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South Asia
Indian devotees wait to register for annual pilgrimage to Amarnath shrine
A Hindu holy man waits to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock each year to the Amarnath shrine which contains a large icicle revered by Hindus as an incarnation of Lord Shiva, the…
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South Asia
Iranian police burn seized narcotics on International Day against Drug Abuse
A worker spills fuel on drugs during a drug destruction ceremony in Vientiane, Laos, June 26, 2013. More than 2,500 kilograms of drugs were burnt during a drug destruction ceremony held in Vientiane on Wednesday. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Liu Ailun> Two Iranian policemen stand in front of a pile of seized narcotics set…
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East Asia
Samsung chosen as most popular company to work for in Asia
Survey commemorating the launching of ‘Magazine N’ “I want to work at Samsung, and visit Tokyo,” Asian university students say. They have also chosen Xi Jinping as the most influential individual in Asia. The students were asked three questions and Korea, China, and Japan each ranked first in one category.…
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West Asia
Iraqis worship at Shabaniyah festival marking birth of Hidden Imam
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. <AP Photo/…
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South East Asia
Filipino children dance in celebration of St. John the Baptist water festival
Schoolchildren dance as they are sprayed with water by a fireman during celebration of the Feast of St. John The Baptist at suburban San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines Monday June 24, 2013. The water festival is celebrated in almost all of the townships in the country whose patron saint…
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Central Asia
A liger licks her one-month-old liliger cub at Novosibirsk Zoo, Russia
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo Zita, a liger, half-lioness, half-tiger, licks her one month old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s father is a lion, Sam. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ilnar Salakhiev> In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, a month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s…
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East Asia
‘Super moon’ rises over Singapore’s Bay Garden clearing from haze
A full moon sets behind a building of the Forbidden City in Beijing, capital of China, June 23, 2013. The moon looks 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than usual on Sunday. The scientific term for the phenomenon is “perigee moon”, but it is also known as a “super…
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South Asia
Indian women pray for longetivity of their husbands at Vat Savitri festival
Hindu married women perform rituals around a Banyan tree during the festival of Vat Savitri in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, June 23, 2013. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women tie cotton threads around a banyan tree and pray for the longevity of their husbands. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ajit…
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New window on Asia ‘Magazine N’ launched
As our world shrinks and the globe turns toward Asia, the AJA Media & Culture Co. Ltd launches Magazine N, a monthly print publication, in affiliation with the Asia Journalist Association and its online media, The AsiaN, on June 25. With professional writers and veteran journalists from the Asia Journalist…
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East Asia
Chinese people participate in annual parade honoring Guandi
Locals participate in an annual parade honoring Guandi at Tongling Town in Dongshan County, southeast China’s Fujian Province, June 20, 2013. Guandi, namely Guan Yu, was a senior general of shu han (221-263) during the three kingdoms period. Guan had been deified by feudal rulers of past ages because of…
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