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South Asia
Pakistanis celebrate the 424th birth anniversary of Madhu Lal Hussain in Lahore
Pakistani devotees gather at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, popularly known as Madhu Lal Hussain, in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on April 1, 2013. The annual festival for his 424th birth anniversary was concluded at Madhu Lal’s shrine. <Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed>
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South East Asia
Tourists smear their faces with colored powder to celebrate Hindu festival of Holi
Tourists, faces smeared with colored powder, pose for a photo during a religious spring festival Holi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and water at each other. Teenagers, faces smeared with colored powder, take a…
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Central Asia
“Car Free Day” event held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
People ride bicycles to participate in the “Car Free Day” event in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, March 31, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Shi Yongchun>
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South East Asia
Filipino devotees make the Stations of Cross as a religious rite during Holy Week
Filipino devotees make the Stations of the Cross as they carry wooden crosses at the Philippine Center of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines. Devotees practice different religious rites during the Holy Week in this predominantly Roman Catholic country.…
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West Asia
Catholic clergy take part at Washing of Feet ceremony at church in Jerusalem
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the…
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South Asia
Hindu devotees stage Huranga game between men and women at a temple near Mathura, India
Devotees play “Huranga” at Dauji temple near Mathura, India, March 28, 2013. Huranga is a game between men and women a day after Holi festival (the festival of colors). <Xinhua/NEWSis/Stringer>
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South East Asia
A boy sells flowers at a pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar
A boy sells fresh flowers to Buddhist devotees at Mahamyatmuni pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, March 28, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Gemunu Amarasinghe>
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West Asia
Afghan female students take water from a pump at school in Balkh
Afghan girls student take water from a water pump at a school in Balkh province, Afghanistan, on March 28, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Azorda>
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Central Asia
‘Wine country’ Georgia eyes closer relations with Korea
Interview with the Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Apkhazava Georgia is a country so far from Korea, but one with many similarities. Did you know that most nationalities can visit Georgia without a visa for 360 days? This can be seen as an extension of Georgia’s history of tolerance. In an interview…
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East Asia
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…
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