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6 September 2025

The Nepali Living Goddess, the Kumari, dons regalia and a crown and gestures as she makes a rare public appearance at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square during the Indra Jatra procession in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 6, 2025. The ascension of three living deities--the Kumari, Ganesh, and Bhairab--in the form of humans on three different chariots that tour the city is an annual festival observed for eight days starting from Bhadra Shukla Chaturdashi of the Nepali month of Bhadra. The fourth day of the waxing moon in the month of Bhadra, according to the lunar calendar, is Indra Jatra, which has been followed for a long time. Legends say that the Indra Jatra festival is observed to celebrate the victory of the gods over the demons to release Jayanta, the son of Lord Indra. It is believed that Lord Indra comes to the earth to collect white flowers for his mother but is caught by the locals (the Newars) of the Kathmandu Valley and kept bound. After Lord Indra's mother, Jayanta, comes and discloses his identity, a procession takes place, which continues to this day. Indra, the god of rain, is worshiped in this festival primarily celebrated by the Newar communities following both Hinduism and Buddhism.

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6 September 2025

The Nepali Living Goddess, the Kumari, dons regalia and a crown and gestures as she makes a rare public appearance at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square during the Indra Jatra procession in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 6, 2025. The ascension of three living deities--the Kumari, Ganesh, and Bhairab--in the form of humans on three different chariots that tour the city is an annual festival observed for eight days starting from Bhadra Shukla Chaturdashi of the Nepali month of Bhadra. The fourth day of the waxing moon in the month of Bhadra, according to the lunar calendar, is Indra Jatra, which has been followed for a long time. Legends say that the Indra Jatra festival is observed to celebrate the victory of the gods over the demons to release Jayanta, the son of Lord Indra. It is believed that Lord Indra comes to the earth to collect white flowers for his mother but is caught by the locals (the Newars) of the Kathmandu Valley and kept bound. After Lord Indra's mother, Jayanta, comes and discloses his identity, a procession takes place, which continues to this day. Indra, the god of rain, is worshiped in this festival primarily celebrated by the Newar communities following both Hinduism and Buddhism.

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#12640040

13 August 2025

Pope Leo XIV gestures during the general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on August 13, 2025. Pope Leo XIV's general audience takes place in the Paul VI Hall due to the extreme Roman heat at the Vatican on August 13, 2025.

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13 August 2025

Pope Leo XIV gestures during the general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on August 13, 2025. Pope Leo XIV's general audience takes place in the Paul VI Hall due to the extreme Roman heat at the Vatican on August 13, 2025.

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#12627151

9 August 2025

A Nepali novice priest gestures as he takes part in a ritualistic bath at an ashram on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 9, 2025, while observing the festival of Janai Purnima, the festival of sacred threads observed in Nepal and India. Janai Purnima involves a ritualistic bath and the tying of the sacred thread ''Rakshya Bandhan'' on the wrist and ''Janai'' across the body by Hindu devotees. According to the scriptures, the sacred thread worn across the body of Hindu devotees is believed to have emerged from the Yagya, a sacrificial rite or performance of duty. A person who wears this sacred thread is full of energy, and this thread has two parts, each containing three threads: the first is Bramha, the second is Bishnu, and the third is Lord Shiva. These are symbols of knowledge, meditation, and power. On the other side is nature, which is also considered the female companions of males: Saraswati of Bramha, Laxmi of Bishnu, and Parbati of Shiva. Those who do not wear Janai reach the nearby religious site and receive the 'Raksha Bandhan' thread, which is tied around the wrist as an amulet. The yellow thread is purified through the chanting of mantras by Brahmin priests as a symbol of protection from fear and disease. This sacred thread is made through the combination of 27 different types of threads. In astrology, there are 27 types of constellations, and the name of every human being is believed to be recorded in these constellations. This thread is tied around the wrist following the folklore about King Bali. Bali earned more virtue, which threatened the throne of King Indra. Then, Bramha tied the thread around the wrist, and it is followed since then in remembrance of Lord Bali.

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10 April 2025

A group of men stands near a rainbow-colored crosswalk in front of the Belgian Federal Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on July 30, 2023. The crosswalk, painted in pride colors, symbolizes support for diversity and inclusion in the public space.

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#10720252

29 October 2023

The Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found in the Indian subcontinent. A group of jungle babbler birds known as ''Seven Sisters'' are eating grains and some are swollen their bodies. Here These Jungle Babbler birds nest in this fig tree every year. But this year they suddenly come to see that the tree has been cut. Then a Jungle Babbler bird seems to be trying to express grief through different gestures at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 29/10/2023.

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#10720262

29 October 2023

The Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found in the Indian subcontinent. A group of jungle babbler birds known as ''Seven Sisters'' are eating grains and some are swollen their bodies. Here These Jungle Babbler birds nest in this fig tree every year. But this year they suddenly come to see that the tree has been cut. Then a Jungle Babbler bird seems to be trying to express grief through different gestures at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 29/10/2023.

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29 October 2023

The Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found in the Indian subcontinent. A group of jungle babbler birds known as ''Seven Sisters'' are eating grains and some are swollen their bodies. Here These Jungle Babbler birds nest in this fig tree every year. But this year they suddenly come to see that the tree has been cut. Then a Jungle Babbler bird seems to be trying to express grief through different gestures at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 29/10/2023.

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#10249512

9 July 2023

LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows ''sand paintings'' of different gestures on the exposed riverbed of Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River after the water level dropped in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.

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#10249514

9 July 2023

LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows ''sand paintings'' of different gestures on the exposed riverbed of Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River after the water level dropped in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.

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#10249516

9 July 2023

LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows ''sand paintings'' of different gestures on the exposed riverbed of Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River after the water level dropped in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.

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#10249518

9 July 2023

LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows ''sand paintings'' of different gestures on the exposed riverbed of Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River after the water level dropped in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.

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#10249520

9 July 2023

LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows ''sand paintings'' of different gestures on the exposed riverbed of Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River after the water level dropped in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.

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#10249522

9 July 2023

LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows ''sand paintings'' of different gestures on the exposed riverbed of Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River after the water level dropped in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.

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#10249524

9 July 2023

LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows ''sand paintings'' of different gestures on the exposed riverbed of Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River after the water level dropped in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.

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