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  • Ilorin Emirate Durbar 2025
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    Ilorin Emirate Durbar 2025
    A local hunter poses with his gun during the Ilorin Emirate Durbar 2025 in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, on June 8, 2025. The festival is a colorful celebration of culture, tradition, and unity in Ilorin, similar to other northern emirates such as Kano, Zazzau, Katsina, and Sokoto, to showcase martial skills, royal grandeur, and community cohesion. It is celebrated during the Muslim festivals of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The Ilorin Durbar uniquely reflects the city's rich cultural tapestry, blending Fulani, Yoruba, Kanuri, Gobir, and Nupe influences. (Photo by Adekunle Ajayi)

     

  • Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models Visit Empire State Building
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    Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models Visit Empire State Building
    May 13, 2025, New York, New York, USA: Model CAMILLE KOSTEK at the Empire State Building during a special visit celebrating the launch of the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. The iconic landmark lit up in honor of the annual release, as models and editors gathered to mark the debut in style high above Manhattan. (Credit Image: © Luiz Rampelotto/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    Represented by ZUMA Press, Inc.

     

  • iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
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    iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
    Hyunwoo, Hunter, Sumin, Minjae, Jinsik, Yujun, Yechan, Junmin, Junghoon and Seeun of South Korean boy band xikers arrive at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango Presented by Fiji Airways held at the Huntington City Beach in Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto)

     

  • iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
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    iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
    Hyunwoo, Hunter, Sumin, Minjae, Jinsik, Yujun, Yechan, Junmin, Junghoon and Seeun of South Korean boy band xikers arrive at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango Presented by Fiji Airways held at the Huntington City Beach in Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto)

     

  • iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
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    iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
    Hyunwoo, Hunter, Sumin, Minjae, Jinsik, Yujun, Yechan, Junmin, Junghoon and Seeun of South Korean boy band xikers arrive at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango Presented by Fiji Airways held at the Huntington City Beach in Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto)

     

  • iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
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    iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
    Hyunwoo, Hunter, Sumin, Minjae, Jinsik, Yujun, Yechan, Junmin, Junghoon and Seeun of South Korean boy band xikers arrive at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango Presented by Fiji Airways held at the Huntington City Beach in Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto)

     

  • iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
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    iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
    Hyunwoo, Hunter, Sumin, Minjae, Jinsik, Yujun, Yechan, Junmin, Junghoon and Seeun of South Korean boy band xikers arrive at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango Presented by Fiji Airways held at the Huntington City Beach in Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto)

     

  • iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
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    iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango 2025
    Hyunwoo, Hunter, Sumin, Minjae, Jinsik, Yujun, Yechan, Junmin, Junghoon and Seeun of South Korean boy band xikers arrive at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango Presented by Fiji Airways held at the Huntington City Beach in Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto)

     

  • Biden in Angola
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    Biden in Angola
    President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with President Joao Lourenco of the Republic of Angola, Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, Angola. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    The White House

     

