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1 August 2025

People give alms to the monks during the Yala Panchadan, the festival of five summer gifts, in Patan, Lalitpur, on August 1, 2025. They perform rituals on the day of Yala Panchadan in Patan, Lalitpur, on August 1, 2025. Barefooted monks walk around the ancient town receiving alms and chanting hymns and prayers. This festival is celebrated by Bajrayana Buddhists, especially Shakyas and Bajracharyas, from the Newar community of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Panauti, and Banepa. On this day, people donate rice, money, and other items based on their capacity. Dipankar Buddhas are kept at various locations, and this festivity has continued for more than 700 years. On this day, Buddhist artifacts are displayed in monasteries and households, and giant idols of Dipankara Buddhas are paraded around town. People worship the Dipankara Buddhas and offer Panchadan--which comprises rice grains, wheat grains, fruit, salt, and money--to alms-seekers. According to legend, the Panchadan festival is celebrated every year since Nepal Sambat 512 (AD 1390).

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1 August 2025

People give alms to the monks during the Yala Panchadan, the festival of five summer gifts, in Patan, Lalitpur, on August 1, 2025. They perform rituals on the day of Yala Panchadan in Patan, Lalitpur, on August 1, 2025. Barefooted monks walk around the ancient town receiving alms and chanting hymns and prayers. This festival is celebrated by Bajrayana Buddhists, especially Shakyas and Bajracharyas, from the Newar community of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Panauti, and Banepa. On this day, people donate rice, money, and other items based on their capacity. Dipankar Buddhas are kept at various locations, and this festivity has continued for more than 700 years. On this day, Buddhist artifacts are displayed in monasteries and households, and giant idols of Dipankara Buddhas are paraded around town. People worship the Dipankara Buddhas and offer Panchadan--which comprises rice grains, wheat grains, fruit, salt, and money--to alms-seekers. According to legend, the Panchadan festival is celebrated every year since Nepal Sambat 512 (AD 1390).

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29 June 2025

Visitors observe Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. Since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, scattered across various sites and estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is officially designated as a world heritage site.

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29 June 2025

Visitors observe Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. Since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, scattered across various sites and estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is officially designated as a world heritage site.

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29 June 2025

Visitors observe Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. Since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, scattered across various sites and estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is officially designated as a world heritage site.

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29 June 2025

Visitors observe Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. Since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, scattered across various sites and estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is officially designated as a world heritage site.

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29 June 2025

Visitors observe Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. Since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, scattered across various sites and estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is officially designated as a world heritage site.

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29 June 2025

Visitors observe Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. Since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, scattered across various sites and estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is officially designated as a world heritage site.

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29 June 2025

Visitors observe Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. Since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, scattered across various sites and estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is officially designated as a world heritage site.

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29 June 2025

A visitor observes Kalamba, or giant stone containers, at the Pokekea megalithic site in Hanggira Village, Central Lore, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 27, 2025. After going through various processes since 2019, the Lore Lindu megalithic cultural heritage, which is scattered across various sites and is estimated to be between 3,000-4,000 years old BC, finally enters the UNESCO Tentative List before it is designated as a world heritage site.

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#12506368

26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds Greek gold necklace from the Hellenistic period, late 2nd-early 1st century B.C., featuring a butterfly pendant inlaid with hardstone and glass, reputedly from Olbia and once part of the Kofler-Truniger Collection, estimate: GBP25,000 - 35,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Antiquities Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler looks at an Egyptian wood polychrome and gilt anthropoid coffin for Djedhor, Late Period - Ptolemaic Period, Circa 400-30 B.C. estimate: GBP180,000 - 220,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Antiquities Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds a Greek bronze Corinthian helmet from the Archaic period, late 6th-early 5th century B.C., of iconic form and impressive provenance, originally acquired from Galerie Serres, Paris, in the 1970s, estimate: GBP100,000 - 150,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Antiquities Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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20 June 2025

Visitors view the exhibited cultural relics at the new museum of Inner Mongolia in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, on June 20, 2025.

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20 June 2025

Visitors view the exhibited cultural relics at the new museum of Inner Mongolia in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, on June 20, 2025.

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20 June 2025

Visitors view the exhibited cultural relics at the new museum of Inner Mongolia in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, on June 20, 2025.

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