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Tatbir Ritual - Baghdad

A man presses a blade to his forehead as boys watch during the Tatbir ritual in Baghdad, Iraq on July 6, 2025. Tatbir is a religious ritual practiced by some Shia Muslims on Ashura to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, where participants strike their heads with swords to express grief and solidarity with the tragedy of Karbala. Photo by Ali Abdul Wahid/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tatbir Ritual - Baghdad

A cleric cuts the forehead of a young boy as part of the Tatbir ritual in Baghdad, Iraq on July 6, 2025. Tatbir is a religious ritual practiced by some Shia Muslims on Ashura to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, where participants strike their heads with swords to express grief and solidarity with the tragedy of Karbala. Photo by Ali Abdul Wahid/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2025

A spectator holds a towel over his forehead after the puck hit his head during the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships preliminary round group A match between Finland and France in Stockholm on May 11, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Palestinian Prisoners Released - West Bank

A former Palestinian prisoner kisses an oldman's forehead as people and media members gather to welcome dozens of Palestinian prisoners released from Israel's prisons in return for the handover of bodies of 4 Israeli hostages by Hamas to the Red Cross in Ramallah, West Bank on February 26, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NEPAL-LALITPUR-SHRAWAN-PRAYERS

(240722) -- LALITPUR, July 22, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A woman puts tika on the forehead following a worship ritual on the first Monday of the holy month of Shrawan in Lalitpur, Nepal, on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ChineseToday | Art rooted in paddy fields: Yangxi Opera artists in SW China's Chongqing

(240524) -- CHONGQING, May 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yangxi Opera artist Chen Yongxia puts on a Yangxi Opera mask over his forehead, leaving a width of two fingers between the lower edge of the mask and the eyes to observe the stage, in Qingquan Village of Tonggu Township, Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing, May 16, 2024. In Qingquan Village of Tonggu Township in Youyang, there is a group of opera artists consisting of local farmers of an average age of nearly 70, who perform the ancient Yangxi Opera on the courtyards and dams as the stage, and among the paddy fields, mountains and forests as their background in the village about 1,000 meters above sea level surrounded by mountains and waters. Around the time of May, the white-haired opera troupe members plant rice seedlings in the paddy fields as their routine work, when the day's work draws to a close, Chen Yongxia, one of the leading artists, is heard singing Yangxi Opera in his resonant voice that echos in the mountains.

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ChineseToday | Art rooted in paddy fields: Yangxi Opera artists in SW China's Chongqing

(240524) -- CHONGQING, May 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yangxi Opera artist Chen Yongxia puts on a Yangxi Opera mask over his forehead in Qingquan Village of Tonggu Township, Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing, May 16, 2024. In Qingquan Village of Tonggu Township in Youyang, there is a group of opera artists consisting of local farmers of an average age of nearly 70, who perform the ancient Yangxi Opera on the courtyards and dams as the stage, and among the paddy fields, mountains and forests as their background in the village about 1,000 meters above sea level surrounded by mountains and waters. Around the time of May, the white-haired opera troupe members plant rice seedlings in the paddy fields as their routine work, when the day's work draws to a close, Chen Yongxia, one of the leading artists, is heard singing Yangxi Opera in his resonant voice that echos in the mountains. After washing off the soil on their bodies and putting away farming tools, the artists sit around

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's. A torn electoral poster for European women of June 9, 2024 by Manon Aubry, head of the Popular Union list, is also visible in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's. A torn electoral poster for European women of June 9, 2024 by Manon Aubry, head of the Popular Union list, is also visible in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Reconquete EU Elections Poster - France

An electoral poster of Eric Zemmour's extreme-right party 'Reconquete' (Reconquest) for the Europeans Elections coming up on June 9, 2024 showing a portrait of Marion Marechal as candidate. It says “Vote Marion, proud France”. A swastika or Nazi cross symbol has been drawn unto the poster on her forehead and a mustache mimicking Adolf Hitler's. A torn electoral poster for European women of June 9, 2024 by Manon Aubry, head of the Popular Union list, is also visible in Briancon, France on May 22, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russians hit Odesa region with missiles

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 21, 2024 - A man presses a hand to his forehead in the kitchen damaged by a Russian missile attack, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. As reported, the Russian invaders struck Odesa region with ballistic missiles on Sunday afternoon. Four people were injured in the attack.

