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The grandmother felt embarrassed to have her picture taken so she covered her face with a peacock feather and smiled warmly from behind.

Najmeh, 18. Recently engaged to be married, she dreams of becoming a nurse one day. In spite of all the challenges, she tries to reach her goals in life. Shif Island in the Persian Gulf is home to about 800 Iranian families. The goal of this project is to show what life is like for Shif's women and girls who, despite all the restrictions, still pursue their dreams. Most wear their chadors to be photographed. These colorful garments conceal the truth of their lives, which I tried to reveal.

Tossing down debris from where their second-floor apartment used to be in the devastated small town of Dawson Springs, Andrew and his two older teen brothers play the part of grown-ups Tuesday joining scores of others in the tedious and heart-wrenching task of post-disaster cleanup. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

An aerial view shows the neighborhood destroyed by a tornado, on Christmas Day, in Cambridge Shores, Kentucky on December 25, 2021. - With the help of volunteers from around the country, families in western Kentucky were able to celebrate Christmas two weeks after a string of tornadoes wrought a path of deadly destruction. At least 79 people lost their lives in the tornados, which passed over several states from the night of December 10 to the early morning of December 11. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

Patson Daka became the hero of the Europa League group match between Spartak and Leicester City. He scored all the goals for Leicester, securing a phenomenal victory for his team and fans. No one could stop the player who seemed to have found a key to Spartak’s goalpost.

Haer shaalgan, or breaking spine bones, is an old Buryatian pastime recognized as a national sport in 2020. This is a story about bone crushers from the Tunkinsky District of Buryatia. Khoito-Gol is a remote town, surrounded by the Sayany Mountains on three sides. Locals believe that its isolation helped preserve the custom of bone crushing. Before striking, Zhalsyp Manzarov always puts the bone to his head to ask for the animal’s soul to return to life. One of the top Buryatian bone crushers, in 2020 he won the world championship at just 19 by breaking a camel spine as long as a forearm.

Lights And Hope A long time ago, Father Lokenath decided that he would light lanterns and incense in the temple after fasting during the Kartik month to prevent life-threatening diseases. Worshipers observe this fast for the last 15 days of the month of Kartik every year to bring luck to their loved ones.

Soldiers and policemen with sticks and shields detained hundreds of Honduran migrants who make up the Migrant Caravan in January 2021, the soldiers detained them in Vado Hondo, Chiquimula a few kilometers from the border between Guatemala and Honduras, the migrants tried to cross Guatemala to arrive Towards the United States, most members of the caravan left their country after storms ETA and IOTA devastated their communities.

The Legion Theatre lies destroyed in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 16, 2021, six days after tornadoes hit the area. - As US President Joe Biden toured tornado-ravaged Kentucky cities and towns pledging the government would foot 100% of the bill for emergency relief for the next 30 days, the flow of aid has lagged behind in some more remote pockets of the state. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

- When Cathy Tobias began tying a ribbon to a rope for each Covid-19 death in Florida, she had no idea her entire patio would end up being draped in color. The eye-catching tribute to those who have died in the Sunshine State during the pandemic crisscrosses her patio, weaves across stairs and onto a balcony at her home on Anna Maria Island, a small community on Florida's Gulf coast. There are now more than 30,000 ribbons, in all colors of the rainbow -- from pale pink to crimson to neon green. Sitting on a porch with a neighbor who has helped her create the memorial, Tobias said she began to tie the ribbons because she wanted to visualize the death toll. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

A boatman tries to cross the frozen Dal Lake by cracking the ice and pushing the boat forward. This photograph was taken in Srinagar, India, during its coldest winter period called the Chillai Kalan.

Women workers are hand-picking and sorting red chili peppers in a traditional way.