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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Portrait of Sílvia Munt -Gaudí Award of Honor 2026

Actress, director and screenwriter Sílvia Munt, awarded with the Gaudí of Honor 2026, poses for Europa Press, December 4, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The award highlights an outstanding artistic career, built during more than forty years of dedication to film, theater, television and dance, as well as a significant and lasting contribution to the national film culture. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets with Robert De Niro - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with Robert De Niro in the Vatican on November 7, 2025. The famous two-time Oscar-winning 82-year-old actor is American but proudly of Italian descent. He spent forty-eight hours in Rome, where he received the Lupa Capitolina honor from Mayor of Rome. He visited the Vatican and met Pope Leo XIV for a brief exchange, where the pontiff gifted him a Rosary. He had wanted to conclude his 48-hour visit to Rome with a handshake from the Pope, his fellow countryman. A pontiff who, as many longtime friends from Chicago recall, has always loved going to the movies. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets with Robert De Niro - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with Robert De Niro in the Vatican on November 7, 2025. The famous two-time Oscar-winning 82-year-old actor is American but proudly of Italian descent. He spent forty-eight hours in Rome, where he received the Lupa Capitolina honor from Mayor of Rome. He visited the Vatican and met Pope Leo XIV for a brief exchange, where the pontiff gifted him a Rosary. He had wanted to conclude his 48-hour visit to Rome with a handshake from the Pope, his fellow countryman. A pontiff who, as many longtime friends from Chicago recall, has always loved going to the movies. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets with Robert De Niro - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with Robert De Niro in the Vatican on November 7, 2025. The famous two-time Oscar-winning 82-year-old actor is American but proudly of Italian descent. He spent forty-eight hours in Rome, where he received the Lupa Capitolina honor from Mayor of Rome. He visited the Vatican and met Pope Leo XIV for a brief exchange, where the pontiff gifted him a Rosary. He had wanted to conclude his 48-hour visit to Rome with a handshake from the Pope, his fellow countryman. A pontiff who, as many longtime friends from Chicago recall, has always loved going to the movies. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets with Robert De Niro - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with Robert De Niro in the Vatican on November 7, 2025. The famous two-time Oscar-winning 82-year-old actor is American but proudly of Italian descent. He spent forty-eight hours in Rome, where he received the Lupa Capitolina honor from Mayor of Rome. He visited the Vatican and met Pope Leo XIV for a brief exchange, where the pontiff gifted him a Rosary. He had wanted to conclude his 48-hour visit to Rome with a handshake from the Pope, his fellow countryman. A pontiff who, as many longtime friends from Chicago recall, has always loved going to the movies. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets with Robert De Niro - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with Robert De Niro in the Vatican on November 7, 2025. The famous two-time Oscar-winning 82-year-old actor is American but proudly of Italian descent. He spent forty-eight hours in Rome, where he received the Lupa Capitolina honor from Mayor of Rome. He visited the Vatican and met Pope Leo XIV for a brief exchange, where the pontiff gifted him a Rosary. He had wanted to conclude his 48-hour visit to Rome with a handshake from the Pope, his fellow countryman. A pontiff who, as many longtime friends from Chicago recall, has always loved going to the movies. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

The President of Asturias, Adrian Barbón, Princess Leonor, King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Infanta Sofia and the Laureates at the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program consisting of more than seventy cultural activities to celebrate the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Mario Draghi, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation 2025 and Princess Leonor during the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater, on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program consisting of more than seventy cultural activities on the occasion of the forty-fifth edition of the Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will star in meetings with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from several schools in Asturias . Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Byung-Chul Han, 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, receives the award during the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

King Felipe during the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards Ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Serena Williams, Princess of Asturias Award for Sports 2025, receives the award during the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Princess Leonor during the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards Ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities to celebrate the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Graciela Iturbide, 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, receives the award during the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Princess Leonor, King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofia during the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities to celebrate the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Queen Letizia on her arrival at the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities to celebrate the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Princess Leonor, Infanta Sofia, King Felipe and Queen Letizia on their arrival at the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Princess Leonor, Infanta Sofia, King Felipe and Queen Letizia on their arrival at the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

The President of Asturias, Adrian Barbón, Princess Leonor, King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofia on their arrival at the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program consisting of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Serena Williams At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Serena Williams, Princess of Asturias Award for Sports 2025, receives the award during the Princess of Asturias Awards 2025 ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Japanese Girl Group AKB Forty-Eight

TAIPEI, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2025 - The Japanese girl group AKB Forty-Eight held a press conference for their tenth single in Taipei, China on August 27, 2025.

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

The first procession in Ras Al-Bishara marks the departure of pilgrims on foot to the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on July 18, 2025. The annual pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen if occurring during its traditional period, or in this case a prelude to it, draws millions of Shia Muslims from across Iraq and neighboring countries. Pilgrims walk for hundreds of kilometers to honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The journey is not only religious but also deeply symbolic of faith, resilience, and communal solidarity. In Ras Al-Bishara, families, community leaders, and volunteers gather to send off the first groups of walkers, offering food, water, and prayers as part of long-standing traditions of hospitality and devotion. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM