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15 December 2025

Barry Banna lies injured after heading clear as Pierce Charles calls for the physio during the Sky Bet Championship match between Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County at Hillsborough in Sheffield, England, on December 15, 2025.

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13 December 2025

Pierce Sweeney #26 of Exeter City F.C. warms up before the match during the Sky Bet League 1 match between Bolton Wanderers and Exeter City at the Toughsheet Stadium in Bolton, England, on December 13, 2025.

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13 December 2025

Pierce Sweeney #26 of Exeter City F.C. warms up before the match during the Sky Bet League 1 match between Bolton Wanderers and Exeter City at the Toughsheet Stadium in Bolton, England, on December 13, 2025.

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3 May 2025

Residents tip an artist from the Satria Cakra Manglayang Foundation who pierces his cheeks and tongue with needles during a performance of the traditional martial art debus in Cileunyi Wetan Village, Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Debus is a traditional martial art from Banten that features extreme stunts such as invulnerability to sharp weapons and fire, and combines physical strength with spiritual and mystical elements.

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3 April 2025

An Indian Hindu devotee holds a human skull in his hand and pierces his body with metal sticks while begging for alms on the road for the upcoming Hindu Festival Chadak in Siliguri, India, on April 3, 2025.

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3 April 2025

An Indian Hindu devotee holds a human skull in his hand and pierces his body with metal sticks while begging for alms on the road for the upcoming Hindu Festival Chadak in Siliguri, India, on April 3, 2025.

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11 February 2025

A Hindu devotee with his face pierced with a metal rod carries a 'kavadi' on his shoulders as he makes his way towards the Batu Caves temple to make offerings during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 11, 2025. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community. Devotees pray and make vows, and when the prayers are answered, they fulfill the vows by piercing parts of their body such as their cheeks, tongues, and backs before carrying a 'kavadi' or milk pots on a four-kilometer journey of faith.

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11 February 2025

A Malaysian Hindu devotee reacts in a state of trance with his back pierced with hooks before he makes his way towards the Batu Caves temple to make offerings during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 11, 2025. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community. Devotees pray and make vows, and when the prayers are answered, they fulfill the vows by piercing parts of their body such as their cheeks, tongues, and backs before carrying a 'Kavadi' or milk pots on a four-kilometer journey of faith.

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22 April 2024

Ersat, a 19-year-old ethnic Hindu Tamil, is posing as a portraiture subject before beginning to pierce his body with sharp irons as part of the ritual procession of the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha celebrations. The procession is moving from the Shri Bathara Kaliamman temple through several roads in Medan, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. Hindus believe that the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals are a way to show their devotion to the God Shri Kaliamman on the full moon of the Chitirai month in the Tamil calendar, according to the temple priest, Nileganden.

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22 April 2024

Tamil Hindus are performing the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals procession in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. According to the temple priest, Nileganden, Hindus are expressing their devotion to the God of Shri Kaliamman during the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar.

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22 April 2024

Tamil Hindus are performing the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals procession in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. According to the temple priest, Nileganden, Hindus are expressing their devotion to the God of Shri Kaliamman during the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar.

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22 April 2024

Tamil Hindus are performing the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals procession in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. According to the temple priest, Nileganden, Hindus are expressing their devotion to the God of Shri Kaliamman during the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar.

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22 April 2024

Tamil Hindus are performing the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals procession in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. According to the temple priest, Nileganden, Hindus are expressing their devotion to the God of Shri Kaliamman during the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar.

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22 April 2024

Tamil Hindus are performing the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals procession in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. According to the temple priest, Nileganden, Hindus are expressing their devotion to the God of Shri Kaliamman during the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar.

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22 April 2024

Tamil Hindus are performing the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals procession in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. According to the temple priest, Nileganden, Hindus are expressing their devotion to the God of Shri Kaliamman during the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar.

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22 April 2024

Tamil Hindus are performing the Chitirai Purnami Tiruvizha rituals procession in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 21, 2024. According to the temple priest, Nileganden, Hindus are expressing their devotion to the God of Shri Kaliamman during the full moon in the Chitirai month of the Tamil calendar.

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