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China: Raccoon Sits Cross-Legged While Playing With Prayer Beads

A small raccoon in Qingdao, Shandong Province, was captured sitting upright and holding a long string of prayer beads on Tuesday, January 13. The raccoon appeared unusually focused as it slowly manipulated the beads with its front paws in a human-like pose.

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Hebron Area Village Faces Demolition

A woman sits holding prayer beads inside a shelter in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on October 29, 2025. Israeli occupation authorities have issued demolition orders targeting 13 homes, the community center and a health clinic in the village. According to village representative Khalil al-Hathalin, carrying out the orders would destroy about half of the village’s housing and displace roughly 150 residents from a population of 300. The demolitions would also leave approximately 65 children without recreational space or access to health services. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hebron Area Village Faces Demolition

A woman sits holding prayer beads inside a shelter in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on October 29, 2025. Israeli occupation authorities have issued demolition orders targeting 13 homes, the community center and a health clinic in the village. According to village representative Khalil al-Hathalin, carrying out the orders would destroy about half of the village’s housing and displace roughly 150 residents from a population of 300. The demolitions would also leave approximately 65 children without recreational space or access to health services. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hebron Area Village Faces Demolition

A woman sits holding prayer beads inside a shelter in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on October 29, 2025. Israeli occupation authorities have issued demolition orders targeting 13 homes, the community center and a health clinic in the village. According to village representative Khalil al-Hathalin, carrying out the orders would destroy about half of the village’s housing and displace roughly 150 residents from a population of 300. The demolitions would also leave approximately 65 children without recreational space or access to health services. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan Exile Daily Life Dharamsala and McLeod Ganj - India

Detail of a woman in traditional Tibetan dress clutching prayer beads in McLeod Ganj, India, April 14, 2025. At the foot of the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas, Dharamsala, the heart of the Tibetan exile community, is home to the Central Tibetan Administration and His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. Though the exiled Tibetans have made a home in Dharamsala and other parts of India and the world, many long to return to Tibet, the land of snows. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Joe Biden Departs For Rehoboth Beach - DC

A man holds prayer beads during a demonstration to protest the war in Gaza, across the street from the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Friday, November 8, 2024, for a trip to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Photo by Rod Lamkey/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lviv marks 34 years since raising Ukrainian flag over Town Hall

LVIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 3, 2024 - A senior woman holds beads in the national colours during a joint prayer at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church as part of the celebration of the 34th anniversary of hoisting the Ukrainian flag over the Lviv Town Hall, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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First Day Of Ramadan In Kashmir - India

A man holds a prayer beads on the first day of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque (Jamia Masjid) of old city in Srinagar. Kashmiri Muslims embark on a month-long fasting journey. on March 12,2024, Srinagar Kashmir, India. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese-made prayer goods top picks in Bangladesh during Ramadan

STORY: Chinese-made prayer goods top picks in Bangladesh during Ramadan DATELINE: March 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Islamic goods shop in National Mosque Baitul Mukarram area of Dhaka, Bangladesh 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD ENAMUL HAQUE, Customer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): MD SAHEDUL ISLAM, Customer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Bengali): MD MASUM, Trader STORYLINE: During the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, many Islamic people in Bangladesh visit stores to buy necessities for prayer rituals. Here, what attracts them most are the affordable and good-quality products that are made in China. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD ENAMUL HAQUE, Customer "My name is Md Enamul Haque. I am from Narayanganj on the outskirts of Dhaka. I came to Baitul Mukarram Masjid premises to buy tasbih (Muslim prayer beads), tupi (prayer cap), punjabi (Islamic dress for men) on the occasion of Ramadan. I came to buy Punjabi matching the color of my hat. I have bought Tasbih. I have bought

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Muslim detainees in Guantanamo camp

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Muslim detainees line up for dawn prayers in a recreation yard in a camp at the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay on Sept. 2, 2009. Islamic religious items including copies of the Quran, prayer rugs, caps and beads are provided. Muslim captives can also perform their prayers in their cells with an arrow sign showing the direction of Mecca.

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650-year-old pine tree cut down

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Workers begin cutting down a 650-year-old pine tree, with a girth of 7 meters, at Entsuji Temple in Utazu, Kagawa Prefecture, on April 26. Wood from the worm-eaten tree will be made into prayer beads to give followers.

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-GEMSTONES BUSINESS

(220728) -- BAGHDAD, July 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer looks at prayer beads made of gemstones at a shop in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 23, 2022. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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Muslim Celebrate Ashura Day - India

Indian Muslim Pilgrims Purchased prayer beads During Muharram inside the Shrine of Sufi Saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 20 August 2021. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muslim Celebrate Ashura Day - India

Indian Muslim Pilgrims Purchased prayer beads During Muharram inside the Shrine of Sufi Saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 20 August 2021. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muslim Celebrate Ashura Day - India

Indian Muslim Pilgrims Purchased prayer beads During Muharram inside the Shrine of Sufi Saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 20 August 2021. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan marks 4th anniv. of deadly disaster

People at a temple in the northeastern Japan city of Higashimatsushima touch a giant set of Buddhist prayer beads to commemorate those who were killed by the deadly earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 on the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Priests

This is a collotype photograph by Tamamura Kozaburo from a Yokohama album. The English title is written in pen and says, Priests. The photograph shows priests praying with prayer beads. The models appear to be women.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number68‐8‐0]

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Muslim detainees in Guantanamo camp

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Muslim detainees line up for dawn prayers in a recreation yard in a camp at the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay on Sept. 2, 2009. Islamic religious items including copies of the Quran, prayer rugs, caps and beads are provided. Muslim captives can also perform their prayers in their cells with an arrow sign showing the direction of Mecca. (Kyodo)