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Culture
Sex Workers’ Freedom Festival In Calcutta
Sex workers from all over the world pose for photos during the Sex Workers’ Freedom Festival in Calcutta, July 22, 2012. <Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Iraqi People Escape From Syria
Iraqi refugees board a plane at Damascus airport in Syria, Sunday, July 22, 2012. Iraq flew hundreds of its citizens out of Damascus to escape the civil war in Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Home People Of New Indian President Celebrate His Election
People at the native village of India’s President elect Pranab Mukherjee celebrate by applying colored powder on each other at Miriti village in Birbhum, West Bengal state, India, Sunday, July 22, 2012. The candidate from India’s governing Congress party, former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, was declared winner Sunday in voting…
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South Asia
Invasion of Centipedes On An Indian Village
Indian villagers stand near a group of centipedes at Lavad village, about 35 kilometers from Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, July 21, 2012. Millions of centipedes have surfaced in Lavad village invading kitchens, homes and schools, forcing village authorities to close school and nearly half of the 6,000 population to temporarily migrate,…
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South Asia
Pakistani Boy Prays In First Day Of Ramadan
A Pakistani boy prays next to plates of fruits donated to worshippers to break their fast, on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2012. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking,…
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East Asia
Paddy Field Art In Shenyang, China
The paddy field art is seen in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, July 21, 2012. The art created in the paddy field of Shenyang covers an area of more than 20 hectares, which is part of the development of local leisure agriculture. <Xinhua/Yang Qing> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Heatwave Attracts Iranian Kids To Fountain
Iranian children cool off at a fountain in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2012. A heatwave with the temperature of over 36 degrees Celsius swept the city. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
al-Freij Appointed New Syrian Defense Minister
Fahad Jassim al-Freij (L) is sworn in as Syria’s new defense minister by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, capital of Syria, on July 19, 2012. Syria appointed General Fahad Jassim al-Freij on as the country’s new defense minister on Wednesday after his predecessor got killed in a suicide bombing…
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Flight From Flood Through Tranquil River
Flood-affected villagers travel on a boat at Panikhaitee village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, July 19, 2012. Due to continuous rain for the last few days, the water level in the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries have started to rise and has inundated many areas of Assam. <AP/NEWSis>…
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World
Syrians In Egypt Show Atrocities At Homeland
Members of the Syrian community in Egypt protest with posters showing alleged atrocities by Syrian government forces outside the Russian Federation embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 19, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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