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23 January 2026

Dioscorea bulbifera, commonly known as air potato, is a type of yam from the Dioscorea genus, native to warmer regions and popular in India, especially in West Bengal, Odisha, and Assam. Varieties like purple yam and greater yam are also part of this group. Yams are essential agricultural products in cultural rituals and are typically consumed as starchy vegetables, often boiled, mashed, fried, or roasted. They are nutritious, with a distinctive earthy flavor, featured in curries, chips, and various dishes. Yam plants are climbing vines that produce bulbils (aerial tubers) and tuberous roots. They have thick, bark-like skin on their tubers. Digging up Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato) tubers requires care because the plant is an invasive, fast-spreading vine with delicate stems that break easily, and its underground roots can be deep or tangled. The best time to harvest is during winter, when the vine dies back and the plant enters dormancy. In India, on December 21, 2025, a farmer carefully digs the soil with a shovel, then pulls out the air potatoes with great effort, cleans and cuts them, and then uses them to cook an Indian curry. While digging the soil, various types of centipedes and grubs emerge one after another.

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#13231322

23 January 2026

Dioscorea bulbifera, commonly known as air potato, is a type of yam from the Dioscorea genus, native to warmer regions and popular in India, especially in West Bengal, Odisha, and Assam. Varieties like purple yam and greater yam are also part of this group. Yams are essential agricultural products in cultural rituals and are typically consumed as starchy vegetables, often boiled, mashed, fried, or roasted. They are nutritious, with a distinctive earthy flavor, featured in curries, chips, and various dishes. Yam plants are climbing vines that produce bulbils (aerial tubers) and tuberous roots. They have thick, bark-like skin on their tubers. Digging up Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato) tubers requires care because the plant is an invasive, fast-spreading vine with delicate stems that break easily, and its underground roots can be deep or tangled. The best time to harvest is during winter, when the vine dies back and the plant enters dormancy. In India, on December 21, 2025, a farmer carefully digs the soil with a shovel, then pulls out the air potatoes with great effort, cleans and cuts them, and then uses them to cook an Indian curry. While digging the soil, various types of centipedes and grubs emerge one after another.

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#13231323

23 January 2026

Dioscorea bulbifera, commonly known as air potato, is a type of yam from the Dioscorea genus, native to warmer regions and popular in India, especially in West Bengal, Odisha, and Assam. Varieties like purple yam and greater yam are also part of this group. Yams are essential agricultural products in cultural rituals and are typically consumed as starchy vegetables, often boiled, mashed, fried, or roasted. They are nutritious, with a distinctive earthy flavor, featured in curries, chips, and various dishes. Yam plants are climbing vines that produce bulbils (aerial tubers) and tuberous roots. They have thick, bark-like skin on their tubers. Digging up Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato) tubers requires care because the plant is an invasive, fast-spreading vine with delicate stems that break easily, and its underground roots can be deep or tangled. The best time to harvest is during winter, when the vine dies back and the plant enters dormancy. In India, on December 21, 2025, a farmer carefully digs the soil with a shovel, then pulls out the air potatoes with great effort, cleans and cuts them, and then uses them to cook an Indian curry. While digging the soil, various types of centipedes and grubs emerge one after another.

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#13231324

23 January 2026

Dioscorea bulbifera, commonly known as air potato, is a type of yam from the Dioscorea genus, native to warmer regions and popular in India, especially in West Bengal, Odisha, and Assam. Varieties like purple yam and greater yam are also part of this group. Yams are essential agricultural products in cultural rituals and are typically consumed as starchy vegetables, often boiled, mashed, fried, or roasted. They are nutritious, with a distinctive earthy flavor, featured in curries, chips, and various dishes. Yam plants are climbing vines that produce bulbils (aerial tubers) and tuberous roots. They have thick, bark-like skin on their tubers. Digging up Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato) tubers requires care because the plant is an invasive, fast-spreading vine with delicate stems that break easily, and its underground roots can be deep or tangled. The best time to harvest is during winter, when the vine dies back and the plant enters dormancy. In India, on December 21, 2025, a farmer carefully digs the soil with a shovel, then pulls out the air potatoes with great effort, cleans and cuts them, and then uses them to cook an Indian curry. While digging the soil, various types of centipedes and grubs emerge one after another.

