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1. Shard Calculation

Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 16 (from laksa051)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa016.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28736355\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28736355\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-28736355","crawl_time":1772983002,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,bbc!www,\/news\/world-asia-28736355 s443","src_root_hash":"1643509356818581016","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"In pictures: Hungry Ghost Festival - BBC News","meta_descriptions":["The Hungry Ghost Festival, celebrated by Chinese communities, marks the belief that ghosts are freed from hell to wander amongst the living in search of food, rest and entertainment"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Image caption,\nThe Hungry Ghost Festival marks the Chinese belief that ghosts are allowed to return to Earth in search of food, rest and entertainment.\nImage caption,\nThe month-long religious festival is celebrated in Chinese communities around the world, including in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.\nImage caption,\nA priest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, offers prayers in front of a Chinese deity during late-night festivities at a temple.\nImage caption,\n\"Hell money\", effigies and joss sticks are commonly burnt during the month-long festival as a sign of offerings to the deceased.\nImage caption,\nIn China, water lanterns which are lit up by worshippers and released in rivers, are believed to help hungry ghosts find their way home.\nImage caption,\nIn this picture, ethnic Chinese-Indonesians in Medan, northern Sumatra, transport an effigy depicting the Chinese Ghost King.\nImage caption,\nPerformances are also commonly staged by Chinese opera groups to symbolise the appeasing of restless spirits.\nImage caption,\nA Chinese monk throws gold coins to worshippers for good luck during preparations at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.\nImage caption,\nThis year in Hong Kong, a fashion designer has staged a \"funeral fashion show\" to challenge traditional ways of celebrating the event.\nImage caption,\nIn accordance with superstition, children are advised not to stay out late at night, go swimming or visit cemeteries during the festival. Touching or disturbing joss sticks or offerings is also discouraged.","attrs_markdown":"[BBC Homepage](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/)\n\n- [Skip to content](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-28736355#main-heading)\n- [Accessibility Help](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/accessibility\/)\n\n- [Sign in](https:\/\/session.bbc.com\/session?lang=en-GB&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-28736355&sequenceId=2d283d6c-179b-4d71-a4bc-c1fa325569ff)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n- [Sport](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/business)\n- [Innovation](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/innovation)\n- [Culture](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture)\n- [Travel](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel)\n- [Earth](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future-planet)\n- [Audio](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/audio)\n- [Video](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/video)\n- [Live](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/live)\n- [More 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sharing](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/usingthebbc\/terms\/can-i-share-things-from-the-bbc)\n\n![An Ethnic Chinese priest stands in front of statue made of paper of Chinese deity \"Da Shi Ye\" or Guardian God of Ghosts set of fire by devotees during the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur, late on 10 August, 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861900_hi023464109.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nThe Hungry Ghost Festival marks the Chinese belief that ghosts are allowed to return to Earth in search of food, rest and entertainment.\n\n![An ethnic-Chinese Indonesian man throws \"hell money\" prepared as offerings for his ancestors\" souls into the air during the \"hungry ghost\" festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday, 10 August 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861902_hi023462168.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nThe month-long religious festival is celebrated in Chinese communities around the world, including in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.\n\n![An ethnic Chinese priest offers prayers in front of the statue made of paper of Chinese deity \"Da Shi Ye\" or Guardian God of Ghosts during the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur, late on 10 August, 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861995_hi023464053.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nA priest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, offers prayers in front of a Chinese deity during late-night festivities at a temple.\n\n![Employees from a nearby office building burn offerings to mark the Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore on 8 August, 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861903_hi023439975.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\n\"Hell money\", effigies and joss sticks are commonly burnt during the month-long festival as a sign of offerings to the deceased.\n\n![Water lanterns float on a river during Hungry Ghost Festival at Ziyuan County on 9 August, 2014 in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76863000\/jpg\/_76863025_hi023469032.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nIn China, water lanterns which are lit up by worshippers and released in rivers, are believed to help hungry ghosts find their way home.\n\n![Ethnic-Chinese Indonesians carry an effigy of the \"king of ghost\" during the \"hungry ghost\" festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday, 10 August, 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861901_hi023462180.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nIn this picture, ethnic Chinese-Indonesians in Medan, northern Sumatra, transport an effigy depicting the Chinese Ghost King.\n\n![A Malaysian ethnic Chinese performs a scene of an opera based on popular Chinese myths and legends during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Kajang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, late 05 August 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861904_hi023413861.