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36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot

36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot

HOHHOT, CHINA - MARCH 26, 2025 - Visitors view a fully mounted double screw AM hydraulic flip plough at the 36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China on March 26, 2025.

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36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot

36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot

HOHHOT, CHINA - MARCH 26, 2025 - Two visitors view a fully mounted double screw AM hydraulic flip plough at the 36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China on March 26, 2025.

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UK: Storm Bert Brings Heavy Snow To Large Parts Of Country 2

Storm Bert hit the UK on Saturday, November 23, causing power outages to at least 60,000 homes, businesses, and farms, along with disruptions to flights, roads, and railways. Weather warnings for ice, wind, rain, and snow were issued for much of the country.

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Wet snow in Kyiv

Wet snow in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - A plough cleans the street during the first snowfall this season, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Wet snow in Kyiv

Wet snow in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - A plough cleans the street during the first snowfall this season, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine

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Typhoon Pulasan Floods Shanghai - China

Typhoon Pulasan Floods Shanghai - China

Vehicles plough through flood water in a street in Shanghai, east China, September 20, 2024. China's financial hub, Shanghai, had evacuated 112,000 people as of Friday morning due to Typhoon Pulasan, which brought record-breaking rainfall to parts of the city. According to the municipal flood control office, 649 vessels have either been evacuated or returned to port to seek shelter, 54 train services have been suspended, and 26 ferries' operations have been halted. Photo by Zhuang Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Pulasan Floods Shanghai - China

Typhoon Pulasan Floods Shanghai - China

Vehicles plough through flood water in a street in Shanghai, east China, September 20, 2024. China's financial hub, Shanghai, had evacuated 112,000 people as of Friday morning due to Typhoon Pulasan, which brought record-breaking rainfall to parts of the city. According to the municipal flood control office, 649 vessels have either been evacuated or returned to port to seek shelter, 54 train services have been suspended, and 26 ferries' operations have been halted. Photo by Zhuang Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SUDAN-GEDAREF STATE-AGRICULTURAL SEASON

SUDAN-GEDAREF STATE-AGRICULTURAL SEASON

(240720) -- GEDAREF STATE, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 18, 2024 with a mobile phone shows people operating a tractor to plough a field at a farm at Galabat area in Gedaref State in eastern Sudan. The summer agricultural season for cultivating corn, millet, sesame and peanuts has started at Galabat area in Gedaref State in eastern Sudan. (Photo by Shihab-Eddin Abdul-Rahman/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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INDIA-ASSAM-PADDY PLANTATION SEASON

INDIA-ASSAM-PADDY PLANTATION SEASON

(240714) -- ASSAM, July 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Farmers plough their field for paddy plantation in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, July 14, 2024. (Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spring and snow

Spring and snow

A snow plough cleaning the road from snow during a snowy spring day in Turku, Finland, on April 23, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / ANNI SAVOLAINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Anni Savolainen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-SPRING VIEW (CN)

(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-SPRING VIEW (CN)

(240324) -- NANNING, March 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A farmer drives a tractor to plough the field in Sanmu Village, Liuzhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Tan Kaixing/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2024 shows farmers operating machines to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2024 shows a farmer operating machine to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2024 shows a farmer operating machine to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2024 shows farmers operating machines to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2024 shows farmers operating machines to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers operate machines to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province, March 19, 2024. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A farmer operates machine to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province, March 19, 2024. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Lu Ye)

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CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240320) -- CHANGDE, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2024 shows a farmer operating machine to plough fields in Zhongping Village of Changde, central China's Hunan Province. Farmers in Hunan have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-AGRICULTURE-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(240319) -- BEIJING, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers plough up the field in Hongtudi Village of Changshou District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 19, 2024. Farmers across China have recently been busy with spring ploughing, sowing and other agricultural activities. (Xinhua/Zhang Ziyu)

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#CHINA-SOLAR TERM-RAIN WATER-AGRICULTURE (CN)

#CHINA-SOLAR TERM-RAIN WATER-AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240219) -- BEIJING, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 19, 2024 shows a farmer operating a machine to plough fields in Yanglin Township, Hengdong County, central China's Hunan Province. Farmers across China are busy with agricultural production as the day of Yushui (Rain Water), the second of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, came on Monday this year. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-SOLAR TERM-RAIN WATER-AGRICULTURE (CN)

#CHINA-SOLAR TERM-RAIN WATER-AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240219) -- BEIJING, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 19, 2024 shows farmers operating machines to plough fields in Shichuan Village, Guan'ge Township, Guang'an City of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Farmers across China are busy with agricultural production as the day of Yushui (Rain Water), the second of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, came on Monday this year. (Photo by Zhang Qifu/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-SOLAR TERM-RAIN WATER-AGRICULTURE (CN)

#CHINA-SOLAR TERM-RAIN WATER-AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240219) -- BEIJING, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A farmer operates a machine to plough fields in Shimen Village, Siba Township, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 19, 2024. Farmers across China are busy with agricultural production as the day of Yushui (Rain Water), the second of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, came on Monday this year. (Photo by Wei Rudai/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-SPRING FARMING (CN)

#CHINA-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(240218) -- BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager drives a tractor to plough a field in Ertang Village of Dayu County in Ganzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 18, 2024. Farmers across China are busy with agricultural production as the day of Yushui (Rain Water), the second of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, is approaching. Yushui will fall on Feb. 19 this year. (Photo by Hu Jiangtao/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in traditional costumes attend the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (C, front) attends the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Royal oxen are fed with fodder during the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in traditional costumes attend the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-BEGINNING OF SUMMER-FIELD WORK (CN)

#CHINA-BEGINNING OF SUMMER-FIELD WORK (CN)

