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Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims jump into the Fasilides baths during the Timkat festival in Gondar.

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January 2024: A member of the Amhara police force stands guard next to Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers at the Fasilides Bath. Festivities for the Orthodox Christian celebration of epiphany have been muted this year in Gondar, in the northwest Ethiopian region of Amhara where conflict has raged for months. [Michele Spatari/AFP]

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Gonder

Ethiopia’s fourth largest city and former capital, Gonder (as known as Gondar) only had three real sights, but they were unusual and memorable places.

Home to the Ethiopian Royal Family between the 17th and 19th centuries, Fasil Ghebbi (Royal Compound) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering 70,000 sqm, containing six castles, three churches, a library, steam baths, and lion cages.

Falsile…

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#fasiledesbath #gondar #ethiopia #pool #bath #banyantree #beautiful #unescoworldheritage #bluesky #nofilter #whereintheworldislianna (at Fasilides' Bath) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rrjBWHGpE/?igshid=1q4jq68j7uyll

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Ethiopia is home to more than 100 million people—the second most-populous nation in Africa. It is also composed of wildly varying landscapes, and an incredible diversity of ethnic and religious groups.

Getty Images photographer Carl Court reports that “Lonely Planet recently ranked Ethiopia among the top ten 2017 world tourist destinations,” and that it earned more than $870 million from tourism in the first quarter of 2017 alone. Gathered here are a handful of recent images from across Ethiopia, showing just some of its people and regions.

Beauty and Color: Scenes From Ethiopia

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A priest stands on the edge of a cliff in front of the entrance to Ethiopian Orthodox rock-hewn church of Abuna Yemata Guh in the Gheralta Cluster in the Tigray mountains, on January 28, 2011, in Megab, Ethiopia. # Matjaz Krivic / Getty

The colorful volcanic landscape of Dallol in Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, on February 26, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

Portrait of an Afar tribesman with traditional hairstyle, in Assayta, Ethiopia, on March 1, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

Orthodox Christians sit outside the famous monolithic rock-cut churches during a Good Friday celebration in Lalibela, in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, on May 3, 2013. # Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

A village sits below a prominent hill in the Simien mountain range, near Gondar, Ethiopia, on January 20, 2017. # Carl Court / Getty

A woman from the Afar tribe with braided hair and a beaded headband in Chifra, Ethiopia, on January 21, 2017. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

The Omo River flows through low lying hills near the Bele Bridge in Ethiopia, on May 18, 2010. The bridge is one of three places along the Omo River’s 472 mile long length where a road reaches it. After rising in the Semien Hills of Northern Ethiopia the Omo ends its journey in Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake. The Lower Omo Valley is home to many unique indigenous tribal peoples that practice flood retreat cultivation in addition to the raising of cattle and goats. # Dean Krakel / Getty

Recently picked wild coffee is dried on a farm outside Bonga, Ethiopia, on December 4, 2012. The Kaffa region is known for its coffee production, wild coffee grown in high altitudes. This region is the original home of the coffee plant, coffee Arabica, which grows in the forest of the highlands. The red berries are the main source of income in the area. Local children and cattle also drink coffee. # Per-Anders Pettersson

Bet Medhane Alem rock church is seen in Lalibela on April 23, 2011. According to legend, angels helped King Lalibela build this church and others like it in the 11th and 12th century after he received an order from God to create a new Jerusalem in Ethiopia. # Flora Bagenal / Reuters

Portrait of an Ethiopian Orthodox priest holding a cross inside a rock church in Lalibela, in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, on February 23, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

A camel caravan carrying salt mined by hand is led across a salt plain in the Danakil Depression on January 22, 2017 near Dallol, Ethiopia. The depression lies 100 meters below sea level and is one of the hottest and most inhospitable places on Earth. # Carl Court / Getty

A salt miner works in the heat as he digs out salt blocks by hand in the Danakil Depression on January 22, 2017 in Dallol, Ethiopia. Despite the grueling conditions, Ethiopians continue a centuries old industry of mining salt from the ground by hand in temperatures that average 94 degrees F (34.5 C) but have risen to over 122 F (50 C). # Carl Court / Getty

Colorful potassium salt crust formed by hot springs in the Danakil Depression, near Dallol, Ethiopia, on February 26, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

A smiling Ethiopian boy named Abushe with striking blue eyes, affected by Waardenburg syndrome (a genetic disorder that can affect pigmentation among other things), in Jinka, Ethiopia, on March 18, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

A tourist stands in front of a lava lake in the crater of Erta Ale volcano, in Ethiopia’s Afar region, on February 27, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

Storm clouds gather over a valley in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on February 22, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian pilgrim is pictured at a mass before the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on January 19, 2012. Timkat celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. During Timkat, the Tabot, a model of the Ark of the Covenant is taken out of every Ethiopian church for 24 hours and paraded during a procession in towns across the country. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty

Hyena in the night, Harari Region, Harar, Ethiopia, on March 3, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

A girl from the Suri tribe in Ethiopia’s southern Omo Valley region near Kibbish on September 25, 2016. The Suri are a pastoralist Nilotic ethnic group in Ethiopia. The construction of the Gibe III dam, the third largest hydroelectric plant in Africa, and large areas of very “thirsty” cotton and sugar plantations and factories along the Omo river are impacting heavily on the lives of tribes living in the Omo Valley who depend on the river for their survival and way of life. Human rights groups fear for the future of the tribes if they are forced to scatter, give up traditional ways through loss of land or ability to keep cattle as globalization and development increases. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty

