80% of soaps stamped "Savon de Marseille" and sold on market stalls have nothing to do with the ancestral know-how of Marseille soap makers.

Confucius, Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages.

Luca Marinelli is seen during the 81th Venice International Film Festival at Darsena Excelsior in Venice, Italy. Celebrity Sightings during the 81th Venice International Film Festival.

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Red Carpet - 81st Venice International Film Festival in Venice

‘Diva Futura’ Red Carpet - 81st Venice International Film Festival in Venice

Red carpet for the movie ‘The Order’ during the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

Red carpet for the movie ‘Babygirl’ during the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Red Carpet - 81st Venice International Film Festival in Venice

Because September 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, every day, at dusk, special projections illuminate buildings in the city center. The Battle of Arnhem was fought during Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne assault in history and one of the most ambitious Allied operations of the Second World War.

Sigourney Weaver attends a red carpet for the Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement during the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

Crafts Bangkok 2024 is an event about Thai art and crafts which gathers Thai handicraft creators and other activities including Art and Craft Exhibition and Workshop activities, organized by SACIT (The Support Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand).

The heathlands of the Hoge Veluwe National Park are in full bloom. The blooming purple heather attracts each year lots of tourists, hikers, and families to enjoy this outstanding nature event. This area is a nature reserve of 5000 hectares on the Veluwe in the province of Gelderland, and it's home to a wide diversity of plant and animal species.

Belfast’s visitor economy has enjoyed continuous growth and improvement since COVID-19, with Visit Belfast’s (Tourism Office of Belfast) three-year Rebuilding City Tourism strategy as a driver in rebooting the tourism sector and returning tourism’s economic impact to pre-pandemic levels.

Nepal has celebrated its own pride march on Gaijatra since 2002 and The parade demands equality and implementation of their rights under the country’s new constitution. After the pride parade Blue Diamond Society organized the musical event with the assistance of the US embassy in Nepal.

Stranded whale on the Zurich lake shore in Zurich

The Buton Regency Government invited tourists participating in Sail to Indonesia who attended the Pasarwajo Bay Festival to take part in the 79th Indonesian independence proclamation ceremony.

Modica, a Baroque Sicilian City in the Province of Ragusa

After the big departure yesterday, Stages 2 and 3 took place on the same day. The race covered sixty-nine flat kilometers in Stage 2, immediately followed by Stage 3’s 6.3-kilometer individual time trial.

Between the 1st and 3rd of August 2024, Taylor Swift brought her Eras Tour to PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland where she performed to sold-out audiences numbering 65,000 people per night. Before the show, her fans - affectionately named Swifties - felt the excitement as they gathered outside the stadium to buy merchandise, pose for photographs and swap the home-made friendship bracelets that have become a key feature of this tour.

This morning a young leopard shark was released in the Burgers' Ocean, a tropical coral reef aquarium of eight million litres of water. This leopard shark is the result of asexual reproduction (parthenogenesis). The young one that hatched on January 5th this year is doing well.

The Canal Parade is what Amsterdam Gay Pride is famous for. It's the crown of their two weeks lasting festival that features more than 200 events. The boats start at the Scheepvaart museum in the eastern part of the city center moving towards the Amstel River. The Canal Parade starts around noon and takes all afternoon. Around 80 boats of different organizations and non-profit organizations are participating in the event.

Bangladeshi Activists, teachers, guardians, artists, representatives of civil society, and leaders of various student organizations held a protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government and demand justice for more than 200 people killed in last month's violent demonstrations, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Royal Thai Navy gears up for the Royal Barge Procession for the Royal Kathin (robe offering) ceremony, scheduled for Oct 27, at the Rama VII at the Royal Monument of King Rama VIII, Bangkok, Thailand 1 August, 2024

Every 2 years, organized screening for colorectal cancer is sent to women and men aged 50 to 74 by Health Insurance (Assurance Maladie in french) in France. It is based on an immunological test to search for occult bleeding in the stool.

Three years after the famous crime journalist Peter R. de Vries was murdered, a monument to honor his memory stands in the center of Amsterdam. The memorial, two bronze helping hands, not only memorializes the crime reporter and his work but also ensures that the 'inhuman crime' of his murder is not forgotten.

The annual equal rights demonstration for the global rainbow community took place in Amsterdam. Thousands of people and organizations walked from Amstelveld, crossing the city center, and ending at the Vondelpark. Under the motto 'Together', Pride Amsterdam wanted the acceptance and equality of LGBTQA+ people worldwide.

Street Theatre Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia - 26 Jul 2024

The 48th Bon Odori festival, celebrated here as part of Japan’s summer festivities for nearly half a century, aims to promote and strengthen the friendship between Malaysia and Japan.

The International Four Days Marches, the world’s biggest multi-day walking event was shortened by 10 km in each distance due to extremely hot temperatures expected on the last day. Also, additional water supplies and medical support were provided for the participants.

The full moon of July 21, 2024 is called the Thunder Moon by Native Americans in reference to the frequent storms at this time of the year.

Together with the fundraising platform UNITED24, the festival organisers hope to raise 100 million UAH (Ukrainian Hryvnias) or approximately US$ 2.41 million for the purchase of drones. In view of the ongoing war in UKraine, the organizers provided visitors with large air raid shelters.

