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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdish Kung Fu Master Kawlokei's Discipline - Iraq

Master Abdulqader Soran Abdulsamad Kawlokei (L) instructs a Kung Fu training session for youth inside a local hall in Soran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kawlokei, dedicated to the discipline since 2014, uses martial arts as a non-institutional platform to instill self-confidence, resilience, and discipline among young people. His initiative offers a positive, purposeful outlet in a region facing persistent economic and political instability. The training focuses on mental and physical coordination, emphasizing the art's philosophical value beyond combat, on July 11, 2025 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki instructs members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club during a baseball clinic in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

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Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki instructs members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club during a baseball clinic in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

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Fifa U20 World Cup - Columbia v Franc

Columbia's head coach Cesar Torres instructs players during the Play-off for third place match between Columbia and France at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 18, 2025. Photo by Meng Dingbo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Football: Club World Cup

Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique instructs his players in the second half of a football Club World Cup semifinal against Real Madrid on July 9, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Football: Club World Cup

Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique instructs his players in the second half of a football Club World Cup semifinal against Real Madrid on July 9, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Football: Club World Cup

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso (C) instructs his players in the second half of a football Club World Cup semifinal on July 9, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Football: Club World Cup

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso instructs his players in the first half of the football Club World Cup semifinals against Paris Saint-Germain on July 9, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Football: Club World Cup

Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso instructs his players during the first half of a Club World Cup round of 16 football match against Juventus at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on July 1, 2025.

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Football: Club World Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds manager Maciej Skorza instructs his players in the first half of a football Club World Cup Group E match against Monterrey on June 25, 2025, at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.

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Coppa Italia - Bologna v AC Milan - Rome

AC Milan's head coach Sergio Coincencao instructs during the final football match of Italian Cup between AC Milan and Bologna in Rome, Italy, May 14, 2025. Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Theatre Day

ZHANGYE, CHINA - MARCH 27, 2025 - A drama teacher instructs students of a junior high school drama club to perform Peking Opera in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on March 27, 2025.

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World Theatre Day

ZHANGYE, CHINA - MARCH 27, 2025 - A drama teacher instructs students of a junior high school drama club to perform Peking Opera in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on March 27, 2025.

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World Theatre Day

ZHANGYE, CHINA - MARCH 27, 2025 - A drama teacher instructs students of a junior high school drama club to perform Peking Opera in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on March 27, 2025.

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Shadow Play Inheritor Of Langzhong - China

Wang Biao (L) instructs one of his apprentices during a shadow play practice session at a museum for Wang's Shadow Play art in Langzhong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on February 19, 2025. Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is a traditional Chinese folk art inscribed in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011. Wang's Shadow Play is a representative genre of Langzhong Shadow Play popular in northern Sichuan in southwest China, originated with artist Wang Yuansheng during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and has been passed on between generations since then. Wang Biao, 60, a seventh-generation inheritor of Wang's Shadow Play, takes preserving and promoting the art as his life-time course. Wang Biao started to learn the art from his grandfather in his early childhood, and he followed him to stage performances all over the country in the 1980s. He restarted his shadow play troupe in Chengdu despite a shrinking audience for this art in 2000, and started to give performan

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Tax Reduction And Refund

HANDAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 6, 2025 - A tax officer instructs residents to handle tax-related business at the tax service hall of Yongnian District Government Affairs Service Center in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Feb. 6, 2025.

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Government Service

A staff member instructs residents to handle business using smart terminals of government affairs services at the Yongnian District government affairs Service center in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Dec 12, 2024.

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Yunnan Coffee Plantation - China

Staff member Lai Yijun (L) instructs a visitor to make pour-over coffee at the Qiao'an coffee plantation in the Dai-Lahu-Va Autonomous County of Menglian, Pu'er City of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on October 30, 2024. Pu'er City is the largest coffee-producing area in China. Through the layout of the whole industrial chain, coffee plantations play a significant role and inject new vitality into the high-quality development of local coffee industry. Photo by Chen Xinbo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Thrift Day

ZAOZHUANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2024 - A teacher instructs children to paint a "cartoon" made of waste materials at the Wendong Huafu Kindergarten in the mining district of Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 30, 2024.

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Ancient City Tai Chi

HANDAN, CHINA - AUGUST 20, 2024 - Tai chi master Zhai Weichuan (2nd L) instructs Polish tai chi enthusiasts to practice Wu-style of Tai chi at the ancient city of Guangfu in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Aug 20, 2024.

