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15 April 2025

Sujan Shrestha, 29, pierces his tongue as part of an annual tradition for the third consecutive year in Thimi, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. The town of Bode in Thimi Municipality has a tradition of piercing the tongue with a 10-inch long iron needle to coincide with the Lunar New Year. Sujan's uncle, Karminaya Krishna Chandra Bag Shrestha, has pierced his tongue 12 times in the past. After performing worship to deities and offering flowers, Sujan has his tongue pierced in front of thousands of people.

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15 April 2025

Sujan Shrestha, 29, pierces his tongue as part of an annual tradition for the third consecutive year in Thimi, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. The town of Bode in Thimi Municipality has a tradition of piercing the tongue with a 10-inch long iron needle to coincide with the Lunar New Year. Sujan's uncle, Karminaya Krishna Chandra Bag Shrestha, has pierced his tongue 12 times in the past. After performing worship to deities and offering flowers, Sujan has his tongue pierced in front of thousands of people.

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15 April 2025

Sujan Shrestha, 29, pierces his tongue as part of an annual tradition for the third consecutive year in Thimi, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. The town of Bode in Thimi Municipality has a tradition of piercing the tongue with a 10-inch long iron needle to coincide with the Lunar New Year. Sujan's uncle, Karminaya Krishna Chandra Bag Shrestha, has pierced his tongue 12 times in the past. After performing worship to deities and offering flowers, Sujan has his tongue pierced in front of thousands of people.

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15 April 2025

Sujan Shrestha, 29, tours the ancient town of Thimi after piercing his tongue as part of an annual tradition for the third consecutive year in Thimi, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. The town of Bode in Thimi Municipality has a tradition of piercing the tongue with a 10-inch long iron needle to coincide with the Lunar New Year. Sujan's uncle, Karminaya Krishna Chandra Bag Shrestha, pierces his tongue 12 times in the past. After performing worship to deities and offering flowers, Sujan has his tongue pierced in front of thousands of people.

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15 April 2025

Sujan Shrestha, 29, tours the ancient town of Thimi after piercing his tongue as part of an annual tradition for the third consecutive year in Thimi, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. The town of Bode in Thimi Municipality has a tradition of piercing the tongue with a 10-inch long iron needle to coincide with the Lunar New Year. Sujan's uncle, Karminaya Krishna Chandra Bag Shrestha, pierces his tongue 12 times in the past. After performing worship to deities and offering flowers, Sujan has his tongue pierced in front of thousands of people.

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15 April 2025

Sujan Shrestha, 29, tours the ancient town of Thimi after piercing his tongue as part of an annual tradition for the third consecutive year in Thimi, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. The town of Bode in Thimi Municipality has a tradition of piercing the tongue with a 10-inch long iron needle to coincide with the Lunar New Year. Sujan's uncle, Karminaya Krishna Chandra Bag Shrestha, pierces his tongue 12 times in the past. After performing worship to deities and offering flowers, Sujan has his tongue pierced in front of thousands of people.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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11 September 2024

Dry weather and a layer of pollution cover the sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the morning of September 11, 2024. Sao Paulo wakes up with worrying levels of air pollution, placing it, for the third consecutive day, at the top of the ranking of metropolises with the worst air quality in the world, according to the Swiss company IQAir, which monitors one hundred cities in real time. At 8:30 am, the Air Quality Index is at 179, considered ''unhealthy.'' Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, comes in second place, with 155; followed by Karachi, in Pakistan, with 153. September 11, 2024.

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