Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

An elderly woman holding a carnation wipes tears from her eyes on the street where Tahir Elci was killed, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

DEM Party spokesperson Aysegul Dogan places a carnation at the spot where Tahir Elci was shot, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blue carnations under shipment

Blue carnations under shipment

Work to ship rare blue carnations, airlifted from Colombia and Ecuador, is under way at a wholesaler company in Shibayama in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 30, 2025, ahead of Mother's Day on May 11. The carnation named Moondust was developed by the horticulture arm of major Japanese whiskey maker Suntory using gene engineering, with sales starting in 1997.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

Private Enterprise in Huai'an

HUAI'AN, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers are working on the towel production line of Jiangsu Carnation Textile Group in Huai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Kyiv pays tribute to Heavenly Hundred Heroes

Kyiv pays tribute to Heavenly Hundred Heroes

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2025 - Servicemen hold red carnations at the Ecumenical Church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Ukrainian New Martyrs in remembrance of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes killed during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity on the Heavenly Hundred Heroes Remembrance Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

Kyiv pays tribute to Heavenly Hundred Heroes

Kyiv pays tribute to Heavenly Hundred Heroes

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2025 - Servicemen hold red carnations at the Ecumenical Church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Ukrainian New Martyrs in remembrance of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes killed during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity on the Heavenly Hundred Heroes Remembrance Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

ODESA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Director of the Odesa Film Studio Andrii Osipov holds red carnation flowers as he unveils a memorial plaque to Kira Muratova (a Ukrainian award-winning film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian and Jewish descent) on the facade of the Odesa Film Studio on the occasion of her 90th birthday anniversary, Odesa, southern Ukraine

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

ODESA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Director of the Odesa Film Studio Andrii Osipov holds red carnation flowers during the unveiling ceremony of a memorial plaque to Kira Muratova (a Ukrainian award-winning film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian and Jewish descent) on the facade of the Odesa Film Studio on the occasion of her 90th birthday anniversary, Odesa, southern Ukraine

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

ODESA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Director of the Odesa Film Studio Andrii Osipov holds red carnation flowers as he unveils a memorial plaque to Kira Muratova (a Ukrainian award-winning film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian and Jewish descent) on the facade of the Odesa Film Studio on the occasion of her 90th birthday anniversary, Odesa, southern Ukraine

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

Memorial plaque to Kira Muratova unveiled on Odesa Film Studio building

ODESA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Director of the Odesa Film Studio Andrii Osipov holds red carnation flowers as he unveils a memorial plaque to Kira Muratova (a Ukrainian award-winning film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian and Jewish descent) on the facade of the Odesa Film Studio on the occasion of her 90th birthday anniversary, Odesa, southern Ukraine

LGBT activists pay tribute to late defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv

LGBT activists pay tribute to late defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 15, 2024 - Two red carnations lie on the ground at miniature flags that stand for the defenders of Ukraine who perished in the Russia-Ukraine war at the memorial in Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A woman holds red and white carnations at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024. Bamboo branches placed in front of the 23-year-old panda read "Thank you always."(Kyodo)

Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024.

Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots (back, L) as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024. Bamboo branches placed in front of the 23-year-old panda read "Thank you always."

Commemorative event for family killed in March 2 Russian drone attack on Odesa

Commemorative event for family killed in March 2 Russian drone attack on Odesa

RAUKHIVKA, UKRAINE - MARCH 5, 2024 - Red carnations lie on the ground during a commemorative event for military personnel Tetiana and Oleh Kravets who died together with children Yelyzaveta, 7mo, Zlata, 8, and Serhii, 9, in the block of flats hit by the Russian drone in Odesa on March 2, Raukhivka, Odesa region, southern Ukraine.

Procession in Remembrance of Heavenly Hundred Heroes in Kyiv

Procession in Remembrance of Heavenly Hundred Heroes in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 18, 2024 - A serviceman lays flowers at the memorial to Heavenly Hundred Heroes on the Alley of Heavenly Hundred Heroes, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Blue carnation flowers

Blue carnation flowers

Workers prepare to pack and ship blue carnation flowers air-transported from South America in time for Mother's Day in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 8, 2023.

Blue carnation flowers

Blue carnation flowers

Photo taken on May 8, 2023, shows rare blue carnation flowers air-transported from South America waiting to be shipped in time for Mother's Day in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Funeral ceremony of Mi-8 helicopter crews in Poltava

Funeral ceremony of Mi-8 helicopter crews in Poltava

POLTAVA, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 - A woman stays by a coffin during the funeral ceremony of pilots and technicians of two Mi-8 helicopters outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Poltava, central Ukraine. Two Mi-8 helicopters crashed near Novoiavlenka village, Donetsk Region, while on a combat mission on Tuesday, August 29. Four pilots and two technicians of the 18th Igor Sikorsky Separate Army Aviation Brigade died in the accident.

Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given a pile of snow and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 14, 2023.

China-grown flowers

China-grown flowers

Photo taken at a flower shop in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 9, 2023, shows Mother's Day nosegays made using flowers grown in China's Yunnan Province, famous for producing carnation, rose and other types of flowers, with many of them bound for markets in Tokyo and Osaka.

China-grown flowers

China-grown flowers

Photo taken at a flower shop in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 9, 2023, shows Mother's Day nosegays made using flowers grown in China's Yunnan Province, famous for producing carnation, rose and other types of flowers, with many of them bound for markets in Tokyo and Osaka.

Blue carnation flowers

Blue carnation flowers

Photo taken on May 8, 2023, shows rare blue carnation flowers air-transported from South America waiting to be shipped in time for Mother's Day in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Blue carnation flowers

Blue carnation flowers

Workers prepare to pack and ship blue carnation flowers air-transported from South America in time for Mother's Day in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 8, 2023.

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

(230425) -- LISBON, April 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman with a red carnation on her hat takes part in a parade to mark the 49th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 25, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

Mother, boy ride carnation-adorned rickshaw before Mother's Day

Mother, boy ride carnation-adorned rickshaw before Mother's Day

OSAKA, Japan - A mother and her boy ride a rickshaw decorated with carnation flowers in an event held in Osaka, western Japan, on May 10, 2014, a day before Mother's Day.

Carnations from Miyagi Pref. for Mother's Day

Carnations from Miyagi Pref. for Mother's Day

SENDAI, Japan - Carnation grower Hiroki Sugai prepares carnations for shipping for Mother's Day in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 8, 2014. Sugai, whose business was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami along with other growers in the area, restarted growing flowers about a year after the disaster.

(3)SARS in Beijing

(3)SARS in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A mother looks at her child holding a carnation in Beijing on Mother's Day on May 11 after a quarantine order related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) for a construction site was lifted.

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

(220425) -- LISBON, April 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman holds a red carnation during a parade to mark the 48th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 25, 2022. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

(220425) -- LISBON, April 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man takes a photo of a red carnation during a parade to mark the 48th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 25, 2022. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

(220425) -- LISBON, April 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a parade to mark the 48th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 25, 2022. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

PORTUGAL-LISBON-CARNATION REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY

(220425) -- LISBON, April 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A girl holds a red carnation during a parade to mark the 48th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 25, 2022. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix Presents The Silver Carnations - Amsterdam

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands presentsthe Silver Carnations from the Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds to Joop and Janine van den Ende on Friday morning, June 4, 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Both the 2021 and 2020 laureates will receive their Zilveren Carnation. Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the presentation of the Silver Carnations could not take place last year. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM