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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: The fire imprint left by a finger of Sister Maria di San Luigi Gonzaga, who appeared to Sister Maria del Sacro Cuore in 1894 in Bastia (Perugia, Italy). The report of the fact preserved in the monastery of Santa Chiara of the Child Jesus tells how Sister Marie suffering from tuberculosis died in 1894. She appeared in the following night to the amazed Sister Margherita and explained that she was in Purgatory. She asked for suffrage prayers and to attest to the reality of her apparition, she placed her index finger on the cushion cover and promised to return. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have be

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Masoud Pezeshkian Wins Iran Election

Opposition professor and analyst Sadegh Zibakalam who’s on a sick leave from prison shows his inky index finger as well as a victory sign after having cast his vote at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad. Pezeshkian was elected in a second round of voting after securing the highest number of ballots in the first round, ahead of Jalili. The first round saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Wins Iran Election

A middle-aged Iranian man wearing a cap shows his inky index finger and national ID after casting his vote outside a polling station located at Imamzadeh Saleh in Tehran on July 5. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad. Pezeshkian was elected in a second round of voting after securing the highest number of ballots in the first round, ahead of Jalili. The first round saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Wins Iran Election

Opposition professor and analyst Sadegh Zibakalam who’s on a sick leave from prison shows his inky index finger as well as a victory sign after having cast his vote at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad. Pezeshkian was elected in a second round of voting after securing the highest number of ballots in the first round, ahead of Jalili. The first round saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Wins Iran Election

Opposition professor and analyst Sadegh Zibakalam who’s on a sick leave from prison shows his inky index finger after having cast his vote at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad. Pezeshkian was elected in a second round of voting after securing the highest number of ballots in the first round, ahead of Jalili. The first round saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Israel Protest - Hamburg

A counter-protester chants slogans while raising his index finger at the protersters gathered during a peaceful demonstration organized by associations, including "Kulterbrücke" (Cultural Bridge) and "Säkularer Islam" (Secular Islam) in Hamburg, Germany, on May 4, 2024. The preplanned rally was held on Steindamm Street as a counter-demonstration held by the Islamists a week prior when some individuals called for establishing strict Islamic law, Shariah, to replace German democracy. The Saturday protests were attended by several politicians in Hamburg, including Dennis Thering, the chairperson of Hamburg's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) parliamentary group. Photo by Majid Jahanbakhsh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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INDIA-ASSAM-NAGAON-GENERAL ELECTION-VOTING

(240419) -- ASSAM, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An elderly woman shows her ink-marked index finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of India's general elections in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, April 19, 2024. Voting for the first phase of India's general elections began Friday, kicking off a seven-phased process lasting until June 1. (Str/Xinhua)

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Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 8, 2024 - Two girls trace the line in a textbook with index fingers during a lesson at a school set up at the Peremoha (Victory) metro station, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A newly built commercial residential building is seen in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A newly built commercial residential building is seen in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A newly built commercial residential building is seen in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A newly built commercial residential building is seen in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A newly built commercial residential building is seen in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A newly built commercial residential building is seen in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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Chinese Real Estate Market

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 2, 2023 - A commercial house under renovation in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 2, 2023. According to the "Hundred City Price Index Report" released by the Middle Finger Research Institute, in June 2023, the average price of new residential buildings in 100 cities across the country was 16,179 yuan/square meter, down 0.01% from the previous month. The average price of second-hand housing in 100 cities across the country was 15,746 yuan/square meter, down 0.25% from the previous month.

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PHILIPPINES-MANILA-ELECTION

(220509) -- MANILA, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A voter has her index finger marked with ink after casting her vote at a polling station in Manila, the Philippines, May 9, 2022. Voting in the Philippines continued on Monday to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials of all levels of government. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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PHILIPPINES-MANILA-ELECTION-CANDIDATE

(220509) -- MANILA, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Presidential candidate and Manila City Mayor Francisco Domagoso shows his index finger marked with ink after casting his vote at a polling station in Manila, the Philippines, on May 9, 2022. Voting in the Philippines continued on Monday to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials of all levels of government. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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PHILIPPINES-MANILA-ELECTION-CANDIDATE

(220509) -- MANILA, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo shows her index finger marked with ink after casting her vote at a polling station in Naga City of Bicol region, the Philippines, on May 9, 2022. Voting in the Philippines continued on Monday to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials of all levels of government. (Maria Leonor Robredo Media/Handout via Xinhua)

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PHILIPPINES-MANILA-ELECTION

(220509) -- MANILA, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A voter has her index finger marked after casting ballot at a school-turned polling center in Manila, the Philippines on May 9, 2022. Filipinos began voting Monday morning to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials of all levels of government. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Fun And Games (1971)

Alexandra Hay & Fredric Abbott Characters: Angela Thorne, Forbus Film: Fun And Games; 1,000 Convicts And A Woman (UK 1971) Director: Ray Austin 04 October 1971 Date: 04 October 1971

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Swiss fish farm uses warm Alpine water to produce caviar

Marcel Baillods, chief executive officer of Tropenhaus Frutigen, demonstrates how to conduct a tasting of caviar -- by placing a small amount on the back of one's hand between the thumb and index finger -- on Aug. 18, 2015, at the company's unique greenhouse sturgeon meat and caviar farm in the Swiss Alps in Frutigen, southeast of Bern. Warm runoff mountain water from a railway tunnel nearby is used to heat the greenhouses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A woman playing the koto,and a box brazier

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐73‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐48‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐28‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐29‐0]

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A woman playing the koto,and a tsuzumi (a small shoulder drum)

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐30‐0]

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A koto and a woman

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐66‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐39‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐33‐0]

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A koto and a woman

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐14‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐78‐2]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐68‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐66‐0]

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A woman playing the koto

The koto is a traditional stringed instrument. It has 13 strings. The bridges place on the body under the strings determine the pitch. Fine tuning is done by adjusting the bridges. Performers wear picks on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐16‐0]

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Iraqi election

A man shows his ink-stained index finger after having cast his vote at a polling station in Baghdad on May 12, 2018, in Iraq's parliamentary elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo