and held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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26 July 2024

A young veiled Iranian schoolgirl is wearing a religious headband with Persian script that reads, ''Daughters of the Revolution,'' while participating in a gathering to support mandatory hijab at the Azadi (Freedom) Stadium in Tehran, Iran, on July 25, 2024.

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29 February 2024

A young Iranian woman, who is not wearing a mandatory headscarf, is walking past an electoral banner with Persian script that reads, ''People's participation is equal to removing the shadow of war,'' at Azadi (Freedom) Square in western Tehran, at sunset, on the day before the Parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections, on February 29, 2024. Iranian voters are preparing to cast their votes to elect their favorite candidates for the Parliament and Assembly of Experts on March 1st.

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#10649210

17 October 2023

American screenwriter Eric Roth arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Apple TV+'s 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' held at Dolby Theatre on October 16, 2023 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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3 February 2023

STOPCHATIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 1, 2023 - Ukrainian politician Yaroslav Kendzor (L) delivers a speech during the funeral of Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure Dmytro Pavlychko in Stophativ village, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, western Ukraine. The poet, a Stophativ native, passed away Sunday, January 29, aged 93.NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.

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