The International Four Days Marches (in Dutch 'De Vierdaagse') is the world’s biggest multi-day walking event, and is seen as the prime example of sportsmanship and international bonding between military servicemen and women and civilians from many different countries. This year, because of hot temperatures, all the routes were shorter by 10 km on the last day.

The 400th celebration (“Festino” or little party) of St. Rosalia, the patron saint of Palermo, were held in the city with performances and fireworks on the waterfront.

The "Vierdaagsefeesten" is the largest freely accessible event in the Netherlands and the fourth largest event in Europe. This event is held simultaneously with the International Four Days Marches, the world’s biggest multi-day walking event. Every year this event presents a versatile program with more than 1000 acts on more than 45 stages, all of them completely free that attracts people to make over 1.5 million visits to the inner city of Nijmegen, in Netherlands.

As part of the world tour' Thirty Seconds to Mars' an American rock band from Los Angeles, California played the Utilita Arena Birmingham UK on 9th June 2024. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto.

Since then The International Four Days Marches called "Vierdaagse" in Nijmegen have grown into the largest multi-day walking event in the world, the day before all the walkers went to pick their wristbands with the number of registrations, at the start point of the walk. More than 45,000 participants, (including the Armed Forces from other countries) will walk for four days in Nijmegen and its surroundings, where they, depending on their age and sex, walk a total of 120, 160, or 200 kilometers towards the Via Gladiola. This year, it's the 106th edition.

Eighth bull run of the SF festivities 2024 in Pamplona

This year's theme is “The Sun of the Russian Land.” The focus is on outstanding historical figures of Russia: the poet Alexander Pushkin and Prince Alexander Nevsky. “Viewers will see sand compositions depicting the heroic deeds of Alexander Nevsky, plots and characters from Pushkin’s works, made by masters from Russia, Belarus and India. In addition, the exhibition will feature a sculpture of the first cosmonaut of the USSR, Yuri Gagarin, who, as you know, was very fond of Pushkin’s fairy tales,” said the press service of the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg.

San Fermín 2024 festivities in Pamplona, Spain

Fifth running of the bulls San Fermín 2024 festivities.

The contemporary beauty of Fernando Botero's sculptures complements the extraordinary and unique charm of the Capital. The exhibition, spread across some of the most beautiful squares in the center of Rome, allows for a comparison between two worlds. A tribute from the Capital to the great Colombian sculptor, recently deceased, which enriches some of its most renowned locations with 8 sculptures that fully represent the artist’s monumental art.

The big heads visit the Casa Misericordia asylum during the festivities of San Fermín 2024.

"La Roja" fans celebrating Spain's victory against France in the soccer match held during the San Fermín 2024 festivities

At ten at night during the San Fermín festivities, it is one of the events scheduled for adults and children, it is the "torico" fire bull, it is a cardboard frame pretending to be a bull with horns, on its back it carries rockets and the mission is to chase children and adults during the San Fermín 2024 festivities.

Kashmir is renowned for its exquisite wood carving artistry, a craft passed down through generations. Using durable walnut wood, skilled artisans create intricate floral patterns, geometric designs, and traditional motifs. This meticulous work, seen in furniture, decorative panels, and souvenirs, showcases the region's cultural heritage. Ghulam Nabi Zargar, a master carver is at work, etching detailed designs onto a walnut wooden surface. The light highlights the intricate patterns, bringing the art to life and reflecting the enduring beauty of Kashmiri wood carving tradition. Despite its rich history, the future of Kashmiri wood carving faces challenges as fewer young people are learning the craft. To preserve this art form, efforts are needed…

From the official press release: The Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", with the support of the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg, opens the exhibition "Pushkinskaya-10. Ark of the 21st century." The exhibition project will present the collection of the Free Culture Partnership (Pushkinskaya-10), which was donated to the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in March 2023. The exhibition will feature more than 400 works - paintings, graphics, sculpture, art objects, photography, sound installations. The project will introduce the viewer to the phenomenon of St. Petersburg unofficial art, and will also show how the independent creative art community influenced the development of contemporary art in our city. The exhibition will consist of exhibition…

Second running of the bulls at the San Fermín 24 festivities, Pamplona, ​​Navarra, Spain.

At eight in the morning the first running of the bulls of the San Fermín 2024 festivities began, six bulls from the La Palmosilla ranch have traveled the 850 meters that separate them from the Gas corrals to the Pamplona bullring. Beautiful races of the "boys" running of the bulls with a total duration of four minutes and thirty seconds.

Thousands of people gathered at 12noon at the town square to begin the internationally known festivities throughout the world in Pamplona, ​​Navarra, Spain, the population of Navarra quintuples in population. Eight uninterrupted days of parties, bull runs, music in the street.

Despite the exponential development of automobiles, some nomadic tribes still use horses and palanquins for weddings. A new study conducted by the Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, a frontal organization of the Gujjar (nomadic) community, reveals that 88 percent of Gujjars (nomads) in Jammu and Kashmir spend up to 600 U.S. dollars on a marriage ceremony, and 89 percent of Gujjars (nomads) arrange the first marriage of their children at the age of 14 to 18. Around 72 percent of girls got engaged to relative boys at the time of birth or at the age of 6. Around 99.3 percent of Gujjars (nomads) in Jammu and Kashmir state are Muslims, the study said. The pastoral community of Gujjars (nomads), an ethnic group mostly in Jammu and Kashmir,…