A growing number of Africans live in Chinese cities with booming economic ties between the two sides
African residents buy fruits at a grocery in Xiaobeilu, a commercial area in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province, March 21, 2013. With the Chinese economy expanding fast over the past decades, African immigrants, previously unseen in China, have streamed into prosperous cities of Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and even to some second-tier cities. According […]
Female Palestinian artists paint on ceramic articles at a factory in Nablus, West Bank
Female Palestinian artists paint on ceramic articles at a factory in the famous tourist village of Sebastia, the West Bank city of Nablus, on March 27, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Nidal Eshtayeh>
An ethnic minority artisan in Vietnam performs a gong, a UNESCO Cultural Heritage
An ethnic artisan performs a gong in Buon Ma Thuot City of Dac Lac province, Central Highlands, Vietnam, March 26, 2013. The gong culture among the ethnic groups in Vietnam’s Central Highlands was declared as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization […]
Bangladeshi children wearing national flag on their forehead celebrate Independence Day in Dhaka
Bangladeshi women gather to celebrate Independence Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Bangladeshi children wear Bangladeshi flag on their forehead as people gather in a street to celebrate Independence Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Bangladeshi people gather in a street as they celebrate Independence Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March […]
Football fans cheer under the moonlight during an int’l soccer friendly in Baghdad
Football fans cheer , as one fan holds a message for the Syrian team, during an international friendly soccer match at the al-Shaab stadium in Baghdad, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Tens of thousands of Iraqi football fans packed a stadium in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday to watch the country’s first international match at home for […]
Hindu devotees pray during the celebration of Holi festival in Vrindavan, India
A young Hindu devotee sits covered in colored dye at the Banke Bihari temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, India, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Holi, the festival of colors celebrates the arrival of spring. Hindu devotees pray as colored powder is thrown inside Banke Bihari temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, […]
Javanese compete in archery match during the event to celebrate birthday of monarch of Yogyakarta Sultanate
An archer dressed in a traditional Javanese costume competes in a traditional archery match in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, March 26, 2013. The event was held in commemoration of the birthday of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, the current monarch of the historic Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Zulkarnain>
An Iranian woman remembers a soldier killed in Iran-Iraq war at cemetery in Mashhad
A grave of a soldier who was killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, is seen at the Behesht-e Reza cemetery in Mashhad city, northeastern Iran, March 25, 2013. Iranians visited the cemetery to commemorate soldiers who were killed during the Iran-Iraq war, during the Iranian New Year holidays. A woman sit at a grave of […]
A boatman rows his boat at Dal Lake during sunset in Kashmir surrounded by snowy mountains
A Kashmiri boatman rows his boat at the Dal Lake during sunset in Srinagar, India, Monday, March, 25, 2013. Set in the Himalayas, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley full of fruit orchards and surrounded by snowy mountain ranges. About 100 lakes dot its highlands and plains. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mukhtar Khan>
Mongolian children wear traditional costumes with a decision to promote ethnic culture in autonomous region
Children wearing costumes of Mongolian ethnic group perform during a class at a kindergarten in Hohhot, capital of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 25, 2013. The region has promoted education on ethnic culture for kindergarten children of Mongolian ethnic group, by offering children classes on folk music, dance and drawing. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Zhao Tingting>
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