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  • A Thai devotee holds a lit candle during the annual Vegetarian Festival at the Chow Sue Kong Shrine in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival, which was started by Chinese immigrants, takes place in the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days. During the nine-day period, devotees will abstain from eating meat, consume only vegetarian food, and make merit, all in the hopes of purifying their bodies and minds. This year's vegetarian festival in Thailand will take place from October 5 to 15, 2021.A Thai devotee holds a lit candle during the annual Vegetarian Festival at the Chow Sue Kong Shrine in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival, which was started by Chinese immigrants, takes place in the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days. During the nine-day period, devotees will abstain from eating meat, consume only vegetarian food, and make merit, all in the hopes of purifying their bodies and minds. This year's vegetarian festival in Thailand will take place from October 5 to 15, 2021.
  • Palestinians walk at Al-Zaya market in Gaza City. All markets in Gaza City are closed due to high prices and lack of goods.Palestinians walk at Al-Zaya market in Gaza City. All markets in Gaza City are closed due to high prices and lack of goods.
  • A homeless Kenyan lady holding her baby as she ponders her next move as the new 8pm-4am curfew takes effects. On Friday, March 26th, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a partial lockdown and instituted new curfew measures to start from 8pm to 4am. The new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 include placing Nairobi, Nakuru, Kiambu and Machakos counties under partial lockdown as well as closing restaurants, bars and schools nationwide amid a third wave of COVID-19 across the country.A homeless Kenyan lady holding her baby as she ponders her next move as the new 8pm-4am curfew takes effects. On Friday, March 26th, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a partial lockdown and instituted new curfew measures to start from 8pm to 4am. The new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 include placing Nairobi, Nakuru, Kiambu and Machakos counties under partial lockdown as well as closing restaurants, bars and schools nationwide amid a third wave of COVID-19 across the country.
  • Heinz Hot Chili sauce on a shelf in a store in Passau.Heinz Hot Chili sauce on a shelf in a store in Passau.
  • Hebe de Bonafini and Estela de Carlotto s' posters with altered images of the two leading Mothers of Plaza de Mayo figures seen at Avenida de Mayo. People attended a commemoration marking the 50th anniversary of the civic-military coup. The dictatorship led by the Armed Forces lasted from 1976 to 1983 and carried out “a systematic plan of forced disappearance, torture and extermination” against thousands of Argentines.Hebe de Bonafini and Estela de Carlotto s' posters with altered images of the two leading Mothers of Plaza de Mayo figures seen at Avenida de Mayo. People attended a commemoration marking the 50th anniversary of the civic-military coup. The dictatorship led by the Armed Forces lasted from 1976 to 1983 and carried out “a systematic plan of forced disappearance, torture and extermination” against thousands of Argentines.
  • Participants in the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Day of the Dead has its origin in Mexico and is widely celebrated by Mexican Americans as a tribute to the lives of loved ones who passed away.Participants in the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Day of the Dead has its origin in Mexico and is widely celebrated by Mexican Americans as a tribute to the lives of loved ones who passed away.
  • Sign saying, "Covid 19 tests without a prescription" at the medical centre during the corona virus pandemic. Urgencemed Medical Centre performs Covid-19 screening tests without appointment or prescription.Sign saying, "Covid 19 tests without a prescription" at the medical centre during the corona virus pandemic. Urgencemed Medical Centre performs Covid-19 screening tests without appointment or prescription.
  • Some 12,000 demonstrators seen marching down Hong Kong's main thoroughfare protesting against the new proposed. Extradition laws were proposed by the Hong Kong Government to allow the transfer of fugitives to China among other places. The proposal met unusual broad opposition from civil rights groups to international business elites and even pro-establishment figures.Some 12,000 demonstrators seen marching down Hong Kong's main thoroughfare protesting against the new proposed. Extradition laws were proposed by the Hong Kong Government to allow the transfer of fugitives to China among other places. The proposal met unusual broad opposition from civil rights groups to international business elites and even pro-establishment figures.
