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14 March 2025
An Iranian man paints his face black and wears red clothing as Hajji Firuz, an Iranian New Year symbol, and performs in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, meaning ''New Day,'' the Iranian New Year, celebrates the arrival of spring on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.
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4 March 2025
A lay minister places an old palm frond into a burning barrel as Filipino priest Fr. Michael Creencia, SVD, leads the burning of old palm fronds at the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word in Quezon City, Philippines, on March 4, 2025, Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday derives from the English word ''shrive,'' meaning to obtain absolution of sins through confession and penance, as old palm fronds from previous Palm Sundays are burned to become ashes for Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the six-week Lenten season.
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23 February 2025
Relatives clean the portraits of fallen soldiers in the Ukrainian war in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 23, 2025.
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11 February 2025
Devotees shave their heads as a ritual purification act, symbolizing humility and surrender before making their pilgrimage to Batu Caves
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11 February 2025
A devotee shaves his head as a ritual purification act, symbolizing humility and surrender before making his pilgrimage to Batu Caves
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10 February 2025
A devotee shaves his head as part of a traditional Thaipusam ritual, symbolizing humility, purification, and devotion to Lord Murugan.
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5 February 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on February 5, 2025.
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5 February 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on February 5, 2025.
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5 February 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on February 5, 2025.
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3 February 2025
Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, arrive to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical invisible Saraswati river, on the third royal bath on the auspicious occasion of 'Basant Panchami' during the ''Maha Kumbh Mela,'' or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on February 3, 2025
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24 January 2025
A man cleans an altar to prepare for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Dhanagun Temple in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on January 24, 2025. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China, falls on January 29, marking the beginning of the Year of the Snake.
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24 January 2025
A worshipper cleans a statue of a deity at the Dharma Ramsi Temple in Bandung, Indonesia, on January 24, 2025, to welcome the Chinese New Year.
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24 January 2025
A worshipper cleans a statue of a deity at the Dharma Ramsi Temple in Bandung, Indonesia, on January 24, 2025, to welcome the Chinese New Year.
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24 January 2025
A worshipper cleans a statue of a deity at the Dharma Ramsi Temple in Bandung, Indonesia, on January 24, 2025, to welcome the Chinese New Year.
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24 January 2025
A worshipper cleans a statue of a deity at the Dharma Ramsi Temple in Bandung, Indonesia, on January 24, 2025, to welcome the Chinese New Year.
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24 January 2025
A worshipper cleans a statue of a deity at the Dharma Ramsi Temple in Bandung, Indonesia, on January 24, 2025, to welcome the Chinese New Year.
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