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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal priests walk barefoot across burning coals during sacred Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the farming community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal priests walk barefoot across burning coals during sacred Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the farming community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal priests walk barefoot across burning coals during sacred Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the farming community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

An Indian Rabha tribal priest dances around burning charcoal during sacred Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the farming community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

An Indian Rabha tribal priest dances around burning charcoal during sacred Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the farming community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal priests walk barefoot across burning coals during sacred Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the farming community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

An Indian Rabha tribal priest prepares sacred offerings during Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual celebration venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the agricultural community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

An Indian Rabha tribal priest brews traditional rice beer during Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India’s northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The fermented offering honors the wealth deity Bhim Raja while petitioning for abundant rains and harvests in the agrarian community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

An Indian Rabha tribal priest prepares sacred offerings during Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual celebration venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and prosperous harvests for the agricultural community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

An Indian Rabha tribal priest conducts a sacred ritual during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India’s northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony venerates their wealth deity while petitioning for prosperous rains and bountiful harvests in the coming agricultural season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater

STORY: Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater SHOOTING TIME: April 24, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of over 180,000 signatures from local citizens 2. various of the petitioning campaign 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): MASASHI TANI, Secretary general of Japan Congress against A- and H-Bombs STORYLINE: Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Hajime Matsukubo, secretary general of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, a Japanese non-profit organization, presented 184,712 citizen signatures to the representative from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Second Members' Office

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(2) Okinawa seeks gov't efforts to move U.S. Marines out of prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on March 11 after petitioning the government to try to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa to places outside the prefecture.

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(2) Okinawa seeks gov't efforts to move U.S. Marines out of pref

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on March 11 after petitioning the government to try to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa to places outside the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Massive petitioning event in China

Police officers check the bag of a man in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2018, near the site of a massive petitioning event planned by victims of a series of online financial business collapses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Massive petitioning event in China

Police officers stand guard in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2018, near the site of a massive petitioning event planned by victims of a series of online financial business collapses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo