Japan Edition
World Family Photo Box Day leads today's complete edition for Japan.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for printed pictures, old phones, albums, names written on backs, and the people a household remembers together.
National holiday. A significant day for Burkina's Catholic community. Churches fill, choirs sing, and afterward everyone gathers for a meal that always includes riz gras. The faith runs deep in the Centre-Ouest and the processions through Koudougou and Ouaga are a sight that stays with you.
The anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Emperor delivers a message of remembrance, and the day is observed with ceremonies at the Nippon Budokan and Yasukuni Shrine. The visits to Yasukuni by cabinet ministers are controversial, because the shrine honors 14 Class-A war criminals among the 2.5 million war dead. The controversy is alive, the wounds are deep, and the day is a reminder that the war is not yet fully in the past.
You observe the snow leopard, Asian elephant, and markhor wild goat inhabiting Pakistan's diverse mountain and forest ecosystems. You find that Pakistanis typically keep dogs, cats, and chickens as their most common household animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.