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Archive - February 21st 2026,
International Mother Language Day 

Magnum Photographers 

February 21st, 2025 is recognized as International Mother Language Day. 

Patrick Zachmann 2001

CHINA. Beijing. 2001. 

Ian Berry 2011

Scotland. Edinburgh. Self-taught Chilean musician, Carlos Arredondo,... 

Jim Goldberg 2005

GREECE. Lavrio. 2005. Detainment Center ( In The Open See). 

Bieke Depoorter 2017

EGYPT. Tunis. Al-Fayoum. October 2015.
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Thomas Dworzak 2016

NETHERLANDS. Holland. Amsterdam. June 2016. Warning / Not Allowed... 

Thomas Dworzak 2015

GERMANY. Bavaria. Passau. November 2015. University. Language... 

Ian Berry 2004

SOUTH AFRICA. Limpopo Region, Marken. The Marken primary school... 

Thomas Dworzak 2019

RUSSIA, Moscow, 2019/02. English language conversation class.... 

Peter Marlow 1976

GB. London. French teenagers on a visit to the capital. Language... 

Thomas Dworzak 2016

FRANCE, Paris, 20/106. French outdoor language classes for migrants... 

Stuart Franklin 1999

CHINA. Beijing. Elite graduate students take an English language... 

Eve Arnold 1962

USA. Chicago. Nation of Islam high school class in Arabic. 1962.... 

Abbas 1990

Bihar. Patna. A class at the Millat Urdu Girl's school. Often,... 

David Hurn 2000

G.B. WALES. Cardiff. Butetown - once know as 'Tiger Bay'. Arabic... 

Thomas Dworzak 2015

GERMANY, Bavaria, 2015/11. Passau. Voluteers from Passau University... 

Martin Parr 1984

GB. England. Liverpool. Chinatown. Wah Sing Chinese Comunnity... 

Abbas 1989

GB. ENGLAND. West Yorkshire. In Bradford, girls of Pakistani... 

Stuart Franklin 2002

G.B. ENGLAND. Newcastle. Punjabi class above a Sikh temple. 2002.... 

Guy Le Querrec 1998

BURKINA FASO. Province of Poni.
Lobi country, in the area of... 

Patrick Zachmann 2003

FRANCE. IDF. Seine Saint Denis. Aubervilliers. April 2003. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2015

China. Quing Hai. School with 100 % Ethnic Sala people, who are... 
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