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Police officer writing out victim certificates

Tokuo Fujita, then 28, a police officer from the Ujina Police Station, surrounded by victims, is writing out victim certificates for survivors in front of the Hiroshima District Monopoly Bureau, located on the east side of Miyuki Bridge. The desk was placed on the south side of the "Minami-machi 3-chome" streetcar stop (now called "Minami-machi 6-chome"). Mr. Fujita, who had just finished working the night shift, experienced the atomic bombing at the police station about 4.7 kilometers from the hypocenter. His forehead was cut by broken window glass, but he rushed to the police box on the west side of Miyuki Bridge and helped injured citizens and students. (Distance from hypocenter 2400 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emily Ratajkowski Looks Comfortable - NYC

Emily Ratajkowski looks comfortable during a walk in New York City, NY, USA on Wednesday December 13, 2023. The My Body author, 32, wore a green hoodie and matching sweatpants from Collective with a short, black puffy coat. Yellow athletic shoes from Salomon looked brand new and she had her hair pulled up into a bun with her bangs slicked off of her forehead. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-TIHAR FESTIVAL-BHAI TIKA

(231115) -- KATHMANDU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man is offered with "Tika" on the forehead during Bhai Tika, the last day of the Tihar festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 15, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-TIHAR FESTIVAL-BHAI TIKA

(231115) -- KATHMANDU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man is offered with "Tika" on the forehead during Bhai Tika, the last day of the Tihar festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 15, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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Pro-Palestinian Rally - Tehran

An Iranian pro-government supporter wears a headband stating 'Jerusalem martyr' on his forehead, celebrating the Hamas attack on Israel. Hundreds of pro-government Iranians demonstrated in Palestine Square in Tehran to show their support for Hamas and the Palestinian resistance. Hamas militants launched a coordinated assault, involving air, land, and sea elements, into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. Tehran, Iran, October 7, 2023. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Palestinian Rally - Tehran

An Iranian pro-government supporter wears a headband stating 'Jerusalem martyr' on his forehead and holds a photo of Qasem Soleimani to celebrate the Hamas attack on Israel. Hundreds of pro-government Iranians demonstrated in Palestine Square in Tehran to show their support for Hamas and the Palestinian resistance. Hamas militants launched a coordinated assault, involving air, land, and sea elements, into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. Tehran, Iran, October 7, 2023. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-WOMEN-TEEJ FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(230918) -- KATHMANDU, Sept. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman receives tika on the forehead as blessings during the Teej Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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PM Trudeau Visits An Apartment Complex - Hamilton

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing a bandage on his forehead during a visit to an apartment complex under construction in Hamilton, ON, Canada, Monday, July 31, 2023. Photo by Peter Power/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roman-era sphinx, stele discovered in southern Egypt

STORY: Roman-era sphinx, stele discovered in southern Egypt DATELINE: March 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the discovered artifacts 2. various of temples STORYLINE: An Egyptian archaeological mission unveiled a lime-stone sphinx and a stele that dated back to the Roman era in Qena province, southern Egypt, the country's Antiquity Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The sphinx-shaped statue represents one of the Roman emperors wearing a Nemes headdress, which is the striped head-cloth typically worn by pharaohs, and a cobra on the forehead. "According to initial examination of its face, the statue most probably was for Claudius, the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from 41 to 54 AD," the statement said. The statement added that the archaeological team also found a stele below the statute, which was carved with texts in hieroglyphs and demotics, an ancient Egyptian writing system used from roughly 650 BC to the fifth century AD. The discoveries were mad

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Baseball: Chicago Cubs' Darvish

CHICAGO, United States, May 2 Kyodo - Yu Darvish of the Chicago Cubs wipes sweat from his forehead during the second inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies in Chicago on May 2, 2018.

