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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Willem-Alexander Attends The Opening Of Book Week - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander receives the first copy of the Book Week Gift during the opening of the Book Week at the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum. The theme of this 90th edition was "Your mother tongue," the language in which you speak, write, sing and cheer. The Hague, Netherland, on March 11 , 2025. Photo by NL Beeld / Patrick van Emst/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron with his mother Francoise Nogues during the solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron with his mother Francoise Nogues during the solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary - Paris

Françoise Nogues, Emmanuel Macron's mother, at 9th Edition of the French Academy Dictionary. The solemn session of presentation of the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), which is the official dictionary of the French language in Paris on November 14, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-ETHNIC WOMAN (CN)

(240427) -- LIUZHOU, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Zuying (R) and her mother pack tea leaves in Wuying Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 14, 2022. Liang Zuying, 48, hails from Wuying Village, a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that is hidden deep in the towering mountains straddling Guangxi and Guizhou. In the past, the impassable mountains and rugged landscape rendered locals extremely poor. Due to their traditional views and poor family conditions, many parents did not send their daughters to school. Liang and many other women in the village received little education and could neither read nor speak Mandarin, a major impediment that isolated them from the outside world. From March 2020, local authorities initiated a training program in Wuying Village to teach ethnic women Mandarin, in a bid to remove language barriers between them and people beyond the village, while improving their communication and vocational skills. So far, more than 1,00

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-ETHNIC WOMAN (CN)

(240427) -- LIUZHOU, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Zuying (R) and her mother attend a class in Wuying Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 8, 2020. Liang Zuying, 48, hails from Wuying Village, a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that is hidden deep in the towering mountains straddling Guangxi and Guizhou. In the past, the impassable mountains and rugged landscape rendered locals extremely poor. Due to their traditional views and poor family conditions, many parents did not send their daughters to school. Liang and many other women in the village received little education and could neither read nor speak Mandarin, a major impediment that isolated them from the outside world. From March 2020, local authorities initiated a training program in Wuying Village to teach ethnic women Mandarin, in a bid to remove language barriers between them and people beyond the village, while improving their communication and vocational skills. So far, more than 1,000

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CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

(240222) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students practice pronunciation in local language during a class at Progressive English Nursery and Primary School in Bafoussam, Cameroon, Feb. 19, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroonian schools embrace mother tongue education to preserve cultural heritage" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

(240222) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A teacher teaches students to pronounce in local language during a class at Progressive English Nursery and Primary School in Bafoussam, Cameroon, Feb. 19, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroonian schools embrace mother tongue education to preserve cultural heritage" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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Cameroon commemorates Int'l Mother Language Day

STORY: Cameroon commemorates Int'l Mother Language Day SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 19, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:48 LOCATION: BAFOUSSAM, Cameroon CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of schools and pupils 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SUCCESS ABOFEGEH, Pupil of Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BELINDA BAFOR, Teacher of Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): CLARISSE NDAM MEGANCHE, Founder of Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School 5. various of schools and pupils 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): GILES NDZE, Pupil of the Progressive English Nursery and Primary School STORYLINE: Cameroon is commemorating the International Mother Language Day, which falls on Wednesday this year, by teaching local languages in schools. There are about 260 indigenous languages in Cameroon, but only French and English, inherited from colonial masters, are official, according to the Ministry of Secondary Education of the country. It is important to emphasize

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Tanzanian teacher empowers youth with Chinese language skills

STORY: Tanzanian teacher empowers youth with Chinese language skills SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:15 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Asha Fum Khamis teaching in a classroom at University of Dar es Salaam 2. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): ASHA FUM KHAMIS, Chinese language teacher, Confucius Institute, University of Dar es Salaam STORYLINE: "The Chinese language is the language of the day across the globe. It is the language that unlocks opportunities for the youth, locally and globally," said Asha Fum Khamis, a Chinese language teacher from Tanzania's Zanzibar at the Confucius Institute within the University of Dar es Salaam. The 32-year-old teacher shared this sentiment shortly after concluding a Chinese language class at the Confucius Institute on Friday morning. Asha, married to a Tanzanian fluent in Chinese and a mother to a six-month-old baby boy, proudly said that she has taught Chinese to more than 300 Tanzanian students dur

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-DAMXUNG-WINTER PASTURE-HERDER-LIFE (CN)

