Last 7 Days

1 - NEPAL: Kathmandu – A priest (2L) carries Nepalese living goddess Kumari, Mateena Shakya towards The Taleju Temple in Kathmandu on Monday, on the occasion of the Changu Narayan festival. The Kumari, who appears in public only thirteen times in a year, on special occasions, is worshipped by both the Hindus and Buddhists as a living goddess and it is also believed that she is the protector from evil and the bestowal of good luck and prosperity
PHOT: Prakash Mathema

2 - ISRAEL: Kiryat Malachi  ­– Israel youths of Ethiopian origin, their faces painted in white, join about 2,000 fellow protesters in a rally against racism in the southern Israeli town of  Kiryat Malachi on Tuesday, seeking to highlight discrimination they face, notably when trying to find housing     
PHOTO: Menahem Kahana

3 - US: Washington  – Protesters hold a banner as they march against the 10-year anniversary of holding detainees in Guantanamo Prison, on Wednesday, during a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington,DC
PHOTO: Paul J. Richards

4 - AFGHANISTAN: Kabul – An Afghan artist and his students display an oversized page from the Koran at the Naser Khusro Balkhi Library during an opening ceremony in Kabul on Thursday. The Naser Khusro Balkhi Library was founded by The Aga Khan Foundation in Kabul.
PHOTO: Shah Marai

5 - INDIA: Gangasagar  – An Indian Hindu Sadhu (holy man) smokes cannabis at Gangasagar, some 155 kms south of Kolkata, on Friday. Thousands of Hindu pilgrims have started to converge for the Gangasagar Mela which culminate in a dip in the ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar which is considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology
PHOTO: Dibyangshu Sarkar

6 - SERBIA: Belgrade – Fireworks illuminate the sky over Saint Sava church during a celebration of the Orthodox Christian New Year in Belgrade, Serbia, early Saturday. The church is the largest Orthodox cathedral on the Balkans, and one of the largest Orthodox cathedrals in the world. 
PHOTO: Koca Sulejmanovic

7 - PHILIPPINES: Manila – Filipino Catholic devotees dance while holding various statues of the Sto. Nino (Child Jesus) after holy mass in Tondo district of Manila, Philippines, on Sunday. The district of Tondo highlighted weekend celebrations with blessing ceremonies and a procession to mark the feast day of the Sto. Nino, honoring what devotees believe is the miraculous statue of the Holy Child Jesus.
PHOTO: Rolex Dela Pena