"self-pouring"

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30 August 2025

A girl pours water over herself amidst soaring temperatures in Gaza City, Palestine, on August 30, 2025. The Israeli military declares Gaza City ''a dangerous combat zone'' on August 29, as it prepares to conquer the Palestinian territory's largest city after almost two years of war with the Hamas militant movement.

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27 July 2025

An elderly woman with a walker crosses a rain-soaked tram track during heavy rainfall, her head covered with a plastic bag for protection, in Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Lower Franconia, Germany, on July 26, 2025.

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9 July 2025

Believers pour water to cool down the participants of the revival in Piraeus, Athens, on July 6, 2025.

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3 March 2024

An Indonesian Hindu priest is pouring holy water during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at Segara Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. Indonesian Hindus believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, the Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temple's sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. According to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi will fall on Monday, March 11, 2024, following the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.

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3 March 2024

An Indonesian Hindu priest is pouring holy water during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at Segara Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. Indonesian Hindus believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, the Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temple's sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. According to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi will fall on Monday, March 11, 2024, following the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.

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3 March 2024

An Indonesian Hindu priest is pouring holy water during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at Segara Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. Indonesian Hindus believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, the Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temple's sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. According to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi will fall on Monday, March 11, 2024, following the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.

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3 March 2024

An Indonesian Hindu priest is pouring holy water during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at Segara Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. Indonesian Hindus believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, the Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temple's sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. According to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi will fall on Monday, March 11, 2024, following the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.

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4 March 2014

The Busó festivities at Mohács in southern Hungary are a six-day carnival in late February to mark the end of winter. The Busós are dressed in scary-looking costumes (traditionally men) wearing wooden masks and big woolly cloaks. The festival is multifaceted, including a children's costume contest, a display of the art of mask carvers and other craftspeople, the arrival of more than 500 busós in rowboats on the Danube for a march through the city alongside horse-drawn or motorized fantasy vehicles, the burning of a coffin symbolizing winter on a bonfire in the central square, and feasts and music throughout the city. The tradition originated with the Croatian minority in Mohács, but today the busó is a general emblem of the city and a commemoration of the great events of its history. More than a social event, the carnival is an expression of belonging to a city, a social group and a nation. It plays an important social role by offering a chance for self-expression in a communal setting. The arts underlying the festivities are preserved by self-organized groups of busós of all cultural backgrounds, many of whom pass on the techniques of mask carving and ritual celebration to younger generations. IN PHOTO: Busó man is pouring palinka (Traditional Hungarian spirits made of fruit).

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