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UIG797867: Lina (with white dress and black head scraf), 18, recites the Koran with a girl and two young women, seated on the floor in her home in the Khairkhana neighbourhood in Kabul, the capital. Lina completed the third grade before she was forced to stop school. Determined to continue her education, she asked her brother, a university student, to help her study. She now takes tailoring and embroidery, as well as literacy and other classes, at an educational centre run by the UNICEF-assisted General Work and Development Association (GWA), a local NGO. The Association offers a non-formal education programme for adolescent and other women who previously could not attend school. (photo) / Bridgeman Images
UIG797468: Sarita Mohanti & Nandita Tripathi are both from Orissa and they performed the Sambhalpuri dance. Different artists at Suraj Kund Mela. The Suraj Kund Mela is an annual fair held near Delhi. Folk dances, handicrafts and a lot of fun, Haryana, North India, India. February 2, 2008. (photo) / Bridgeman Images
UIG797526: Offering yellow-orange marigolds, called cempasuchil, on the Day of the Dead or Death's Day. Also known as 'Flor de Meurto', flower of the dead, these flowers are thought to attract souls of the dead to the offerings. The holiday, which honours the dead, is celebrated mainly in Mexico and by people of Mexican heritage, and coincides with Catholic holy days of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. San Luis Potosi, Mexico. November 2, 2007. (photo) / Bridgeman Images
UIG797544: Jihad, a six year old kid, lives with his parents, Bahar Ali and Peara Begum, at a slum beside the railway lines. He has four sisters and two brothers. Two years ago he had lost one of his legs in an accident at the rail lines. His parents want to educate him. Bahar Ali bought some books for Jihad. Now, he can read the Bengali alphabet. Karwanbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 14, 2007. (photo) / Bridgeman Images
UIG797546: Jihad, a six years old kid, lives with his parents, Bahar Ali and Peara Begum, at a slum beside the railway lines. He has four sisters and two brothers. Two years ago he had lost one of his legs in an accident at the rail lines. His parents want to educate him. Bahar Ali bought some books for Jihad. Now, he can read the Bengali alphabet. Karwanbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 14, 2007. (photo) / Bridgeman Images