"Ceremony-Preparation"

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3 February 2026

Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment personnel participate in the final full-scale rehearsal for the 78th National Independence Day parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2026. The annual event on February 4 commemorates the country's freedom from British colonial rule in 1948.

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2 February 2026

The first Olympic flame is carried to Bergamo, Italy, on February 2, 2026, near the New Balance Arena.

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2 February 2026

The first Olympic flame is carried to Bergamo, Italy, on February 2, 2026, near the New Balance Arena.

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2 February 2026

The first Olympic flame is carried to Bergamo, Italy, on February 2, 2026, near the New Balance Arena.

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1 February 2026

A fasting Nepali Hindu devotee prepares to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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1 February 2026

A fasting Nepali Hindu devotee prepares to take a holy dip on the last day of the one-month-long arduous fasting ritual of Madhav Narayan in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on February 1, 2026. Devotees who undertake this fast for a month do not eat foods cooked by others, which also exclude salt and other spices. They only eat rice, beaten rice, sugar, ghee, sugar candy, molasses, spinach from Patan, and peas among those considered sacred. The annual ritual of Madhav Narayan starts from the full moon day of Poush (Ninth Month of Lunar Calendar), initiating the recitation of religious sermons.

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki attends the main commemoration ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau memorial site on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. The ceremony, held under the honorary patronage of the President, took place in the former Central Sauna building near the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium IV to honor Holocaust victims and survivors.

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki attends the main commemoration ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau memorial site on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. The ceremony, held under the honorary patronage of the President, took place in the former Central Sauna building near the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium IV to honor Holocaust victims and survivors.

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki attends the main commemoration ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau memorial site on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. The ceremony, held under the honorary patronage of the President, took place in the former Central Sauna building near the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium IV to honor Holocaust victims and survivors.

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki addresses the media outside Block 11 at the former Auschwitz I camp on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. During his speech marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Nawrocki linked the atrocities of the Holocaust to the German state and nation, declaring that Germany has failed to pay reparations for the 'evil of the Second World War' and asserting that financial accountability is essential for building a 'world of peace.'

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki addresses the media outside Block 11 at the former Auschwitz I camp on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. During his speech marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Nawrocki linked the atrocities of the Holocaust to the German state and nation, declaring that Germany has failed to pay reparations for the 'evil of the Second World War' and asserting that financial accountability is essential for building a 'world of peace.'

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki addresses the media outside Block 11 at the former Auschwitz I camp on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. During his speech marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Nawrocki linked the atrocities of the Holocaust to the German state and nation, declaring that Germany has failed to pay reparations for the 'evil of the Second World War' and asserting that financial accountability is essential for building a 'world of peace.'

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki addresses the media outside Block 11 at the former Auschwitz I camp on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. During his speech marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Nawrocki linked the atrocities of the Holocaust to the German state and nation, declaring that Germany has failed to pay reparations for the 'evil of the Second World War' and asserting that financial accountability is essential for building a 'world of peace.'

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki addresses the media outside Block 11 at the former Auschwitz I camp on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. During his speech marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Nawrocki linked the atrocities of the Holocaust to the German state and nation, declaring that Germany has failed to pay reparations for the 'evil of the Second World War' and asserting that financial accountability is essential for building a 'world of peace.'

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki addresses the media outside Block 11 at the former Auschwitz I camp on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. During his speech marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Nawrocki linked the atrocities of the Holocaust to the German state and nation, declaring that Germany has failed to pay reparations for the 'evil of the Second World War' and asserting that financial accountability is essential for building a 'world of peace.'

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28 January 2026

OSWIECIM, POLAND – JANUARY 27: Polish President Karol Nawrocki addresses the media outside Block 11 at the former Auschwitz I camp on January 27, 2026, in Oswiecim, Poland. During his speech marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Nawrocki linked the atrocities of the Holocaust to the German state and nation, declaring that Germany has failed to pay reparations for the 'evil of the Second World War' and asserting that financial accountability is essential for building a 'world of peace.'

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