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Mass Wedding Ceremony - Iraq

Two couples walk side by side in Akre, Iraq on August 16, 2025. Akre hosted a mass wedding ceremony for 90 couples from Bardarash and Akre. The event was held on the occasion of Massoud Barzani’s birthday and the 79th anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Each bride and groom received 10 million Iraqi dinars along with coverage of transportation expenses. Photo by Showan Sulaiman Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anti-fascist and Anti-racist Federal Pride March - Buenos Aires

Two people with a poster during the Federal March of anti-fascist and anti-racist pride, on February 1, 2025, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The reason for the demonstration is to respond to the speech given by the Argentine president, Javier Milei, in Davos (Switzerland) on January 23, in which he stated that "in its most extreme versions, gender ideology constitutes plain and simple child abuse" and associated homosexual couples with pedophilia. Photo by Sebastián Hipperdinger/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240611) -- BEIJING, June 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240611) -- BEIJING, June 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jigme Dorje)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Fan)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jigme Dorje)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Fan)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jigme Dorje)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-XAINZA-BLACK-NECKED CRANE BABY (CN)

(240610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Two black-necked cranes and their baby are seen at a wetland in Xainza County of Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 9, 2024. Black-necked crane couples are breeding babies in wetlands at an altitude of about 4,700 meters in Xainza County. Every year around the time of June, pairs of black-necked cranes migrate to Xainza County to hatch eggs on grass piers surrounded by water. The black-necked crane, a species under first-class state protection in China, mainly inhabits plateau meadows and marshes at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI of Spain visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Amalia, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Amalia and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Amalia and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Amalia and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Amalia and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple And Dutch Royals Visit Straat Museum - Amsterdam

(L to R) Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Amalia of the Netherlands visit Straat Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 18, 2024 on the final day of the two day state visit of the Spanish Royal couple to the Netherlands. The Spanish and Dutch Royal Couples will open the exhibition DUO Beyond Two Visions: A Spanish Dutch Creative Collaboration. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day tells intimate stories from the LGBTQIA+ community in Taiwan in the period leading to the legalization of same sex marriage and its aftermath. In 2017, the Taiwanese government declared it unconstitutional to exclude same sex couples from marriage giving Taiwan two years to vote for the bill and dividing the country. 7 millions people voted against. On the 17th of May 2019, same sex marriage was legalized, Taiwan becoming the first country in Asia to do so. Nevertheless inequality continues regarding adoption or marrying a foreign person, to name a few of the remaining issues. Stigma and stereotypes are still attached to same sex relationships, even more so regarding gender issues. Gender diverse people’s existence is often hidden as gender binaries are strongly enforced and people who exist outside of this binary system are rejected or made invisible. Even within the queer scene, the stereotypical representations of masculinity and femininity are prevalent. Photo by Su Cassiano/Middle E

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Traditional group wedding held on Chinese Valentine's Day in China's Shanxi

STORY: Traditional group wedding held on Chinese Valentine's Day in China's Shanxi DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: GAOPING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the group wedding 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI PENG, Groom STORYLINE: A traditional group wedding was held in a village in north China's Shanxi Province on China's Qixi Festival, or the Chinese Valentine's Day. This year's Qixi Festival was on Tuesday. Many couples nationwide choose to tie the knot on this day. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI PENG, Groom "The group wedding is lively and joyful. I think it will be memorable for both me and my wife. I believe it is the best wedding present for the two of us." The Qixi Festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and celebrates the legend of the annual meeting between the mythological figures of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaoping, China. (XHTV)

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Danish, Japanese royal couples in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 12 Kyodo - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito addresses a reception in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2017, also attended by his wife Crown Princess Masako, Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, celebrating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

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Former abductees' family marks 10th year of reunion

TOKYO, Japan - Children of two Japanese couples are about to fly from Pyongyang's international airport to Japan in May 2004. They are (from R in front row) Kiyoshi Chimura, Emi Chimura, Shigeyo Hasuike and Yasuhiko Chimura (L in back), and Katsuya Hasuike (R in back). Their parents were abducted by North Korean agents and repatriated to Japan.

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Sapporo to offer tastings of beer made with 'space' barley

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds two bottles of Space Barley beer from Sapporo Breweries Ltd. on Dec. 2, the world's first beer made with barley descending from plants grown inside the International Space Station. Sapporo said the same day it will hold tastings of Sapporo Space Barley in January, inviting a total of 30 couples through a lottery to the events at the company's six plants from Hokkaido to Oita Prefecture. The space brew is not available for sale.

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4 abductees enjoy staying together overnight

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Two couples who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and are now back in Japan speak to reporters Dec. 21 after staying together overnight in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. They are (from L to R) Kaoru Hasuike, Yasushi and Fukie Chimura, and Yukiko Hasuike.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-YUTIAN-INDUSTRIAL PARK-COUPLE (CN)

(220116) -- YUTIAN, Jan. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Maynurhan Amang (front) work at a workshop in the production base of Erke in Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. Yutian County, once a poverty-stricken area in Xinjiang, has stepped up the development of labour-intensive industries including textile, clothes and sock making. At Tianjin industrial park in Yutian, a production base of Chinese sports brand Erke was put into operation on Jan. 1, 2022, offering more than 500 jobs for locals. Maynurhan Amang and her husband Abudulezizi Maisedi, attracted by working conditions provided by Erke, quitted their early jobs in the restaurant and became workers of Erke at the end of 2021. "We have regular working hours and noon break here, and the park offers two-room apartments for employed couples like us," Maynurhan said.....