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Idol Immersion in India

Relatives and guests pose together in front of the Durga Puja altar at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Two women smear vermilion on each other’s faces during Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women pose before the Durga idol after completing Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women dressed in traditional saris place their hands together during the Sindoor Khela ritual at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women in saris pose before the Durga idol after completing Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Celebrate the 36th Birthday of Messi - Indiia

Argentina football fan Shib Shankar Patra and Swapna Patra celebrtes the 36th Lionel Messi birthday in Ichhapur around 35 km north of Kolkata. Kolkata, India, June 24, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Celebrate the 36th Birthday of Messi - Indiia

Argentina football fan Shib Shankar Patra and Swapna Patra celebrtes the 36th Lionel Messi birthday in Ichhapur around 35 km north of Kolkata. Kolkata, India, June 24, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Celebrate the 36th Birthday of Messi - Indiia

Argentina football fan Shib Shankar Patra and Members of theArgentina Fan club celebrtes the 36th Lionel Messi birthday in Ichhapur around 35 km north of Kolkata. Kolkata, India, June 24, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Celebrate the 36th Birthday of Messi - Indiia

Tea seller and Argentina football fan Shib Shankar Patra kiss posters with images of Argentina’s footballer Lionel Messi as they cheer for him and his team star soccer player Lionel Messi 36th birthday in Ichhapur around 35 km north of Kolkata. Kolkata, India, June 24, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A decade-long transformation of remote ethnic village

STORY: A decade-long transformation of remote ethnic village DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shibadong village 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI KANG, Local video maker 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LONG XIANLAN, Local beekeeper 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YANG ZHENGBANG, Guesthouse owner STORYLINE: Shibadong is a mountainous village in central China's Hunan Province. Meaning "18 caves" in Chinese, the ethnic Miao village had a long history of poverty. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI KANG, Local video maker "We didn't have a decent road in our village in the past. Cars couldn't reach our village until I was five years old. It was very inconvenient for us to get water as well. When I was little, we needed to get water from a well far away from our village no matter how bad the weather was as we couldn't cook without water." The situation started to change in 2013 when the concept of "targeted poverty alleviation" was introduced in Shib