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#13231325

23 January 2026

Dioscorea bulbifera, commonly known as air potato, is a type of yam from the Dioscorea genus, native to warmer regions and popular in India, especially in West Bengal, Odisha, and Assam. Varieties like purple yam and greater yam are also part of this group. Yams are essential agricultural products in cultural rituals and are typically consumed as starchy vegetables, often boiled, mashed, fried, or roasted. They are nutritious, with a distinctive earthy flavor, featured in curries, chips, and various dishes. Yam plants are climbing vines that produce bulbils (aerial tubers) and tuberous roots. They have thick, bark-like skin on their tubers. Digging up Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato) tubers requires care because the plant is an invasive, fast-spreading vine with delicate stems that break easily, and its underground roots can be deep or tangled. The best time to harvest is during winter, when the vine dies back and the plant enters dormancy. In India, on December 21, 2025, a farmer carefully digs the soil with a shovel, then pulls out the air potatoes with great effort, cleans and cuts them, and then uses them to cook an Indian curry. While digging the soil, various types of centipedes and grubs emerge one after another.

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#13226468

22 January 2026

Young people sit by a window inside a modern cafe with prominent COFFEE and TEA signs on the glass in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, on December 19, 2025.

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24 December 2025

A branch of KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken is in Sheffield, England, on December 24, 2025.

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24 December 2025

A woman passes by a branch of KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken in Sheffield, England, on December 24, 2025.

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#13124220

22 December 2025

People stand in a line waiting for food to be distributed during the Christmas Eve Supper for the homeless and poor at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on December 18, 2022. The Christmas feast was organized for the 26tht time by local restaurant owner and philanthropist, Jan Kosciuszko. From the morning thousands food portions were served, with traditional Polish pierogi (dumplings), fried carp, stewed cabbage (bigos) and red borsch soup.

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#13124221

22 December 2025

Volunteers distribute gifts during the Christmas Eve Supper for the homeless and poor at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on December 18, 2022. The Christmas feast was organized for the 26tht time by local restaurant owner and philanthropist, Jan Kosciuszko. From the morning thousands food portions were served, with traditional Polish pierogi (dumplings), fried carp, stewed cabbage (bigos) and red borsch soup.

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#13124230

22 December 2025

Bread is being distributed during the Christmas Eve Supper for the homeless and poor at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on December 18, 2022. The Christmas feast was organized for the 26tht time by local restaurant owner and philanthropist, Jan Kosciuszko. From the morning thousands food portions were served, with traditional Polish pierogi (dumplings), fried carp, stewed cabbage (bigos) and red borsch soup.

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#13124224

22 December 2025

Cardinal Grzegorz Rys, new Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow, is blessing food during the Christmas Eve Supper for the homeless and poor at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on December 18, 2022. The Christmas feast was organized for the 26tht time by local restaurant owner and philanthropist, Jan Kosciuszko. From the morning thousands food portions were served, with traditional Polish pierogi (dumplings), fried carp, stewed cabbage (bigos) and red borsch soup.

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#13124225

22 December 2025

Cardinal Grzegorz Rys, new Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow, talks to media during the Christmas Eve Supper for the homeless and poor at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on December 18, 2022. The Christmas feast was organized for the 26tht time by local restaurant owner and philanthropist, Jan Kosciuszko. From the morning thousands food portions were served, with traditional Polish pierogi (dumplings), fried carp, stewed cabbage (bigos) and red borsch soup.

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#13124227

22 December 2025

Cardinal Grzegorz Rys, new Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow, is seen during the Christmas Eve Supper for the homeless and poor at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on December 18, 2022. The Christmas feast was organized for the 26tht time by local restaurant owner and philanthropist, Jan Kosciuszko. From the morning thousands food portions were served, with traditional Polish pierogi (dumplings), fried carp, stewed cabbage (bigos) and red borsch soup.

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#12948789

4 November 2025

A couple rests on a wooden bench, viewing Lake Blindsee and a small boathouse surrounded by forest in Biberwier, Reutte, Tyrol, Austria, on November 1, 2025. The scenic spot is a popular recreational area in the Tyrolean Alps.

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3 November 2025

Two women walk together down a sunlit forest path, surrounded by trees displaying bright yellow and orange autumn foliage in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on November 3, 2025.

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