(231113) -- LHASA, Nov. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A boy helps his mother make cow dung cakes to be used as heating fuel at a winter pasture in Dabug Village of Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Nov. 10, 2023. The county of Damxung, meaning "carefully selected pasture" in Tibetan language, is located at the southern foothill of the Nyainqentanglha Range, with an average elevation of about 4,200 meters. Each September, 33-year-old villager Yonten and other herders migrate north to the lower winter pastures, to escape from the extreme cold and oxygen deficit on the plateau. With the implementation of the housing project for farmers and herders in Xizang in recent years, shelters made of brick and stone, movable board houses that have replaced yak hair tents, along with the upgraded facilities of electricity and water supply, have made grassland life much easier at the winter pastures. As the owner of more than 100 yaks and over 200 sheep, Yonten's annual income is expected to reac

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German man enjoys life in China's Chongqing

STORY: German man enjoys life in China's Chongqing DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chongqing 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JONATHAN HOLL, German teacher in Chongqing STORYLINE: Jonathan Holl, 36, is a German teacher at Wanzhou Foreign Language School in Chongqing. Since he came here more than three years ago, Holl has been impressed by the "mountain city." SOUNDBITE (English): JONATHAN HOLL, German teacher in Chongqing "It's amazing in what a short time Chongqing developed till today. I grew up in Germany, but always something missing and more than 30 years old now. And so I spent the 30 years in Germany. I wanted to see the other part of me. My mom educated me in the Chinese way. So I know about the culture, but like there's a Chinese saying 'Bai Wen Bu Ru Yi Jian,' (which means) you have to see it, you can hear it a lot, but you have to see it. So that's why I came here. I have been to lots of places. My mother visited me more tha

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Monument turns into sea of flowers as Bangladesh observes Int'l Mother Language Day

STORY: Monument turns into sea of flowers as Bangladesh observes Int'l Mother Language Day DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a long line of people coming to pay their respects at the central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka 2. various of top leaders of the ruling party of Bangladesh, MPs, members of the cabinet and supporters paying tribute with flowers at the Central Shaheed Minar 3. various of people paying tributes to the country's language movement heroes at the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar, a solemn and iconic monument 4. various of Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina being decorated with flower bouquets 5. various of children playing with flowers at the altar of the central Shaheed Minar 6. various of the central Shaheed Minar of Dhaka being crowded with people STORYLINE: The entire Shaheed Minar, a solemn and iconic monument in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka, turned into a veritable sea of flowers Tuesd

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BANGLADESH-DHAKA-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(230221) -- DHAKA, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023 shows flower-bedecked altar of the Central Shaheed Minar, a solemn and iconic monument, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Tuesday paid tributes to the country's language movement activists who sacrificed their lives on the day in 1952. (Xinhua)

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BANGLADESH-DHAKA-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(230221) -- DHAKA, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers decorate the Central Shaheed Minar, a solemn and iconic monument, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Feb. 21, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Tuesday paid tributes to the country's language movement activists who sacrificed their lives on the day in 1952. (Xinhua)

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Twin polar bear cubs named 'Ikor' and 'Kiroru'

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs (R and C) play near their mother ''Rara'' at the Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 6, 2009. The twins, born in December, were recently named ''Ikor'' and ''Kiroru.'' Ikor means ''treasure'' while Kiroru means ''road'' in the language of the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother to publish book in U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea in 1977, holds up an English-language version of her book about her daughter during a news conference in Kawasaki on July 4. The book titled ''North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter'' will be published in the United States in January.

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Visit to a bazaar in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Visit to a bazaar in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: SHACHE, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of bazaar in Shache county, XinjiangSOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): VendorSTANDUP (Chinese): YANG ZHANFEI, Xinhua correspondentSOUNDBITE 2(Chinese): VendorSOUNDBITE 3(Chinese): Vendor STORYLINE: In Uygur language, bazaar means market and trade place. Follow Xinhua correspondents to a bazaar in Shache County, northwest China's Xinjiang and feel the hustle and bustle. SOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): Vendor "This naan is two yuan (about 0.3 USD) and it has rose sauce in it. This one is plain. My mother sells naans. I work in the township health center. After work, I come to my mother to help her." STANDUP (Chinese): YANG ZHANFEI, Xinhua correspondent "How much can you earn from selling naans?" SOUNDBITE 2(Chinese): Vendor "My father and mother do business together, and they earn about 5000 yuan (about 747 USD) a month." SOUNDBITE 3(Chinese): Vendor "When we were little, we often ca

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CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- FOUMBAN, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A teacher gives students a lesson on their mother tongue at a school in Foumban, Cameroon, Feb. 16, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- FOUMBAN, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn the "Shu-mom", an indigenous writing system, at the Foumban Classical High School, Cameroon, Feb. 16, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- FOUMBAN, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A student shows on her handboard words written in her mother tongue Ewondo at a school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A teacher gives students a lesson on their mother tongue Ewondo at a school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn to write in their mother tongue Ewondo at school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn to write in their mother tongue Ewondo at school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)