"Police dogs perform obedience drills and stunts with their handlers during the canine divisions's Kukur Tihar celebrations: a festival in which people worship dogs Photograph: Safal Prakash Shrestha/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock Rina Kishi of Japan competes in the women's vault exercise of the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA Early snow falls on the hillsides at Col de la Bonette Photograph: Chateau Cyril/Abaca/Shutterstock"
"The ruling Liberal Democratic party president, Sanae Takaichi, prepares to sign a policy agreement forming a coalition with the Japan Innovation party (JIP) leader, Hirofumi Yoshimura, at the Diet. The move should allow Takaichi to become the country's first female prime minister Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images People queue outside the Louvre after reports that priceless historic jewellery belonging to Napoleon and Empress Josephine has been stolen from the art museum Photograph: Pierre Suu/Getty Images"
"A dragon dance is performed during the nine-day vegetarian festival that coincides with the annual celebration of the nine Chinese emperor gods Photograph: Peerapon Boonyakiat/Sopa Images/Shutterstock Sri Lankan devotees light oil lamps during Diwali celebrations at a Hindu temple Photograph: Chamila Karunarathne/EPA Aid trucks, carrying food and fuel, under UN supervision, enter Gaza thanks to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas Photograph: Alaa Y. M. Abumohsen/Anadolu/Getty Images"
Police dogs perform obedience drills and stunts with handlers during Kukur Tihar. Rina Kishi competes in the women's vault at the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Early snow falls on the hillsides at Col de la Bonette. Sanae Takaichi prepares to sign a coalition agreement with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura, a move expected to make her Japan's first female prime minister. Visitors queue outside the Louvre after reports that historic jewellery belonging to Napoleon and Empress Josephine was stolen. Other scenes show religious festivals, aid trucks entering Gaza under UN supervision after a ceasefire, a Houthi funeral in Yemen, semiconductor manufacturing, a national assembly opening, and stargazers observing comet C/2025 A.
#festivals--rituals #japan-politics #conflict--humanitarian-aid #cultural-heritage-theft #science--nature
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]