  • Pizza Hut propose aux demandeurs d'emploi d'imprimer leur C.V sur les cartons de pizza
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    Pizza Hut propose aux demandeurs d'emploi d'imprimer leur C.V sur les cartons de pizza
    Pictures must credit: Pizza Hut Job hunters are being offered a mouthwatering way to make their resumés stand out from the crowd with prospective employers. A fresh pizza is sent to potential bosses with an applicant’s CV printed on the box. The free scheme has been launched in the USA by fast food chain Pizza Hut after research revealed as many of 75 percent of job application resumés are never read. Its hoped by delivering one with a tasty treat inside, prospective employers will take notice. All work seekers need do is visit a dedicated resume website called ResZAmes, submit their resumés, and choose the address of their target employer. Pizza Hut will then select a few lucky participants and print their applications on specially designed pizza boxes, which are hand-delivered along with a medium cheese pizza to corporate offices. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Pizza Hut propose aux demandeurs d'emploi d'imprimer leur C.V sur les cartons de pizza
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    Pizza Hut propose aux demandeurs d'emploi d'imprimer leur C.V sur les cartons de pizza
    Pictures must credit: Pizza Hut Job hunters are being offered a mouthwatering way to make their resumés stand out from the crowd with prospective employers. A fresh pizza is sent to potential bosses with an applicant’s CV printed on the box. The free scheme has been launched in the USA by fast food chain Pizza Hut after research revealed as many of 75 percent of job application resumés are never read. Its hoped by delivering one with a tasty treat inside, prospective employers will take notice. All work seekers need do is visit a dedicated resume website called ResZAmes, submit their resumés, and choose the address of their target employer. Pizza Hut will then select a few lucky participants and print their applications on specially designed pizza boxes, which are hand-delivered along with a medium cheese pizza to corporate offices. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Pizza Hut propose aux demandeurs d'emploi d'imprimer leur C.V sur les cartons de pizza
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    Pizza Hut propose aux demandeurs d'emploi d'imprimer leur C.V sur les cartons de pizza
    Pictures must credit: Pizza Hut Job hunters are being offered a mouthwatering way to make their resumés stand out from the crowd with prospective employers. A fresh pizza is sent to potential bosses with an applicant’s CV printed on the box. The free scheme has been launched in the USA by fast food chain Pizza Hut after research revealed as many of 75 percent of job application resumés are never read. Its hoped by delivering one with a tasty treat inside, prospective employers will take notice. All work seekers need do is visit a dedicated resume website called ResZAmes, submit their resumés, and choose the address of their target employer. Pizza Hut will then select a few lucky participants and print their applications on specially designed pizza boxes, which are hand-delivered along with a medium cheese pizza to corporate offices. Picture supplied by JLPPA
    JLPPA / Bestimage

     

  • Tasty way to apply for a job
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    Tasty way to apply for a job
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Resumés 1
    Ref 16170
    19/09/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Pizza Hut

    Job hunters are being offered a mouthwatering way to make their resumés stand out from the crowd with prospective employers.

    A fresh pizza is sent to potential bosses with an applicant’s CV printed on the box.

    The free scheme has been launched in the USA by fast food chain Pizza Hut after research revealed as many of 75 percent of job application resumés are never read.

    Its hoped by delivering one with a tasty treat inside, prospective employers will take notice.

    All work seekers need do is visit a dedicated resume website called ResZAmes, submit their resumés, and choose the address of their target employer.

    Pizza Hut will then select a few lucky participants and print their applications on specially designed pizza boxes, which are hand-delivered along with a medium cheese pizza to corporate offices.

    OPS: How the resume appears on the Pizza Hut box.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Tasty way to apply for a job
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    Tasty way to apply for a job
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Resumés 1
    Ref 16170
    19/09/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Pizza Hut

    Job hunters are being offered a mouthwatering way to make their resumés stand out from the crowd with prospective employers.

    A fresh pizza is sent to potential bosses with an applicant’s CV printed on the box.

    The free scheme has been launched in the USA by fast food chain Pizza Hut after research revealed as many of 75 percent of job application resumés are never read.

    Its hoped by delivering one with a tasty treat inside, prospective employers will take notice.

    All work seekers need do is visit a dedicated resume website called ResZAmes, submit their resumés, and choose the address of their target employer.

    Pizza Hut will then select a few lucky participants and print their applications on specially designed pizza boxes, which are hand-delivered along with a medium cheese pizza to corporate offices.

    OPS: The resume appears on the Pizza Hut box while a prosepctive employer also gets a cheese topped pizza.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Tasty way to apply for a job
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    Tasty way to apply for a job
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Resumés 1
    Ref 16170
    19/09/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Pizza Hut

    Job hunters are being offered a mouthwatering way to make their resumés stand out from the crowd with prospective employers.

    A fresh pizza is sent to potential bosses with an applicant’s CV printed on the box.

    The free scheme has been launched in the USA by fast food chain Pizza Hut after research revealed as many of 75 percent of job application resumés are never read.

