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Anniversary Celebration Imam Mahdi - Beirut

Girls wearing scout uniforms attend the Imam Mahdi Scouts’ 40th anniversary celebration at Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 12, 2025. Around 60,000 members took part in the event, held under the theme “Generations of Seyyed” to celebrate the group’s new generation. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are practicing in the dance school on September 20, 2023, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are practicing in the dance school on September 20, 2023, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are practicing in the dance school on September 20, 2023, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are stretching in the dance school on March 8, 2022, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are practicing in the dance school on September 20, 2023, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are practicing in the dance school with their instructors on September 20, 2023, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are practicing in the dance school on September 20, 2023, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dance In Tehran

Young Iranian girls are stretching in the dance school on March 8, 2022, in Tehran. Despite illegal dancing in Iran, young Iranians find solace and self-expression in dance schools nationwide. These schools serve as havens for the younger generation, offering a space to cultivate their passion for dance while navigating societal constraints. Through rigorous training and creative exploration, students defy cultural norms, embrace their identity, and assert their individuality in a society where such forms of expression are often restricted. Dance schools in Iran play a crucial role in preserving the art form while empowering the youth to embrace their artistic aspirations against societal challenges. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's Princess Kako

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Japanese Princess Kako (L) interacts with students at an event organized by the Girl Scouts of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Tourism envoys promote Takarazuka, home to all-female troupe

KOBE, Japan - Yuka Jogan (L) and Mai Maeda, both serving as fourth-generation Tourism Ambassador Sapphire for the city of Takarazuka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, pose during an event in January 2014. They are named after the main character in the girls' manga series "Ribon no Kishi" (Princess Knight) by famed cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, who lived in the city for two decades and was a big fan of the all-female Takarazuka Revue company.

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New faces in Japan's 2011 year-end song festival

TOKYO, Japan - Singers selected for the first time to perform at the 62nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen'' year-end song festival of NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp., pose for photos at the head office of NHK in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011, as the public broadcaster announced the lineup of performers for the program. They are (from L front) Fuku Suzuki and Mana Ashida and (from L back) Girls' Generation's SeoHyun, Jessica, YuRi, Tiffany, TaeYeon and SooYoung, Sayaka Kanda, KARA's GYU RI, HARA and NICOLE, and Inawashirokos' Michihiko Yanai, Toshimi Watanabe, who is holding a fan with member Takashi Yamaguchi's picture on it, and Shinji Matsuda. Solo singer Ringo Sheena, who will also appear for the first time on the show, was not present for the photo.

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S. Korean pop group Girls' Generation

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the all-woman pop group ''Girls' Generation'' wave during an event at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club on Nov. 1, 2010.

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New Tamagotchi hits U.S. market

NEW YORK, United States - Girls pose with the Tamagotchi Connection, the new generation of the Japanese virtual pet Tamagotchi, at a toy shop in New York on Aug. 10. The toy went on sale in New York and San Francisco the same day.

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New Tamagotchi hits U.S. market

NEW YORK, United States - Girls pose with the Tamagotchi Connection, the new generation of the Japanese virtual pet Tamagotchi, at a toy shop in New York on Aug. 10. The toy went on sale in New York and San Francisco the same day. (Kyodo)

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Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Scene With Dancing Girls Characters: Satine, Christian Film: Moulin Rouge! (USA/AUS 2001) Director: Baz Luhrmann 09 May 2001 Quality: 2nd Generation. Film Title: Moulin Rouge. Photo Credit: Sue Adler. For further information: please contact your local Twentieth Century Fox Press Office. Date: 09 May 2001

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S. Korean pop group Girls' Generation

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the all-woman pop group ''Girls' Generation'' wave during an event at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club on Nov. 1, 2010. (Kyodo)

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The beach in the Wladyslawowo, popular Baltic sea resort in Poland

Poland, Wladyslawowo in Pomeranian province 14.08.2015. Boys and girls on the beach. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.