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#Repost @natgeo ・・・ Photo by Stephanie Sinclair @stephsinclairpix @tooyoungtowed / An 11-year-old girl in Ghor Province, Afghanistan, sits beside her fiancé, estimated to be in his 40s, at their engagement ceremony shortly before the couple’s marriage in 2005. Twenty years after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, which ousted the Taliban from power, the world is witnessing one of the most dramatic rollbacks of women’s and girls’ rights in recent history. Shortly after the Taliban's advancement, reports quickly began to emerge detailing war crimes and targeted violence against women and girls, including kidnappings, beatings, and forced marriages of young girls to Taliban fighters. “My heart is tearing into pieces. For centuries we were the victims of wars—as children, as teenagers, as mothers. Always as women. We don’t want to be slaves to be beaten and abused," Jamila, an Afghan journalist, shared with me. "We don't want these 20 years of progress to just go, wash away.” For decades Afghanistan's women and girls courageously pursued freedoms and opportunities they were encouraged to fully embrace. Jamila's chilling testimony illustrates the collective trauma from prior Taliban repression, when public lashings and executions were part of daily life, girls couldn’t go to school beyond age 12, and women were stripped of nearly all individual rights. Today, with the nation sinking deeper into cruel tyranny, Afghan women fear the worst. “We don’t want to die like that. We won’t give up." https://www.instagram.com/p/CS1V6xpi7IV/?utm_medium=tumblr

You are remembered for the rules you break. #sundayfunday #Cycling (at गुडगांव हरियाणा) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRLc6AdM72l/?utm_medium=tumblr

. . . Swinging into the new week like...🐒🤎⁣ ⁣ A young langur monkey uses the tails of two others to swing beneath a branch in India's Bandipur National Park.⁣ ⁣ 📷: @thomasvijayan https://www.instagram.com/p/CKOZkOABfLG/?igshid=clc5fqp8cae4

. . . Swinging into the new week like...🐒🤎⁣ ⁣ A young langur monkey uses the tails of two others to swing beneath a branch in India's Bandipur National Park.⁣ ⁣ 📷: @thomasvijayan https://www.instagram.com/p/CKOZkOABfLG/?igshid=clc5fqp8cae4

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple. Shringeri Sharada Peetham. 03 January 2020 (at Sringeri Sharada Peetham) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlrJA1Bib-/?igshid=1ak3gtkkpmsry

@naturein_focus Ahaetulla malabarica - Green Vine Snake - feeding on a Fowlea piscator - Checkered Keelback. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIkXEAShivX/?igshid=us9ynbpozbsq

#Repost @natgeo This portrait in Yemen of child brides Ghada and Tahani—with their adult husbands. Every two seconds a girl is married, which impacts some 12 million girls each year. #natgeo https://www.instagram.com/p/CIkBjveBzCg/?igshid=touoib1qy0o0

Cow & Marsh crocodile . . Picture from • @sharu_09 #kabiniwildlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CIdh692BV5E/?igshid=8retkn03pcef

Picture from @karthikrugvedi When the road king met the forest king !! https://www.instagram.com/p/CIQkxl_BkL0/?igshid=rrx2w7wqc75v

Fan-throated Lizard Photo by @nasikabatrachus https://www.instagram.com/p/CH0RcQ9HJ-n/?igshid=zftlgb1fxab3

Via @wcsindia ・・・ A langur in Pench, India, photographed and titled 'Snug Fit' by @amanwilson. #repost #langurs #langur #pench #india #langursofindia #langursofinstagram #wildlife #animals #indianwildlife #wildlifeofinstagram #animalsofindia #animalsofinstagram #wildlifeofindia #indianfauna #monkeys #indianmonkey #monkeysofinstagram #monkeysofindia #nature #life #beauty #funnyanimals #lifeonourplanet #lifeonearth #earth https://www.instagram.com/p/CHx24TVBKBe/?igshid=ners6cwnpwvr

Via @wcsindia ・・・ A langur in Pench, India, photographed and titled 'Snug Fit' by @amanwilson. #repost #langurs #langur #pench #india #langursofindia #langursofinstagram #wildlife #animals #indianwildlife #wildlifeofinstagram #animalsofindia #animalsofinstagram #wildlifeofindia #indianfauna #monkeys #indianmonkey #monkeysofinstagram #monkeysofindia #nature #life #beauty #funnyanimals #lifeonourplanet #lifeonearth #earth https://www.instagram.com/p/CHx24TVBKBe/?igshid=ners6cwnpwvr

#Repost @wcsindia ・・・ The vocal sac of a bush frog is a flexible membrane of skin found in males. Its purpose is usually to amplify the mating calls. Here's a Jayaram's bush frog calling in Valparai, photographed by @philliprossphotography #bushfrog #raorchestesjayarami #frogs #frogsofindia #frogsofinstagram #valparai #anaimalai #frogcall #wildlife #animals #indianwildlife #wildlifeofinstagram #animalsofindia #animalsofinstagram #wildlifeofindia #indianfauna #indianfrogs #lifeonourplanet #lifeonearth #vocalsac #imageoftheday #photooftheday #picoftheday #rainforest #life #beauty #nature (at Indian Bird Conservancy - IBC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHu20vvBipr/?igshid=10fg19ppv7e41

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. (at Sariska Tiger Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHp_XuChw5l/?igshid=1fkdor8qyzbf4

The entire planet is drawn to Indian culture and soft power. The global community looks to us for solutions to international problems - whether terrorism, money laundering or climate change. In a globalised world, our responsibilities are also global. #happydiwali #deepavali #diwali2020 #festivevibes #festivewear #office #officetrends #traditional #officeculture (at Gurugram) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHUZOpThkhx/?igshid=r5e1bz845d9g

“TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY, AND NARROW MINDEDNESS, AND MANY OF OUR PEOPLE NEED IT SORELY ON THESE ACCOUNTS.” (at Gurugram) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHKL6QLB8_w/?igshid=js2x9egshhrq