Girls from Newar community gesture as they attend a Bel Bibaha or Ihi ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal on Februay 1, 2023. Bel Bibaha, or Ihi, is a marriage ceremony in the Newar community of Nepal in which pre-adolescent girls are ''married'' to the bael fruit (wood apple). Girls from Newar community are married thrice in their life, to the bael fruit and the sun before marrying a human. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)
