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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A beautiful woman poses in front of a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A beautiful woman poses in front of a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A child poses for a photo in front of a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - Tourists look at a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A beautiful woman poses in front of a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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A 17-meter-high LED Christmas Tree in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA- NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - A beautiful woman poses in front of a 17-meter-high LED Christmas tree in Chongqing, southwest China, Nov 15, 2024.

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(SP)SLOVENIA-KANAL OB SOCI-33RD JUMPING EVENT

(240812) -- KANAL OB SOCI, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A participant jumps into the River Soca from a 17-meter-high bridge during the 33rd traditional jumping event in Kanal ob Soci, Slovenia on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)SLOVENIA-KANAL OB SOCI-33RD JUMPING EVENT

(240812) -- KANAL OB SOCI, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A participant jumps into the River Soca from a 17-meter-high bridge during the 33rd traditional jumping event in Kanal ob Soci, Slovenia on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)SLOVENIA-KANAL OB SOCI-33RD JUMPING EVENT

(240812) -- KANAL OB SOCI, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A participant jumps into the River Soca from a 17-meter-high bridge during the 33rd traditional jumping event in Kanal ob Soci, Slovenia on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)SLOVENIA-KANAL OB SOCI-33RD JUMPING EVENT

(240812) -- KANAL OB SOCI, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A participant jumps into the River Soca from a 17-meter-high bridge during the 33rd traditional jumping event in Kanal ob Soci, Slovenia on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)SLOVENIA-KANAL OB SOCI-33RD JUMPING EVENT

(240812) -- KANAL OB SOCI, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A participant jumps into the River Soca from a 17-meter-high bridge during the 33rd traditional jumping event in Kanal ob Soci, Slovenia on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)SLOVENIA-KANAL OB SOCI-33RD JUMPING EVENT

(240812) -- KANAL OB SOCI, Aug. 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A participant jumps into the River Soca from a 17-meter-high bridge during the 33rd traditional jumping event in Kanal ob Soci, Slovenia on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christmas tree lighting ceremony held in Athens

STORY: Christmas tree lighting ceremony held in Athens SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the lighting ceremony of the Christmas tree in Athens 2. SOUNDBTIE 1 (Greek): KOSTAS BAKOYANNIS, Mayor of Athens 3. various of the lighting ceremony of the Christmas tree in Athens 4. SOUNDBTIE 2 (Greek): CHRISANNA, Tourist from Cyprus 5. SOUNDBTIE 3 (Greek): CHRISO, Tourist from Cyprus 6. various of the lighting ceremony of the Christmas tree in Athens STORYLINE: A Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held in Athens on Thursday, kicking off the festive season celebration events. Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis gave the signal for the illumination of a 17-meter natural tree which stands on Syntagma Square in front of the Greek parliament with 24,000 LED lights. SOUNDBTIE 1 (Greek): KOSTAS BAKOYANNIS, Mayor of Athens "One wish, health and love! Christmas is a celebration in particular for the children. Wishing them the

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Hitler assassination attempt monument

BERLIN, Germany - Photo shows a 17-meter-high steel monument representing the profile of Georg Elser (1903-45), which was unveiled in Berlin on Nov. 8, 2011. The carpenter attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler on the same day in 1939.

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Alpine route opens for new season

TOYAMA, Japan - Visitors stand in the snow near ''Yuki no Otani (Huge valley of snow),'' a popular pedestrian walkway on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 16, 2011, the opening day of the route. The popular walkway, lined with 17-meter snow walls, was closed that day due to the snowstorm.

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Japan's MSDF explodes underwater mines off Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A minesweeping unit of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) explodes on Oct. 5 four underwater mines which are believed to have been dropped off Kobe by the U.S. armed forces during World War II. The mines were found at the 17-meter-deep seabed near the construction site of the planned Kobe airport.

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-CHRISTMAS TREE-LIGHTING

(221208) -- BEIRUT, Dec. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A girl takes part in an event to celebrate the lighting of a Christmas tree in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 7, 2022. Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the lighting of a 17-meter-high Christmas tree in Beirut on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

A 17-meter-long trunk is to be erected in Shimosuwa in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on May 16, 2022, the final day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwa Taisha shrine.

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Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

A 17-meter-long trunk is erected vertically in Shimosuwa in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on May 16, 2022, the final day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwa Taisha shrine.

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Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

A 17-meter-long fir trunk is lowered along a 25-degree slope in the city of Chino in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a "kiotoshi event" on April 3, 2016, the second day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwataisha Shrine. Suwataisha consists of four shrine building complexes dotted around Lake Suwa. During the festival, held every six years, 16 fir trees are cut in the mountains and taken to the four shrines to replace Onbashira (wooden poles) in each corner of the shrines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

A 17-meter-long fir trunk is lowered along a 25-degree slope in the city of Chino in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a "kiotoshi event" on April 3, 2016, the second day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwataisha Shrine. Suwataisha consists of four shrine building complexes dotted around Lake Suwa. During the festival, held every six years, 16 fir trees are cut in the mountains and taken to the four shrines to replace Onbashira (wooden poles) in each corner of the shrines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alpine route opens for new season

TOYAMA, Japan - Visitors stand in the snow near ''Yuki no Otani (Huge valley of snow),'' a popular pedestrian walkway on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 16, 2011, the opening day of the route. The popular walkway, lined with 17-meter snow walls, was closed that day due to the snowstorm. (Kyodo)

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Hitler assassination attempt monument

BERLIN, Germany - Photo shows a 17-meter-high steel monument representing the profile of Georg Elser (1903-45), which was unveiled in Berlin on Nov. 8, 2011. The carpenter attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler on the same day in 1939. (Kyodo)

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New 'barrier-free' lifts fixed at premier's residence

TOKYO - Wheelchair lifts have been fixed in two places at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Photo shows Posts and Telecommunications Minister Eita Yashiro moving up on a test lift on Jan. 19 from the ground floor to the 2nd floor office of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) by using a new Canadian-made, 17-meter-long lift on the spiral stairway. Yashiro, a former TV celebrity, has been confined to a wheelchair since his serious injury in a fall from a stage in 1973.

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Japan's MSDF explodes underwater mines off Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A minesweeping unit of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) explodes on Oct. 5 four underwater mines which are believed to have been dropped off Kobe by the U.S. armed forces during World War II. The mines were found at the 17-meter-deep seabed near the construction site of the planned Kobe airport.