  • A motorcycle rides past on Doi Suthep Mountain during the burning season. Air pollution is choking the upper northern provinces, including Chiang Mai, as PM2.5 levels exceed safety thresholds during peak burning season. Thick smoke from local forest fires, farmers burning crop stubble, and even more from neighboring countries (Myanmar and Laos) has blanketed the popular tourist destination, reducing visibility. Recent days have seen sharp rises in hotspots (up to 158 detected in Chiang Mai province), pushing AQI into the unhealthy range. Authorities are responding with burn bans, monitoring, and enforcement, including rewards for reporting illegal fire starters, but the problem, driven mainly by human-initiated biomass burning, continues to affect residents and visitors.A motorcycle rides past on Doi Suthep Mountain during the burning season. Air pollution is choking the upper northern provinces, including Chiang Mai, as PM2.5 levels exceed safety thresholds during peak burning season. Thick smoke from local forest fires, farmers burning crop stubble, and even more from neighboring countries (Myanmar and Laos) has blanketed the popular tourist destination, reducing visibility. Recent days have seen sharp rises in hotspots (up to 158 detected in Chiang Mai province), pushing AQI into the unhealthy range. Authorities are responding with burn bans, monitoring, and enforcement, including rewards for reporting illegal fire starters, but the problem, driven mainly by human-initiated biomass burning, continues to affect residents and visitors.
  • Tobiasz Bochenski, former PiS candidate for president of Warsaw, participates in the March of Remembrance of the Victims of the Smolensk Disaster On the 14th anniversary, approximately 2,000 people took part in the March of Remembrance of the Victims of the Smolensk Disaster. While participating in the demonstration, they shouted that this disaster was an attack. The Smolensk air disaster was a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 who crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk.Tobiasz Bochenski, former PiS candidate for president of Warsaw, participates in the March of Remembrance of the Victims of the Smolensk Disaster On the 14th anniversary, approximately 2,000 people took part in the March of Remembrance of the Victims of the Smolensk Disaster. While participating in the demonstration, they shouted that this disaster was an attack. The Smolensk air disaster was a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 who crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk.
  • Two Catalan independentist flags are flying over the crowd in the plaza Sant Jaume headquarters of the Catalan Government. Demonstrations in favor of education and the Republic in the framework of the ongoing tensions between the Spanish Government and the Catalan. About 700 people have gathered in the Sant Jaume Plaza in Barcelona to defend the Catalan educational model and condemn the article 155. Almost simultaneously a similar number of people have been gathered under the slogan "neither elections nor article 155, Republic right now."Two Catalan independentist flags are flying over the crowd in the plaza Sant Jaume headquarters of the Catalan Government. Demonstrations in favor of education and the Republic in the framework of the ongoing tensions between the Spanish Government and the Catalan. About 700 people have gathered in the Sant Jaume Plaza in Barcelona to defend the Catalan educational model and condemn the article 155. Almost simultaneously a similar number of people have been gathered under the slogan "neither elections nor article 155, Republic right now."
  • People walking on the streets seen wearing face masks as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus. Japan government lifted Coronavirus State of Emergency last week. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is set to issue what she has dubbed a 'Tokyo Alert' if cases continue to climb, the city has said it may call for people to stay home again. Japan Health Ministry recorded a total of 16,884 infections, 892 death and 14,502 recovered since the beginning of the outbreak.People walking on the streets seen wearing face masks as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus. Japan government lifted Coronavirus State of Emergency last week. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is set to issue what she has dubbed a 'Tokyo Alert' if cases continue to climb, the city has said it may call for people to stay home again. Japan Health Ministry recorded a total of 16,884 infections, 892 death and 14,502 recovered since the beginning of the outbreak.
  • Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of the Marian celebration for the end of the month of May, at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican gardens.Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of the Marian celebration for the end of the month of May, at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican gardens.
  • A woman looks at the portraits of captured and missing Ukrainian soldiers, which were installed in one of Lviv's public squares On the initiative of the wives of the soldiers of the 24th separate mechanized brigade named after King Danylo, in one of the Lviv squares, photographs of those defenders of Ukraine, who are considered missing or are in captivity, were installed.A woman looks at the portraits of captured and missing Ukrainian soldiers, which were installed in one of Lviv's public squares On the initiative of the wives of the soldiers of the 24th separate mechanized brigade named after King Danylo, in one of the Lviv squares, photographs of those defenders of Ukraine, who are considered missing or are in captivity, were installed.
