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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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West Asia
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>
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South East Asia
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…
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South Asia
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…
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