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[Breaking News]PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4. (Kyodo)

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PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.

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PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses for photos at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.

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Demonstration of The CGT for The Nationalization of Arcelor Mittal - Paris

Sophia Chikirou, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections, NFP LFI deputy during a demonstration of the CGT metallurgy on the occasion of the LFI parliamentary niche and the bill aimed at the nationalization of ArcelorMittal France in order to preserve the industrial sovereignty of France. Invalides Paris, November 27, 2025. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration of The CGT for The Nationalization of Arcelor Mittal - Paris

Sophia Chikirou, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections, NFP LFI deputy during a demonstration of the CGT metallurgy on the occasion of the LFI parliamentary niche and the bill aimed at the nationalization of ArcelorMittal France in order to preserve the industrial sovereignty of France. Invalides Paris, November 27, 2025. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration of The CGT for The Nationalization of Arcelor Mittal - Paris

Sophia Chikirou, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections, NFP LFI deputy during a demonstration of the CGT metallurgy on the occasion of the LFI parliamentary niche and the bill aimed at the nationalization of ArcelorMittal France in order to preserve the industrial sovereignty of France. Invalides Paris, November 27, 2025. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - Le repas des Pandas : Astrid soigneur dans son bureau En 2012 un evenement exceptionnel se produit au ZooParc de Beauval (Loire et Cher) For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - In the nursery, everything is ready to welcome a baby panda. Here is the incubator with a panda soft toy inside, on April 11, 2012, at the Beauval Zoo. For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - Feeding time for the pandas: Astrid, a keeper, gives the pandas their supplements, on April 11, 2012, at the Beauval Zoo. For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - Astrid, a keeper, prepares food supplements for the pandas, including pellets and apples, on April 11, 2012, at the Beauval Zoo. For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - Feeding time for the pandas: Astrid, a keeper, gives the pandas their supplements, on April 11, 2012, at the Beauval Zoo. For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - Feeding time for the pandas: Astrid, keeper, and Claudine, our journalist, bring bamboo to the pandas, on April 11, 2012, at the Beauval Zoo. For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famous Pair Of Pandas Will Leave Beauval Zoo For China - France

File photo - The Pandas' Meal on April 11, 2012, an exceptional event took place at Beauval Zoo (Loire-et-Cher). For the first time in France, a pair of pandas is being presented to the public: Huan Huan, the female, and Yuan Zi, the male. The giant panda is listed as “endangered” on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are 1,600 pandas still living in the wild. The famous pair of pandas will leave Beauval Zoo on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, due to an early return to China caused by the female's kidney failure, on November 24, 2025, in Saint-Aignan, France. Photo by Pascal Baril/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) list candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2026 municipal elections, Anais Belouassa-Cherifi and French leftist party La France Insoumise (LFI) MP Ugo Bernalicis look on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) list candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2026 municipal elections, Anais Belouassa-Cherifi looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) list candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2026 municipal elections, Anais Belouassa-Cherifi looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) list candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2026 municipal elections, Anais Belouassa-Cherifi looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) MP Aurelie Trouve, French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) list candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2026 municipal elections, Anais Belouassa-Cherifi, French leftist party La France Insoumise (LFI) MP Ugo Bernalicis, French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Bordeaux Nordine Raymond, French MP and president of the "La France insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire" group Mathilde Panot, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Rouen Maxime da Silva and LFI member of the European parliament Manon Aubry during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) list candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2026 municipal elections, Anais Belouassa-Cherifi looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) MP Aurelie Trouve, French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) list candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2026 municipal elections, Anais Belouassa-Cherifi, French leftist party La France Insoumise (LFI) MP Ugo Bernalicis, French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Bordeaux Nordine Raymond, French MP and president of the "La France insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire" group Mathilde Panot, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Rouen Maxime da Silva, LFI member of the European parliament Manon Aubry and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire's MP Eric Coquerel during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou looks on during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Municipal conventions of La France Insoumise in Paris FA

French MP and member of "La France insoumise” leftist party and the “NUPES" leftist coalition at the National Assembly and head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris Sophia Chikirou chants during the Municipal Conventions of La France Insoumise event in Paris, on November 23, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March Against Violence Against Women - Paris

Sophia Chikirou, NFP LFI MP, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris during Demonstration against violence against women, to mark the international day of elimination of sexist and sexual violence against women, in Paris, France on November 22, 2025. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March Against Violence Against Women - Paris

Sophia Chikirou, NFP LFI MP, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris during Demonstration against violence against women, to mark the international day of elimination of sexist and sexual violence against women, in Paris, France on November 22, 2025. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March Against Violence Against Women - Paris

Sophia Chikirou, NFP LFI MP, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris during Demonstration against violence against women, to mark the international day of elimination of sexist and sexual violence against women, in Paris, France on November 22, 2025. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March Against Violence Against Women - Paris

Sophia Chikirou, NFP LFI MP, head of the LFI list for the 2026 municipal elections in Paris during Demonstration against violence against women, to mark the international day of elimination of sexist and sexual violence against women, in Paris, France on November 22, 2025. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

Duan Yuan, an inheritor of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, makes tie-dye designs in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

Duan Yinmei, an inheritor of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, creates knots on fabrics in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

A woman experiences the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

Duan Yinmei, an inheritor of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, dyes patterns on fabrics in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

Duan Yuan, an inheritor of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, rinses dyed fabrics in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

Duan Yinmei (L), an inheritor of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, and handicraftsman Duan Lilan dry tie-dye fabrics in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

An aerial drone photo shows a scene at a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tie-Dye Technique Of Bai Ethnic Group - Chin

Duan Yinmei (L), an inheritor of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, and handicraftsman Duan Lilan untie knots on fabrics in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. As a traditional folk technique of the Bai ethnic group, tie-dye boasts a history spanning over a thousand years and was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Tying and dyeing are the core steps in the process of making indigo tie-dye products. Artisans use needles and threads to create various patterns on the fabric, which are then dyed with plant-based dyes, resulting in blue backgrounds adorned with vivid white patterns. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM