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23 July 2025

A young couple sits closely by the Spree River, embracing near the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, on July 20, 2025.

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#12563912

18 July 2025

Former Prime Minister and leader of CPN-Unified Socialist Jhalanath Khanal (right) hugs former Home Minister and chairman of CPN Unity National Campaign Bamdev Gautam (left) following the unification announcement of two splinter communist parties in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 18, 2025. The CPN-Unified Socialist, led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the CPN Unity National Campaign, led by Bamdev Gautam, announce their merger during a ceremony at City Hall in the capital, Kathmandu. With the merger, Bamdev Gautam, the campaign coordinator, formally joins the CPN-Unified Socialist, which forms after a split with CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist led by KP Sharma Oli following an intra-party rift. As per the merger agreement, Gautam, also a former Home Minister, receives the third most senior position in the Unified Socialist after party chair Madhav Kumar Nepal and senior leader Jhalanath Khanal. The Unified Socialist and the group led by Gautam split from the CPN-UML in 2021 and have been operating separately since. Over the past four years, both sides engage in formal and informal negotiations towards party reunification. In 2021, after breaking off from CPN-UML, both former Prime Ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal form the CPN (Unified Socialist), while Gautam chooses not to join the new party. Gautam at the time launches his own CPN Unity National Campaign, announcing he would work to bring all the communist forces under a single umbrella by not joining any side, the CPN-UML, US, or the Maoist Center. Though multiple rounds of talks are initiated, agreements do not work out. The CPN-Unified Socialist, led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the CPN Unity National Campaign, led by Bamdev Gautam, announce their merger during a ceremony at City Hall in the capital, Kathmandu. With the merger, Bamdev Gautam, the campaign coordinator, formally joins the CPN-Unified Socialist, which forms after a split with CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist led by KP Sharma Oli

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#12563909

18 July 2025

Former Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-Unified Socialist Madhav Kumar Nepal (right) hugs former Home Minister and Chairman of CPN Unity National Campaign Bamdev Gautam (left) following the unification announcement of two splinter communist parties in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 18, 2025. The CPN-Unified Socialist, led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the CPN Unity National Campaign, led by Bamdev Gautam, announce their merger during a ceremony at City Hall in the capital, Kathmandu. With the merger, Bamdev Gautam, the campaign coordinator, formally joins the CPN-Unified Socialist, which forms after a split with CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist led by KP Sharma Oli following an intra-party rift. As per the merger agreement, Gautam, also a former Home Minister, receives the third most senior position in the Unified Socialist after party chair Madhav Kumar Nepal and senior leader Jhalanath Khanal. The Unified Socialist and the group led by Gautam split from the CPN-UML in 2021 and have been operating separately since. Over the past four years, both sides engage in formal and informal negotiations towards party reunification. In 2021, after breaking off from CPN-UML, both former Prime Ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal form the CPN (Unified Socialist), while Gautam chooses not to join the new party. Gautam launches his own CPN Unity National Campaign, announcing he will work to bring all the communist forces under a single umbrella by not joining any side, the CPN-UML, US, or the Maoist Center. Though multiple rounds of talks are initiated, an agreement does not work out.

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#12563911

18 July 2025

Former Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-Unified Socialist Madhav Kumar Nepal (right) hugs former Home Minister and Chairman of CPN Unity National Campaign Bamdev Gautam (left) following the unification announcement of two splinter communist parties in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 18, 2025. The CPN-Unified Socialist, led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the CPN Unity National Campaign, led by Bamdev Gautam, announce their merger during a ceremony at City Hall in the capital, Kathmandu. With the merger, Bamdev Gautam, the campaign coordinator, formally joins the CPN-Unified Socialist, which forms after a split with CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist led by KP Sharma Oli following an intra-party rift. As per the merger agreement, Gautam, also a former Home Minister, receives the third most senior position in the Unified Socialist after party chair Madhav Kumar Nepal and senior leader Jhalanath Khanal. The Unified Socialist and the group led by Gautam split from the CPN-UML in 2021 and have been operating separately since. Over the past four years, both sides engage in formal and informal negotiations towards party reunification. In 2021, after breaking off from CPN-UML, both former Prime Ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal form the CPN (Unified Socialist), while Gautam chooses not to join the new party. Gautam launches his own CPN Unity National Campaign, announcing he will work to bring all the communist forces under a single umbrella by not joining any side, the CPN-UML, US, or the Maoist Center. Though multiple rounds of talks are initiated, an agreement does not work out.

