Photos: Romania’s annual Dancing Bears Festival to ‘ward off evil spirits’ | In Pictures
Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing…
Photos: 2023 – a year in pictures | In Pictures
From the Israel-Hamas war to Russia’s grinding battles against Ukraine, 2023 has shown the dangers of armed conflicts breaking out into region-wide combat. It has…