Stewardesses stand in line during the inauguration of a new train line linking Addis Ababa to the Red Sea state of Djibouti, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 5, 2016. # Tiksa Negeri / Reuters

An aerial view of the El Sod volcanic crater lake where Borana tribesmen dive to collect salt, in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, on March 4, 2017. # Eric Lafforgue / Art In All Of Us / Corbis via Getty

A Borana tribesman encrusted with salt after diving in the El Sod volcanic crater lake to collect salt, in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, on March 4, 2017. # Eric Lafforgue / Art In All Of Us / Corbis via Getty

An Orthodox Christian walks into one of 11 monolithic rock-cut churches, ahead of Orthodox Easter in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on May 4, 2013. # Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

A smiling woman from the Borana tribe, during an Oromo Gada system ceremony in Yabelo, Ethiopia, on March 6, 2017. # Eric Lafforgue / Art In All Of Us / Corbis via Getty

A multi-colored mosque in the old area of Jugol on January 13, 2017, in Harar, Ethiopia. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

Children from the Suri tribe pose in Ethiopia’s southern Omo Valley region near Kibbish on September 25, 2016. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty

An Afar tribe herder with his cattle at sunset, near Afambo, Ethiopia, on March 1, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

Men from the Suri tribe take part in a “Donga” or stick fight in Ethiopia’s southern Omo Valley region near Kibbish on September 24, 2016. Traditionally the fight is a way to impress women and find a wife. The fights are brutal and sometimes result in deaths. The combatants fight with little or no clothing and sometimes no protection at all. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty

Aerial view of a truck passing in the Konso hills and terraces in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, on March 10, 2017. # Eric Lafforgue / Art In All Of Us / Corbis via Getty

Portrait of an Afar woman with green eyes and tattoos on her face, on January 17, 2017, in Assaita, Ethiopia. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims jump into the Fasilides baths during the Timkat festival in Gondar on January 19, 2014. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty

Salt canyons and pillars made of layers of halite and gypsum in the Danakil Depression, near Dallol, Ethiopia, on February 26, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

A girl from the Afar tribe with braided hair, photographed on January 15, 2017, in Afambo, Ethiopia. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

An Ethiopian girl sits outside a church in Mekele, Ethiopia, on March 8, 2007, during Lent. # Jose Cendon / AFP / Getty

A large tree stands above a plain near Alaba Kuito, Ethiopia, photographed on March 10, 2016. # Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Corbis via Getty

Beauty and Color: Scenes From Ethiopia | Alan Taylor | In Focus

Beauty and Color: Scenes From Ethiopia

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#TravelAfricaStory #TravelTuesday Focus - #Ethiopia Via @guardian - Two women pose by trees before the Timkat festival in Ethiopia. The annual festival is an Orthodox Christian celebration of the Epiphany, remembering the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, tabots, models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around the city of Gondat and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images #Timkat #Ethiopia #festival #epiphany #celebration #religion #church #orthodoxchristian

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Death Toll Up To 10 In Ethiopia Platform Collapse; 250 Hurt

Death Toll Up To 10 In Ethiopia Platform Collapse; 250 Hurt

Regional officials in Ethiopia have confirmed that 10 persons had died and 250 injured after a wooden platform collapsed during a religious event on Monday.  The tragedy happened as thousands of people attended the colorful epiphany celebration, known as Timkat, in the northern city of Gondar.

Several thousand Ethiopians and tourists were packed inside the emperor Fasilides bath in the city for…

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Melkam Timkat - as Ethiopia celebrates a very special festival

Melkam Timkat – as Ethiopia celebrates a very special festival

Worshippers jump into the Fasilides baths

Melkam Timkat from us all at Tesfa Tours. If there is one holiday that encapsulates the unique nature of the Ethiopia Orthodox church it is Timkat. Literally it means baptism (in Ge’ez – the liturgical language, as well as in Amharic and Tigrinya), but is Ethiopia’s  unique take on the  celebration of Epiphany. Across the Orthodox world the 19th January…

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#baptism #Epiphany #ethiopia #Orthodox #procession #Tabot #Timkat

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Gondar Fasilides Bath

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Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. ��: Carl Court via Getty Images News

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as they pray at Fasilides Bath during the annual Timkat Epiphany celebration in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. | January 19, 2017 - @carl_court #GettyImagesNews

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January 2024: Orthodox worshippers sing and dance at the Fasilides Bath on the eve of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany. [Michele Spatari/AFP]

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Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. ��: Carl Court via Getty Images News

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as they pray at Fasilides Bath during the annual Timkat Epiphany celebration in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. | January 19, 2017 - @carl_court #GettyImagesNews

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Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. ��: Carl Court via Getty Images News

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as they pray at Fasilides Bath during the annual Timkat Epiphany celebration in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. | January 19, 2017 - @carl_court #GettyImagesNews

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Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

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Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as they pray at Fasilides Bath during the annual Timkat Epiphany celebration in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. | January 19, 2017 - @carl_court #GettyImagesNews

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Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. ��: Carl Court via Getty Images News

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as...

Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as they pray at Fasilides Bath during the annual Timkat Epiphany celebration in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath. | January 19, 2017 - @carl_court #GettyImagesNews

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Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers burn candles as… Timkat celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. During the festival, Tabots, or models of the Ark of the Covenant, are taken from churches around Gondar and paraded through the streets to Fasilides Bath.