Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Cauldrons of soup are prepared for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Iranian villagers stir cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

An Iranian villager stirs cauldrons of soup for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Pir Shalyar Celebration in Kurdistan Iran

Cauldrons of soup are prepared for the Pir Shalyar festival in Uraman Takht, Kurdistan Province, Iran, on January 29, 2025. The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony that celebrates the marriage, likely mythical, of Pir Shalyar to the Bukharan princess. The celebration takes place in three stages on non-consecutive days. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

Community Owners Sit Around Tables and Eat Soup

QIANDONGNAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2025 - Community owners sit around a table and eat soup to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2025.

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows three activists sitting on the floor under Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" after throwing tomato soup over two painting's at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows damaged Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" after activists throwed tomato soup over it at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows two activists throwing tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows damaged Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" after activists throwed tomato soup over it at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows three activists standing in front of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" after throwing tomato soup over two painting's at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows three activists sitting on the floor under Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" after throwing tomato soup over two painting's at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows two activists throwing tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Van Goghs Attacked Again Hours After Activists Sentenced - London

Handout photo shows damaged Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" after activists throwed tomato soup over it at the National Gallery's in central London, UK on September 27, 2024, following the sentencing of fellow activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland earlier today. Climate campaigners on Friday hit out at stiff jail sentences given to two activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at a London gallery, voicing fears about the right to peaceful protest. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted in July of criminal damage after pouring tomato soup over the screen protecting the still life masterpiece at the National Gallery in October 2022. Photo by Just Stop Oil via ABACAPRESS.COM

Taro soup festival in northeastern Japan

Taro soup festival in northeastern Japan

Taro and meat soup is prepared for some 30,000 people in a 6.5-meter-diameter pot during a taro-eating festival on a dry riverbed in the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata on Sept. 15, 2024.

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-FISHERMAN'S DAY-CELEBRATION

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-FISHERMAN'S DAY-CELEBRATION

(240714) -- VLADIVOSTOK, July 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People taste fish soup during a Fisherman's Day celebration in Vladivostok in Russia, July 14, 2024. The second Sunday of July is Russia's Fisherman's Day. Vladivostok organized various of celebrations for the festival. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN-HEAT-WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN-HEAT-WORKERS (CN)

(240626) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker has mung bean soup as a summer refreshment in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, June 26, 2024. Construction sites in Xiong'an New Area have taken various measurements to help workers stay cool in the summer heat. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Mu Yu)

CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN-HEAT-WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN-HEAT-WORKERS (CN)

(240626) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker has mung bean soup as a summer refreshment in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, June 26, 2024. Construction sites in Xiong'an New Area have taken various measurements to help workers stay cool in the summer heat. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

Tremella Industry

Tremella Industry

FUJIAN, CHINA - JUNE 17, 2024 - A worker pushes tremella soup into a freeze-drying equipment for vacuum drying in Gutian county, Fujian province, China, June 17, 2024.