    Its hoped by delivering one with a tasty treat inside, prospective employers will take notice.

    All work seekers need do is visit a dedicated resume website called ResZAmes, submit their resumés, and choose the address of their target employer.

    Pizza Hut will then select a few lucky participants and print their applications on specially designed pizza boxes, which are hand-delivered along with a medium cheese pizza to corporate offices.

    OPS: How the resume appears on the Pizza Hut box.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • TENNIS - Roger Federer sitzt mit seinen Eltern Lynette und Robert auf der Tribüne in Wimbledon
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    TENNIS - Roger Federer sitzt mit seinen Eltern Lynette und Robert auf der Tribüne in Wimbledon
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Javier Garcia/Shutterstock (14574535ba)
    Roger Federer, sat next to his parents Lynette and Robert, throws a tennis ball to an autograph hunter, who fails to catch it
    Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Day 6, The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, UK - 06 Jul 2024

    (c) Dukas

     

  • The Government Inspector - Ghosts stars team up for cartoonish corruption satire
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    The Government Inspector - Ghosts stars team up for cartoonish corruption satire
    Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Martha Howe-Douglas ably embody Gogol's schemers, but this show doesn't hit any 21st-century targets.

    Martha Howe-Douglas (Mrs Anna Swashprattle) and Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Percy Fopdoodle) in The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol at the Marylebone Theatre. Directed by Patrick Myles.
    (Opening 08-05-2024)

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    ©Tristram Kenton

     

  • The Government Inspector - Ghosts stars team up for cartoonish corruption satire
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    The Government Inspector - Ghosts stars team up for cartoonish corruption satire
    Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Martha Howe-Douglas ably embody Gogol's schemers, but this show doesn't hit any 21st-century targets.

    Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Percy Fopdoodle) and Dan Skinner (Governor Swashprattle) in The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol at the Marylebone Theatre. Directed by Patrick Myles.
    (Opening 08-05-2024)

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    ©Tristram Kenton

     

  • The Government Inspector - Ghosts stars team up for cartoonish corruption satire
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    The Government Inspector - Ghosts stars team up for cartoonish corruption satire
    Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Martha Howe-Douglas ably embody Gogol's schemers, but this show doesn't hit any 21st-century targets.

    Dan Skinner (Governor Swashprattle) and Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Percy Fopdoodle) in The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol at the Marylebone Theatre. Directed by Patrick Myles.
    (Opening 08-05-2024)

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    ©Tristram Kenton

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    The repatriated stone head of Saraswati that was repatriated from the USA in 1999. The statue is in the temporary exhibition section of repatriated heritage in the National Museum.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    The repatriated wooden statue Nritya Devi of the 15th century from the USA. The statue was stolen from Ibahabahi, Patan, Lalitpur District of Nepal.The statue is in the temporary exhibition section of repatriated heritage in the National Museum.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Saubhagya Pradhananga, Director General, Department of Archaeology , Ramshah Path, Kathmandu Nepal.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • Guests depart for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
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    Guests depart for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
    Businessman Tom Hunter departs the BBC after Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
    21st January 2024

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    2024 © Elliott Franks

     

  • Guests depart for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
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    Guests depart for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
    Businessman Tom Hunter departs the BBC after Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
    21st January 2024

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    2024 © Elliott Franks

     

  • Guests arrive for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
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    Guests arrive for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
    Businessman Tom Hunter arrives for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, UK.
    21st January 2024

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    2024 © Elliott Franks

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Historical stone statue of god and goddesses is protected inside the iron bars from possible theft in the background and on the lower right corner there lies a left stone Jalhari after the main statue of Vishnu was stolen and now the statue is in the Guimet Museum in France. Chyasa Hiti in Patan, Lalitpur District Nepal.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Sanjaya Adhikari shows a Metallic statue of Laxminarayan with the Hiti at Sundari Chock of Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur District of nepal. The statue with Hiti is a replica and the main statue with Hiti was stolen and found . Now it's in the National Museum in Chauni , Kathmandu. . Advocate Sanjay Adhikari is a Public Interest Litigator for issues pertaining to Natural and Cultural Heritage across Nepal. He is the primary coordinator for the Social Responsive Litigation Clinic and is an associated with Kathmandu School of Law where he teaches Conservation Law.