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#12371908

16 May 2025

A couple sits on the sandy riverbank embracing while looking out over the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 12, 2025. The riverside is a favored location for locals and visitors to unwind in nature within the urban center.

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#12311836

28 April 2025

Ryan Reynolds, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Blake Lively, Hugh Jackman and Shawn Levy arrive at the New York Screening Of Amazon Prime Video's 'Another Simple Favor' held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.

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#12311806

28 April 2025

Ryan Reynolds, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Blake Lively, Hugh Jackman and Shawn Levy arrive at the New York Screening Of Amazon Prime Video's 'Another Simple Favor' held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.

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#12298283

24 April 2025

People attending the Virgin Mary Easter Procession in the Garibaldi Square are seen in Sulmona, Italy on April 20th, 2025. The traditional Easter procession is called ''Madonna che scappa'' (the running Madonna). As the participants run to the statue of the resurrected Christ, on the other side of the square, some doves are released and according to this centenary tradition the direction followed by the doves becomes a good or bad omen to local people for the harvest.

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24 April 2025

People attending the Virgin Mary Easter Procession in the Garibaldi Square are seen in Sulmona, Italy on April 20th, 2025. The traditional Easter procession is called ''Madonna che scappa'' (the running Madonna). As the participants run to the statue of the resurrected Christ, on the other side of the square, some doves are released and according to this centenary tradition the direction followed by the doves becomes a good or bad omen to local people for the harvest.

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18 April 2025

An elderly couple walks arm-in-arm along the Isar Canal near Schaftlarn in the Munich district, Bavaria, Germany, on April 18, 2025. In the background, the Fussgangerbrucke Aumuhle pedestrian bridge is visible beneath cloudy skies.

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#12097283

25 February 2025

Two young veiled Iranian women hug each other while standing in front of a view of the Shah Historical Mosque, also known as the Imam Mosque, in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. The Shah Mosque, renamed the Imam Mosque after the Victory of the Islamic Revolution, is a historical mosque located on the southern side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan. It was constructed during the Safavid Empire under the orders of Abbas the Great.

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#11115991

3 April 2024

Murillo is hugging Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest after scoring his side's third goal during the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Fulham at the City Ground in Nottingham, on April 2, 2024.

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#11035677

29 February 2024

Bruno Fernandes is hugging Casemiro of Manchester United after scoring his side's first goal during the FA Cup Fifth Round match between Nottingham Forest and Manchester United at the City Ground in Nottingham, on February 28, 2024.

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#10313998

29 July 2023

A man hugs his wife on a street side out of the Vank historical Cathedral church which is also known as the church of the Saintly Sisters, at the Julfa Armenian Quarter in the city of Isfahan 450 km (280 miles) south of Tehran, on Ashura on the tenth day of the Muslim holy month of Moharram, July 28, 2023.

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#10142638

9 June 2023

The fortification fence with a watch tower post in the background for border police and the military equipped with camera and surveillance gear. Greek border police officers and army can patrol along the steel fence next to Evros river between Greece and Turkey to prevent unauthorized illegal entry of migrants. Greece is reinforcing the Greek side with the Turkish borders with Border Police personnel, cameras, drones, heavy vehicles, FRONTEX officers but also with a 5 meter tall fence. The fence is concrete filled, a construction which is expanding with recent announcements adding 80km more, covering the wetlands of Evros river (Meric in Turkish) and Greece's river border with Turkey. EU supported part of the border fortification financially sparking a controversy about the funding for the new parts. Asylum seekers, migrants and refugees used Evros as an entrance point to Europe, while in March 2020 a huge wave of thousands of people tried to cross the borders. Poros Village, Evros region, Greece on April 2023

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9 June 2023

The fortification fence with a watch tower post in the background for border police and the military equipped with camera and surveillance gear. Greek border police officers and army can patrol along the steel fence next to Evros river between Greece and Turkey to prevent unauthorized illegal entry of migrants. Greece is reinforcing the Greek side with the Turkish borders with Border Police personnel, cameras, drones, heavy vehicles, FRONTEX officers but also with a 5 meter tall fence. The fence is concrete filled, a construction which is expanding with recent announcements adding 80km more, covering the wetlands of Evros river (Meric in Turkish) and Greece's river border with Turkey. EU supported part of the border fortification financially sparking a controversy about the funding for the new parts. Asylum seekers, migrants and refugees used Evros as an entrance point to Europe, while in March 2020 a huge wave of thousands of people tried to cross the borders. Poros Village, Evros region, Greece on April 2023

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