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Sacred rope replaced at western Japan waterfall

Sacred rope replaced at western Japan waterfall

Shinto priests at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine replace a large "shimenawa" sacred rope with a new one at a waterfall in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 9, 2025, ahead of a festival at the nearby shrine, a World Heritage site.

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Sacred rope replaced at western Japan waterfall

Sacred rope replaced at western Japan waterfall

Shinto priests at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine replace a large "shimenawa" sacred rope with a new one at a waterfall in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 9, 2025, ahead of a festival at the nearby shrine, a World Heritage site.

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Miossec performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Miossec performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Savanah

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Savanah

Savanah performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 3, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Miossec performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Miossec

Miossec performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Savanah

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Savanah

Savanah performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 3, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Danyl

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Danyl

Danyl performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 3, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Danyl

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Danyl

Danyl performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 3, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Danyl

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - Danyl

Danyl performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 3, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

Fnac Live 2025 Festival - I Am Roze

I Am Roze performs during the Fnac Live 2025 Festival in Paris, France on July 4, 2025. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain: Giant Puppets Parade Through Pamplona During San Fermín Festival

The traditional Gigantes y Cabezudos parade took place in Pamplona during the San Fermín festival on Monday, July 7.

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Spain: Traditional Bull Running Festival Held in Pamplona 2

The annual San Fermin bull-running festival began on Sunday, July 6, with tens of thousands celebrating in Pamplona's main square. The nine-day event, however, saw injuries on its second day (Tuesday, July 8), with reports of one man being gored and seven others sustaining bruises and contusions.

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Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People on stage during the Festival la nuit de l'Erdre in Nort-sur-Erdre, France on July 04 2025. Photo by Thomas Girard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People on stage during the Festival la nuit de l'Erdre in Nort-sur-Erdre, France on July 04 2025. Photo by Thomas Girard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People on stage during the Festival la nuit de l'Erdre in Nort-sur-Erdre, France on July 04 2025. Photo by Thomas Girard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People on stage during the Festival la nuit de l'Erdre in Nort-sur-Erdre, France on July 04 2025. Photo by Thomas Girard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People on stage during the Festival la nuit de l'Erdre in Nort-sur-Erdre, France on July 04 2025. Photo by Thomas Girard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People at La Nuit de l’Erdre Festival - Nort-sur-Erdre

Foster The People on stage during the Festival la nuit de l'Erdre in Nort-sur-Erdre, France on July 04 2025. Photo by Thomas Girard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

07.06.2025, Tallinn. The Song Festival Grounds after the 28th Song festival. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

07.06.2025, Tallinn. The Song Festival Grounds after the 28th Song festival. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

07.06.2025, Tallinn. The Song Festival Grounds after the 28th Song festival. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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Lantern festival in quake-hit central Japan town

NOTO, Japan, July 4 Kyodo - People carry giant lantern floats called kiriko during the Abare fire festival, dating back to the 17th century, in Noto, a town in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on July 4, 2025, devastated by a powerful quake that hit the region on Jan. 1, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Spain: Traditional Bull Running Festival Held in Pamplona

The annual San Fermin bull-running festival began on Sunday, July 6, with tens of thousands celebrating in Pamplona's main square. The nine-day event, however, saw injuries on its second day (Tuesday, July 8), with reports of one man being gored and seven others sustaining bruises and contusions.

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Several horses during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Participants try to hold horses during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Participants try to hold horses during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Participants try to hold horses during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

A person holds the hair of horses with his hands during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Participants try to hold horses during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Participants try to hold horses during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Participants try to hold horses during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

A person holds the hair of horses with his hands during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025 - Spain

Participants try to hold horses during A Rapa Das Bestas, during the last day of A Rapa Das Bestas 2025, on July 7, 2025, in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). A Rapa Das Bestas is an ancestral Galician festival that consists of capturing wild horses in the bush, leading them to the curro (closed enclosure) and cutting their manes to worm and care for them. It is a ritual of strength and tradition that symbolizes the coexistence between man and nature, celebrated mainly in Sabucedo. Photo by Agostime/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Estonia's 28th Song Festival

Estonia's 28th Song Festival

06.07.2025, Tallinn. Estonia's XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival 'Iseoma' drew more than 40,000 Estonians from across the world to Tallinn for the four-day celebration. Conductor Valter Soosalu wearing an oak wreath around his neck and holding an Estonian flag. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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Estonia's 28th Song Festival

Estonia's 28th Song Festival

06.07.2025, Tallinn. Estonia's XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival 'Iseoma' drew more than 40,000 Estonians from across the world to Tallinn for the four-day celebration. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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Estonia's 28th Song Festival

Estonia's 28th Song Festival

06.07.2025, Tallinn. Estonia's XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival 'Iseoma' drew more than 40,000 Estonians from across the world to Tallinn for the four-day celebration. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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Estonia's 28th Song Festival Grand Procession

Estonia's 28th Song Festival Grand Procession

05.07.2025, Tallinn. Over 40,000 singers, musicians and dancers paraded through Tallinn to the Song Festival Grounds on Saturday afternoon before the start of the Estonia's XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival 'Iseoma' opening concert. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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Estonia's 28th Song Festival

Estonia's 28th Song Festival

06.07.2025, Tallinn. Estonia's XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival 'Iseoma' drew more than 40,000 Estonians from across the world to Tallinn for the four-day celebration. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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Estonia's 28th Song Festival

Estonia's 28th Song Festival

06.07.2025, Tallinn. Estonia's XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival 'Iseoma' drew more than 40,000 Estonians from across the world to Tallinn for the four-day celebration. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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Estonia's 28th Song Festival

Estonia's 28th Song Festival

06.07.2025, Tallinn. Estonia's Song and Dance Festival "Iseoma" culminated on Sunday with an almost seven-hour-long concert. More than 32,000 singers and musicians took part in the performance at the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn. Photo Rasmus Rebase, Postimees

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