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  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Art on the wooden pillar at Patan Museum at the Patan Durbar Square in lalitpur, Nepal.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Protection measures with iron bars are used to protect a two century old bell from possible theft in front of a Ganesh temple by the side of the temple of Laxmi Narayan in Lalitpur District of Nepal.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Bhairaja Shrestha,81 years old, a local heritage conservationist and the caretaker of the temple of Laxmi Narayan in Lalitpur District of Nepal. He says that he is really happy that the statue came back home.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Bal Kumari Shrestha from Lalitpur Metropolitan City ward no 16 from Patan, worships the returned statue of Laxmi-Narayan early morning at the temple of Laxmi Narayan in Lalitpur District of Nepal.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Bal Kumari Shrestha from Lalitpur Metropolitan City ward no 16 from Patan, worships the returned statue of Laxmi-Narayan early morning at the temple of Laxmi Narayan in Lalitpur District of Nepal.

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    Nabin Baral

     

  • 'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
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    'Our god was locked in a US museum': the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal's lost treasures
    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort by Nepali heritage hunters to get these objects back where they belong, helped by the changing attitudes of western governments and institutions, which have become more willing to return disputed artefacts.

    Sanjaya Adhikari poses for a portrait in front of Laxmi Narayan Temple in Lalitpur District of nepal.
    He played a major role in the return of the main statue of Laxmi-Narayan.
    Advocate Sanjay Adhikari is a Public Interest Litigator for issues pertaining to Natural and Cultural Heritage across Nepal. He is the primary coordinator for the Social Responsive Litigation Clinic and is an associated with Kathmandu School of Law where he teaches Conservation Law.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Kristján Loftsson, Þrír frakkar (Three coats) restaurant, Baldursgata 14. Reykjavik.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Kristján Loftsson, Þrír frakkar (Three coats) restaurant, Baldursgata 14. Reykjavik.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Kristján Loftsson, Þrír frakkar (Three coats) restaurant, Baldursgata 14. Reykjavik.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Kristján Loftsson, Þrír frakkar (Three coats) restaurant, Baldursgata 14. Reykjavik.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Kristján Loftsson, Þrír frakkar (Three coats) restaurant, Baldursgata 14. Reykjavik.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Stefán Úlfarsson, chef & owner of the restaurant, Þrír frakkar (Three coats) restaurant, Baldursgata 14. Reykjavik.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Kristján Loftsson, Þrír frakkar (Three coats) restaurant, Baldursgata 14. Reykjavik.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Iceland whaling for Dan Boffey

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Whaling ships, whalers, Reykjavik Harbour.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Whaling ships, whalers, Reykjavik Harbour.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Whaling ships, whalers, Reykjavik Harbour.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Whaling ships, whalers, Reykjavik Harbour.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Whaling ships, whalers, Reykjavik Harbour.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Arni Finnsson, of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association, believes that whaling in Iceland would have finished by now without Loftsson.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Arni Finnsson, of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association, believes that whaling in Iceland would have finished by now without Loftsson.

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    'We can carry on for ever': meet Iceland's last whale hunter
    For Kristjan Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

    For more than five decades Loftsson has stubbornly swum against the tide, whether that be public opinion, domestic regulation or an almost complete international consensus.

    Loftsson's home country of Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that defies the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, along with Japan and Norway. However, in Norway, the other European outlier, they hunt the minke whale, the populations of which are considered stable.

    The continued use off the Icelandic coast of grenade-tipped harpoons to kill fin whales - a species that is one of the world’s largest animals and listed as endangered by the WWF - has naturally been a cause celebre for environmental movements for decades, a symbol to many of humanity's cruel exploitation of nature.

    Arni Finnsson, of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association, believes that whaling in Iceland would have finished by now without Loftsson.

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