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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UK: Snow Blankets Country as Arctic Air Arrives 4

Snow has arrived across much of the UK, from London to Scotland, on Wednesday, November 19, as Arctic air sweeps in. Londoners saw light flurries, while deeper snow covered areas including Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, and the Lake District. The Met Office has issued multiple weather warnings: amber for heavy snow in parts of Yorkshire and yellow for snow and ice across Northern Ireland, Wales, northern and central England, and Scotland.

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Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A man reads a book of scripture resting on a rehal in his dooryway in Varanasi, India, March 19, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British minister for defense procurement

British Minister for Defense Procurement and Industry Maria Eagle (C) speaks in Reading, England, on July 7, 2025, during an opening ceremony for the headquarters of the GCAP International Government Organization, an international body to manage a next-generation fighter jet development program involving Britain, Italy and Japan.

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Pope Leo XIV Presides Over the Audience on Wednesday - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful after the audience on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Presides Over the Audience on Wednesday - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV during the Wednesday audience on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Presides Over the Audience on Wednesday - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful after the audience on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Presides Over the Audience on Wednesday - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful after the audience on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Presides Over the Audience on Wednesday - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful after the audience on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Presides Over the Audience on Wednesday - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful after the audience on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. TOURISTS ON THE BANKS OF THE RHONE, IN BACKGROUND PONT SAINT-BENEZET, COMMONLY CALLED PONT D'AVIGNON, BUILT FROM 1177 TO 1185 ON THE RHONE Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - La Rochelle

FRANCE, CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) LA ROCHELLE, RUE SAINT NICOLAS, LES SAISONS BOOKSHOP Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan defense chief visits GIGO headquarters

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) is briefed by Masami Oka, inaugural head of the newly formed Global Combat Air Program International Government Organization (GIGO), a trilateral body between Japan, Britain and Italy that administers their joint development of next-generation fighter jets, during a visit to its headquarters in Reading, southern England, on Jan. 15, 2025.

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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter, left, and President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt, right, meet in Dogwood Lodge at Camp David, the presidential retreat near Thurmont, Maryland on September 19, 1978..Photo by White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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