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West Asia
200 orphan couples attend group wedding organized by Yemeni gov’t
Grooms in traditional wedding dresses hold their swords during a group wedding ceremony in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 20, 2013. A total of 200 couples attend a group wedding organized by the Yemeni government, all of whom are orphans growing up in government-run centers. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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Culture
A dog competes during world’s largest Budapest dog show
A dog is showed during the Budapest World Dog Show in Budapest, Hungary on May 19, 2013. The FCI World Dog Show is one of the largest dog shows of the world. Dogs pose for photos during the Budapest World Dog Show in Budapest, Hungary on May 19, 2013. A…
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East Asia
Japanese children stand next to portable shrine during Sanja Festival
Children stand at the sides of a portable shrine during the annual Sanja Festival at Tokyo’s Asakusa district in Tokyo, Sunday, May 19, 2013. <AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi>
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West Asia
Tehran celebrates publishing of Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s poems in Persian
Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid celebrated the publishing of his poems in Persian during Tehran International Book Fair. The ceremony started by reciting poems in Arabic, by the poet, and their equivalent in Persian, by the translator professor Nasrin Shakibi Mumtaz. The poet signed copies of his poems to…
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South East Asia
A filipino parade band marches during traditional Carabao Festival
A parade band marches during the traditional Carabao Festival in Bulacan Province, the Philippines, May 14, 2013. A procession of more than 600 water buffalos, locally known as carabaos, with decorated carts paraded on street during the annual Carabao Festival. A water buffalo wears a decorated hat during the traditional…
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South East Asia
Balinese dancers attend Indonesian royal cremation ceremony
Balinese men carry a nine-story cremation tower which contains the body of Tjokorde Ngurah wim Sukawati, a deceased member of the Ubud Royal family, to the cremation ceremony in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Tuesday, May 14, 2012. Balinese dancers in traditional warrior’s dress wait for a funeral procession of Tjokorde Ngurah…
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South Asia
An Indian Muslim Sufi holy man self-flagellates with sharp objects
In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, an Indian Muslim Sufi holy man self-flagellates himself with sharp objects during a procession at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti during the Urs festival in Ajmer, India. Thousands of Sufi devotees from different parts of India travel to the shrine for the…
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Culture
Actress Zhang Ziyi walks red carpet at 66th Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival Kicks Off with Great Gatsby Under unseasonably cloudy skies and dodging a few raindrops, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire kicked off the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 15 just hours before walking the red carpet for their blockbuster film The…
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East Asia
Shaven-headed little monks play soccer to celebrate Buddha’s birthday
Shaven-headed young boys play the Dongjasung (little monk) soccer match to celebrate Buddha’s upcoming birthday on May 17 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The children entered the temple to have an experience of monks’ life for two weeks, called Little Buddha Camp. A shaven-headed…
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West Asia
[Book Review] The Bamboo Stick: Dispersion between two worlds
The Bamboo Stick: Dispersion between two worlds “The Bamboo Stick” is a novel by Kuwaiti writer Saud Al-Sanousi, which recently won the Booker prize for Arabic novels. It shows the story of Eissa or José, whose mother is Filipino while his father is Kuwaiti, and his struggle in adapting to…
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