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240810) -- PARIS, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Ma Lin (R) instructs Chen Meng (L)/Wang Manyu of China during the women's team gold medal match of table tennis between China and Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 10, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240810) -- PARIS, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Ma Lin (L) instructs Chen Meng (C)/Wang Manyu of China during the women's team gold medal match of table tennis between China and Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 10, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240809) -- PARIS, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Wang Hao (C) instructs Ma Long (L)/Wang Chuqin of China during the men's team gold medal match of table tennis between China and Sweden at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240807) -- PARIS, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Wang Hao (2nd R) instructs Fan Zhendong (1st L) of china during the men's team quarterfinal of table tennis between China and South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 7, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BASKETBALL

(240806) -- PARIS, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Head coach Vasilis Spanoulis (front) of team Greece instructs players during the men's quarterfinal of basketball between Germany and Greece at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena in Paris, France, on Aug. 6, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Meng Yongmin)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BASKETBALL

(240806) -- PARIS, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Head coach Vasilis Spanoulis (front, L) of team Greece instructs players during the men's quarterfinal of basketball between Germany and Greece at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena in Paris, France, on Aug. 6, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Meng Yongmin)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-VOLLEYBALL

(240806) -- PARIS, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Head coach Cai Bin (1st L) instructs players of China during the women's quarterfinal match of volleyball between China and Trkiye at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 6, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ju Huanzong)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-VOLLEYBALL

(240805) -- PARIS, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Head coach Gheorghe Cretu of team Slovenia instructs athletes during the men's quarterfinal of volleyball between Slovenia and Poland at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 5, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liu Dawei)

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"Laowai" in China | Austrian's ideal life in Anhui: embracing rural China

(240804) -- YIXIAN, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Armin Schober (R) instructs his daughter Alina to put a sticker on a cup at his shop in Hongcun Village, Yixian County, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, July 31, 2024. Armin is an Austrian businessman living in Tachuan village of Yixian county. In 2021, Armin traveled with his family to Tachuan, where they were attracted by the picturesque landscape and distinctive local culture. Armin and his Chinese wife Huang Qiong decided to settle in the village with their daughter Alina and take over a homestay. The homestay was named after Alina as "Alina's Garden," indicating the couple's expectation that their daughter could grow up in an environment close to nature. In 2023, Armin expanded his business by opening a shop nearby in the Hongcun village, an ancient village known for its exquisite buildings and listed as a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO. Armin restored one of the old buildings as his shop in which he has served custom

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240804) -- PARIS, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Wang Hao (L) instructs Fan Zhendong of China during the men's singles gold medal match of table tennis between Truls Moregard of Sweden and Fan Zhendong of China at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Wang Hao instructs Fan Zhendong (R) of China during the men's singles semifinal match of table tennis between Fan Zhendong of China and Felix Lebrun of France at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Wang Hao (L) instructs Fan Zhendong of China during the men's singles semifinal match of table tennis between Fan Zhendong of China and Felix Lebrun of France at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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Electric Vehicle Charging Pile

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2024 - A staff member of the power supply department instructs a car owner to use a charging pile to charge an electric vehicle in Dukou village, Yantai city, East China's Shandong province, Aug 2, 2024.

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240801) -- PARIS, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Kwon Yong Hak (L) instructs Li Jiaman of China during the women's individual 1/16 elimination round of archery at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Hou Zhaokang)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ARCHERY

(240801) -- PARIS, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Kwon Yong hak (L) instructs Li Jiaman of China during the women's individual 1/16 elimination round of archery at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 31, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Hou Zhaokang)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240730) -- PARIS, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Xiao Zhan (C) instructs Wang Chuqin (L)/Sun Yingsha of China during the mixed doubles gold medal table tennis match between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Ri Jong Sik/Kim Kum Yong of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 30, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240729) -- PARIS, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's coach Wang Hao instructs Fan Zhendong during the men's singles round of 64 table tennis match between Fan Zhendong of China and Yaroslav Zhmudenko of Ukraine at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 29, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liu Xu)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BADMINTON

(240729) -- PARIS, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Zhang Jun (C), president of the Chinese Badminton Association, instructs Zheng Siwei (L)/Huang Yaqiong of China during the badminton mixed doubles group play stage match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 29, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Bin)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BADMINTON

(240729) -- PARIS, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Zhang Jun (2 nd L), president of the Chinese Badminton Association, instructs Feng Yanzhe (1st R)/Huang Dongping (2nd R) of China during the badminton mixed doubles group play stage match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 29, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Bin)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BADMINTON

(240728) -- PARIS, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Luo Yigang (R) instructs Chen Yufei of China during the badminton women's single group play stage group P match against Yvonne Li of Germany at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 28, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Bin)