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nPerformances are also commonly staged by Chinese opera groups to symbolise the appeasing of restless spirits.\n\n![A monk throws coins to worshippers for good luck during preparations for the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur on 3 August, 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76862000\/jpg\/_76862024_hi023394285.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nA Chinese monk throws gold coins to worshippers for good luck during preparations at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.\n\n![A model has is made up to look like a Chinese ghost before a \"Funeral Fashion Show\" during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Hong Kong on 10 August, 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861987_hi023461554.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nThis year in Hong Kong, a fashion designer has staged a \"funeral fashion show\" to challenge traditional ways of celebrating the event.\n\n![Children pray during the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur on 3 August, 2014](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/mcs\/media\/images\/76861000\/jpg\/_76861933_hi023394184.jpg)\n\nImage caption,\n\nIn accordance with superstition, children are advised not to stay out late at night, go swimming or visit cemeteries during the festival. Touching or disturbing joss sticks or offerings is also discouraged.\n\n## Top stories\n- [Live. Iranian clerics close to naming new leader as smoke chokes Tehran after oil depot strikes](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cz0g2yg3579t)\n- [PM is standing up for UK interests, says Cooper after Trump criticism](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c05v28eqjyvo)\n- ['Our children paid the ultimate price' – How the Dunblane school shooting changed Britain](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp9m8zmxe25o)\n\n## More to explore\n- ['Our children paid the ultimate price' – How the Dunblane school shooting changed Britain](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp9m8zmxe25o)\n  \n  ![A black and white photo of Gwen Mayor, a blonde-haired woman in a patterned dress, and her 28 pupils arranged in four rows of seven in a classroom. 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Readable Markdown	![An Ethnic Chinese priest stands in front of statue made of paper of Chinese deity "Da Shi Ye" or Guardian God of Ghosts set of fire by devotees during the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur, late on 10 August, 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861900_hi023464109.jpg) Image caption, The Hungry Ghost Festival marks the Chinese belief that ghosts are allowed to return to Earth in search of food, rest and entertainment. ![An ethnic-Chinese Indonesian man throws "hell money" prepared as offerings for his ancestors" souls into the air during the "hungry ghost" festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday, 10 August 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861902_hi023462168.jpg) Image caption, The month-long religious festival is celebrated in Chinese communities around the world, including in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. ![An ethnic Chinese priest offers prayers in front of the statue made of paper of Chinese deity "Da Shi Ye" or Guardian God of Ghosts during the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur, late on 10 August, 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861995_hi023464053.jpg) Image caption, A priest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, offers prayers in front of a Chinese deity during late-night festivities at a temple. ![Employees from a nearby office building burn offerings to mark the Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore on 8 August, 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861903_hi023439975.jpg) Image caption, "Hell money", effigies and joss sticks are commonly burnt during the month-long festival as a sign of offerings to the deceased. ![Water lanterns float on a river during Hungry Ghost Festival at Ziyuan County on 9 August, 2014 in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76863000/jpg/_76863025_hi023469032.jpg) Image caption, In China, water lanterns which are lit up by worshippers and released in rivers, are believed to help hungry ghosts find their way home. ![Ethnic-Chinese Indonesians carry an effigy of the "king of ghost" during the "hungry ghost" festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday, 10 August, 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861901_hi023462180.jpg) Image caption, In this picture, ethnic Chinese-Indonesians in Medan, northern Sumatra, transport an effigy depicting the Chinese Ghost King. ![A Malaysian ethnic Chinese performs a scene of an opera based on popular Chinese myths and legends during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Kajang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, late 05 August 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861904_hi023413861.jpg) Image caption, Performances are also commonly staged by Chinese opera groups to symbolise the appeasing of restless spirits. ![A monk throws coins to worshippers for good luck during preparations for the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur on 3 August, 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76862000/jpg/_76862024_hi023394285.jpg) Image caption, A Chinese monk throws gold coins to worshippers for good luck during preparations at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ![A model has is made up to look like a Chinese ghost before a "Funeral Fashion Show" during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Hong Kong on 10 August, 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861987_hi023461554.jpg) Image caption, This year in Hong Kong, a fashion designer has staged a "funeral fashion show" to challenge traditional ways of celebrating the event. ![Children pray during the Hungry Ghost festival in Kuala Lumpur on 3 August, 2014](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/mcs/media/images/76861000/jpg/_76861933_hi023394184.jpg) Image caption, In accordance with superstition, children are advised not to stay out late at night, go swimming or visit cemeteries during the festival. Touching or disturbing joss sticks or offerings is also discouraged.
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