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#13041415

30 November 2025

Girls run inside a ground in Kolkata, India, on November 30, 2025, on a cold winter morning.

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#13041226

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041227

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041228

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041229

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041230

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041231

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13007171

20 November 2025

A girl walks on fallen Chinar tree leaves inside a park in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on November 20, 2025.

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#12978587

11 November 2025

A child receives a typhoid vaccine in a rural area during a national vaccination campaign in Feni, Bangladesh, on November 11, 2025. For the first time, the government administers typhoid vaccination across the country. Approximately 50 million children aged 9 months to 15 years receive the vaccine free of charge.

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#12978588

11 November 2025

A child receives a typhoid vaccine in a rural area during a national vaccination campaign in Feni, Bangladesh, on November 11, 2025. For the first time, the government administers typhoid vaccination across the country. Approximately 50 million children aged 9 months to 15 years receive the vaccine free of charge.

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#12978589

11 November 2025

A child receives a typhoid vaccine in a rural area during a national vaccination campaign in Feni, Bangladesh, on November 11, 2025. For the first time, the government administers typhoid vaccination across the country. Approximately 50 million children aged 9 months to 15 years receive the vaccine free of charge.

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#12978590

11 November 2025

A child receives a typhoid vaccine in a rural area during a national vaccination campaign in Feni, Bangladesh, on November 11, 2025. For the first time, the government administers typhoid vaccination across the country. Approximately 50 million children aged 9 months to 15 years receive the vaccine free of charge.

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#12978591

11 November 2025

A child receives a typhoid vaccine in a rural area during a national vaccination campaign in Feni, Bangladesh, on November 11, 2025. For the first time, the government administers typhoid vaccination across the country. Approximately 50 million children aged 9 months to 15 years receive the vaccine free of charge.

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#12978593

11 November 2025

A child receives a typhoid vaccine in a rural area during a national vaccination campaign in Feni, Bangladesh, on November 11, 2025. For the first time, the government administers typhoid vaccination across the country. Approximately 50 million children aged 9 months to 15 years receive the vaccine free of charge.

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#12970322

9 November 2025

A girl takes photos with a statue of a cameraman at the Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata, India, on November 9, 2025.

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#12970318

9 November 2025

A group of girls takes a selfie during the Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata, India, on November 9, 2025.

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