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#13046625

1 December 2025

Activists paint various awareness messages on their cheeks as part of an awareness demonstration on World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India, on December 1, 2025.

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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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#12432376

1 June 2025

A person in a wheelchair sits under several umbrellas with a hand-drawn protest sign reading ''Krebs gegen Krebs'' (cancer against cancer) in front of an advertising column in Munich, Germany, on May 25, 2025. The scene is a personal statement against illness, created with handmade materials in public space.

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#12432377

1 June 2025

A person in a wheelchair sits under several umbrellas with a hand-drawn protest sign reading ''Krebs gegen Krebs'' (cancer against cancer) in front of an advertising column in Munich, Germany, on May 25, 2025. The scene is a personal statement against illness, created with handmade materials in public space.

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#12346816

9 May 2025

American actress Storm Reid arrives at the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) Mental Health Gala Presented by Maybelline held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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#12292208

22 April 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 18: People in need, including those experiencing homelessness and struggling with substance use, are seen along the sidewalk in Edmonton's inner-city area where the 45th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross takes place, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 18, 2025. Homelessness in Edmonton, especially visible in the downtown and inner city, has tripled since 2019, with nearly 5,000 people currently unhoused, over 1,200 of them chronically so. As economic pressures mount, agencies provide around 15,000 meals and snacks daily, while Meals on Wheels delivers up to 500 meals each day.

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#12292209

22 April 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 18: People in need, including those experiencing homelessness and struggling with substance use, are seen along the sidewalk in Edmonton's inner-city area where the 45th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross takes place, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 18, 2025. Homelessness in Edmonton, especially visible in the downtown and inner city, has tripled since 2019, with nearly 5,000 people currently unhoused, over 1,200 of them chronically so. As economic pressures mount, agencies provide around 15,000 meals and snacks daily, while Meals on Wheels delivers up to 500 meals each day.

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#12292210

22 April 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 18: A makeshift shelter belonging to a homeless individual is set up on the pavement along the sidewalk in Edmonton's inner-city area where the 45th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross takes place, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 18, 2025. Homelessness in Edmonton, especially visible in the downtown and inner city, has tripled since 2019, with nearly 5,000 people currently unhoused, over 1,200 of them chronically so. As economic pressures mount, agencies provide around 15,000 meals and snacks daily, while Meals on Wheels delivers up to 500 meals each day.

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#12292211

22 April 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 18: Small tents belonging to homeless individuals are set up on the pavement along the sidewalk in Edmonton's inner-city area, where the 45th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross takes place, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 18, 2025. Homelessness in Edmonton, especially visible in the downtown and inner city, has tripled since 2019, with nearly 5,000 people currently unhoused, over 1,200 of them chronically so. As economic pressures mount, agencies provide around 15,000 meals and snacks daily, while Meals on Wheels delivers up to 500 meals each day.

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#12292213

22 April 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 18: A person struggling to walk atop parking barriers while carrying luggage is seen along the sidewalk in Edmonton's inner-city area, where the 45th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross takes place, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 18, 2025. Homelessness in Edmonton, especially visible in the downtown and inner city, has tripled since 2019, with nearly 5,000 people currently unhoused, over 1,200 of them chronically so. As economic pressures mount, agencies provide around 15,000 meals and snacks daily, while Meals on Wheels delivers up to 500 meals each day.

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#12292215

22 April 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 18: A person, possibly struggling with substance or alcohol use, is seen sleeping on a public bench along the sidewalk in Edmonton's inner-city area, where the 45th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross takes place, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 18, 2025. Homelessness in Edmonton, especially visible in the downtown and inner city, has tripled since 2019, with nearly 5,000 people currently unhoused, over 1,200 of them chronically so. As economic pressures mount, agencies provide around 15,000 meals and snacks daily, while Meals on Wheels delivers up to 500 meals each day.

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