(230506) -- YUPING, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farmers plough fields in Maoping Village, Tongren City of southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 6, 2023. Chinese farmers are busy with field works during "Lixia", the seventh solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar that marks the beginning of summer. (Photo by Liu Dejun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

(230427) -- YULI, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows Arkin Reyim driving a tractor to plough at a cotton field in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Arkin Reyim is a 51-year-old cotton farmer with more than 300 mu (20 hectares) of cotton fields in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County in Xinjiang. Arkin's courage and unique vision has prompted him to start growing cotton in 2004 when he got married with his wife Hasiyat Kasim. Since then, Arkin has devoted himself into the cultivation of cotton for over 10 years, thus making him an experienced cotton grower in the county. In this year, Arkin bought the Beidou navigation system with 8,000 yuan (about 1155.5 U.S. dollars) to have it installed into his tractor, as a way to mechanise the growing process and improve efficiencies. Yuli County in Xinjiang is suitable for the growing of cotton due to its unique natural conditions. It has become an important commod

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CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

(230427) -- YULI, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows Arkin Reyim driving a tractor to plough at a cotton field in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Arkin Reyim is a 51-year-old cotton farmer with more than 300 mu (20 hectares) of cotton fields in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County in Xinjiang. Arkin's courage and unique vision has prompted him to start growing cotton in 2004 when he got married with his wife Hasiyat Kasim. Since then, Arkin has devoted himself into the cultivation of cotton for over 10 years, thus making him an experienced cotton grower in the county. In this year, Arkin bought the Beidou navigation system with 8,000 yuan (about 1155.5 U.S. dollars) to have it installed into his tractor, as a way to mechanise the growing process and improve efficiencies. Yuli County in Xinjiang is suitable for the growing of cotton due to its unique natural conditions. It has become an important commod

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cambodia holds royal ploughing ceremony after 4-year-hiatus

STORY: Cambodia holds royal ploughing ceremony after 4-year-hiatus DATELINE: May 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: KAMPONG THOM, Cambodia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the royal ploughing ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Khmer): SIM NAVETH, 53-year-old spectator STORYLINE: Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni presided over the elaborate ceremony held in central Kampong Thom province's Kampong Svay district, attracting thousands of local visitors. At the event, King Sihamoni assigned Kampong Thom Provincial Governor Nguon Ratanak as the King of the ploughing ceremony and the governor's wife, Hong Phanny, as the Queen of the sowing ceremony. The assigned King ploughed the rice field by using royal oxen and the designated

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in traditional costumes attend the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Royal oxen are fed with fodder during the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in traditional costumes attend the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-KAMPONG THOM-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(230508) -- KAMPONG THOM, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (C, front) attends the royal ploughing ceremony in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, on May 8, 2023. Cambodia celebrated a traditional royal ploughing ceremony on Monday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was to mark the annual beginning of the farming season, and royal oxen were used to plough and predict agricultural yields and weather in the year. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-BEGINNING OF SUMMER-FIELD WORK (CN)

#CHINA-BEGINNING OF SUMMER-FIELD WORK (CN)

(230506) -- YUPING, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farmers plough fields in Maoping Village, Tongren City of southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 6, 2023. Chinese farmers are busy with field works during "Lixia", the seventh solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar that marks the beginning of summer. (Photo by Liu Dejun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

(230427) -- YULI, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows Arkin Reyim driving a tractor to plough at a cotton field in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Arkin Reyim is a 51-year-old cotton farmer with more than 300 mu (20 hectares) of cotton fields in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County in Xinjiang. Arkin's courage and unique vision has prompted him to start growing cotton in 2004 when he got married with his wife Hasiyat Kasim. Since then, Arkin has devoted himself into the cultivation of cotton for over 10 years, thus making him an experienced cotton grower in the county. In this year, Arkin bought the Beidou navigation system with 8,000 yuan (about 1155.5 U.S. dollars) to have it installed into his tractor, as a way to mechanise the growing process and improve efficiencies. Yuli County in Xinjiang is suitable for the growing of cotton due to its unique natural conditions. It has become an important commod

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CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-YULI-COTTON-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

(230427) -- YULI, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows Arkin Reyim driving a tractor to plough at a cotton field in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Arkin Reyim is a 51-year-old cotton farmer with more than 300 mu (20 hectares) of cotton fields in the Bax Mali Village of Yuli County in Xinjiang. Arkin's courage and unique vision has prompted him to start growing cotton in 2004 when he got married with his wife Hasiyat Kasim. Since then, Arkin has devoted himself into the cultivation of cotton for over 10 years, thus making him an experienced cotton grower in the county. In this year, Arkin bought the Beidou navigation system with 8,000 yuan (about 1155.5 U.S. dollars) to have it installed into his tractor, as a way to mechanise the growing process and improve efficiencies. Yuli County in Xinjiang is suitable for the growing of cotton due to its unique natural conditions. It has become an important commod

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GERMANY-BERLIN-BERLINALE 2023-AWARDS

GERMANY-BERLIN-BERLINALE 2023-AWARDS

(230226) -- BERLIN, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Philippe Garrel, director of the film "The Plough", speaks after receiving the Silver Bear for Best Director during the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-MACHINERY (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-MACHINERY (CN)

(220703) -- URUMQI, July 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces a plough machine to a visitor during a regional agricultural machinery expo in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 3, 2022. A regional agricultural machinery expo is held at Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center in Urumqi from July 3 to 5. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING FARMING (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220423) -- TAI'AN, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tractors plough at a soybean farm in Shisijiazi Village of Daniu Township in Tai'an County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 22, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-FARMING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-FARMING (CN)

(220409) -- URUMQI, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two tractors plough a cotton field in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 3, 2022. Spring farming of cotton has started in Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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