  • Anatolii Zhurakivskyi and Arman Esayan seen in action during the WWFC 14 Match in Kiev, Ukraine.Anatolii Zhurakivskyi and Arman Esayan seen in action during the WWFC 14 Match in Kiev, Ukraine.
  • Protesters carry bamboo rods as they walk along the road after a police dispersal operation. Protesters marched through various districts in Hong Kong in the latest round of protests. While the demonstration began peacefully, riot police arrived later on to conduct a dispersal operation, resulting in several arrests. Anti-government protesters continue to make their '5 demands' heard as they continue to defy government and police warnings week after week.Protesters carry bamboo rods as they walk along the road after a police dispersal operation. Protesters marched through various districts in Hong Kong in the latest round of protests. While the demonstration began peacefully, riot police arrived later on to conduct a dispersal operation, resulting in several arrests. Anti-government protesters continue to make their '5 demands' heard as they continue to defy government and police warnings week after week.
  • Protesters hold placards during the Healthcare Workers for Palestine Rally at the Pennsylvania State Capitol. The Harrisburg Palestine Coalition along with other organizations including the Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition, Penn State Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace Philadelphia organized the rally to show solidarity with medical workers in Gaza and to call for an immediate ceasefire.Protesters hold placards during the Healthcare Workers for Palestine Rally at the Pennsylvania State Capitol. The Harrisburg Palestine Coalition along with other organizations including the Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition, Penn State Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace Philadelphia organized the rally to show solidarity with medical workers in Gaza and to call for an immediate ceasefire.
  • Players of Zenit seen in action during the Russian Cup 2023/2024 football match between Zenit Saint Petersburg and Krylia Dynamo Moscow at Gazprom Arena. Final score; Zenit 2:0 Dynamo.Players of Zenit seen in action during the Russian Cup 2023/2024 football match between Zenit Saint Petersburg and Krylia Dynamo Moscow at Gazprom Arena. Final score; Zenit 2:0 Dynamo.
  • In this photo illustration, the Intuit company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.In this photo illustration, the Intuit company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.
  • UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres walks around Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site during his four-day official visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal In Lalitpur. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres came to Nepal for a four-day official visit at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Nepal.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres walks around Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site during his four-day official visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal In Lalitpur. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres came to Nepal for a four-day official visit at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Nepal.
  • A view of the train leaving a huge cloud of steam. For the past three years, the Christmas Express, a historic steam train, has been running between Arnhem and Nijmegen around Christmas. Conductors in period costume were waiting to assist the people with boarding. These historic trains are still heated, traditionally, with steam from the large steam locomotive. The trains were running between the two stations throughout the weekend.A view of the train leaving a huge cloud of steam. For the past three years, the Christmas Express, a historic steam train, has been running between Arnhem and Nijmegen around Christmas. Conductors in period costume were waiting to assist the people with boarding. These historic trains are still heated, traditionally, with steam from the large steam locomotive. The trains were running between the two stations throughout the weekend.
  • America Rock band perform live on stage at Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome.America Rock band perform live on stage at Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome.
  • Boatmen ferry Indian tourists on their boats across the world famous Dal lake during a cold winter evening in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.Boatmen ferry Indian tourists on their boats across the world famous Dal lake during a cold winter evening in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who live-streamed the mosque attacks. Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who massacred 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand last year, sat largely unmoved in a court hearing as his surviving victims and relatives of those he slaughtered confronted him about how his actions had shattered their lives.Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who live-streamed the mosque attacks. Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who massacred 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand last year, sat largely unmoved in a court hearing as his surviving victims and relatives of those he slaughtered confronted him about how his actions had shattered their lives.
  • Anton Alvarez aka C Tangana arrives at Maria Cristina Hotel during the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival in Donostia.Anton Alvarez aka C Tangana arrives at Maria Cristina Hotel during the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival in Donostia.

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