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Thermometer for babies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Pigeon Corp.'s Chibion Touch thermometer to check body temperature by placing it on a baby's forehead for one second. The company plans to begin selling the product on Aug. 22, 2011.

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Gov't spokesman mum about Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku wipes his forehead during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010, after a citizens' panel decided Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, should be indicted over a scandal involving his political funds. Sengoku, the top government spokesman, did not elaborate on how the DPJ-led government will be affected by the panel's decision on the DPJ bigwig.

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama puts a finger on his forehead during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down.

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Calf born with white heart mark on forehead

FUJISAWA, Japan - This photo taken on Feb. 9 shows a male calf with a clear white heart mark on its forehead. The calf, born at a pasture in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 25 will be put on the market in early March. The pasture operator expects the calf to be kept at a zoo or tourist pasture.

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(2)Japan's 2nd mad cow case officially confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kumazawa, vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, wipes respiration from his forehead during a news conference on a second case of mad cow disease in Japan on Nov. 21, 2001.

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Giants starter Takahashi knocked out

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants starter Hisanori Takahashi wipes the perspiration from his forehead as he is knocked out after giving up four runs over three innings against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 8.

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-CHHATH FESTIVAL

(221031) -- KATHMANDU, Oct. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A devotee receives tika on her forehead after worshipping the rising sun during the Chhath festival on the bank of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 31, 2022. The Chhath festival is dedicated to the sun, which is regarded as a token of stability and prosperity, and a Vedic goddess "Chhathi Maiya." (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-JANAI PURNIMA

(220812) -- KATHMANDU, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A devotee receives tika on the forehead during the Janai Purnima festival on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 12, 2022. During this festival, Hindus take holy bath and perform annual change of the Janai, a sacred cotton string worn around their chest or tied on the wrist, in the belief that it will protect and purify them. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-LALITPUR-SHRAWAN

(220718) -- LALITPUR, July 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A devotee receives tika on her forehead after worshipping Lord Shiva during the first Monday of the holy month of Shrawan in Lalitpur, Nepal, July 18, 2022. The holy month of Shrawan is considered auspicious by Hindus for praying to Lord Shiva for happiness and prosperity. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

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ALGERIA-ALGIERS-CHILDREN-DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

(220603) -- ALGIERS, June 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Algerian child has her forehead painted during a Dragon Boat Festival event in Algiers, Algeria, on May 27, 2022. (Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Algerian kids taste Zongzi as token of cross-continental friendship

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#CHINA-DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL-FOLK CUSTOM(CN)

(220602) -- SUINING, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A local volunteer marks a girl on her forehead with a brush dipped in realgar to ward off evil spirits as a traditional custom during the Dragon Boat Festival at Guangjing Village of Renhe Township in Shehong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Liu Changsong/Xinhua)

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Baseball: Athletics vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani wipes sweat from his forehead after allowing a solo home run to Matt Chapman of the Oakland Athletics in the fourth inning of a game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 19, 2021.

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MANILA-Estrada_grandkid-2

KYODOPHOTO: MANILA: 31MAY2000: Philippine President Joseh Estrada kisses the forehead of his newest grandchild from his duaghter Jackie. Jakie, still lying in bed was married to Beaver Lopez, family ownd ABS-CBN and Meralco. Malacanang Photo

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Calf born with white heart mark on forehead

FUJISAWA, Japan - This photo taken on Feb. 9 shows a male calf with a clear white heart mark on its forehead. The calf, born at a pasture in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 25 will be put on the market in early March. The pasture operator expects the calf to be kept at a zoo or tourist pasture. (Kyodo)