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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2025.

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Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2025.

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A drone photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A constructor adjusts a piece of 3D printing equipment in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. (Xinhua/Ding Hongfa)

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

Constructors pose for a photo with an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

Constructors check an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. (Xinhua/Ding Hongfa)

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A drone photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

Constructors check an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A drone photo shows constructors maintaining a house-building machine using 3D printing technology in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A drone photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A drone photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

This photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows an experimental building in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A constructor adjusts a piece of 3D printing equipment in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

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3D Printing Machine Builds Two-Story House in 22 Days - China

A drone photo shows constructors maintaining a house-building machine using 3D printing technology in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CORRECTED: Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Monumental structure unveiled in Iran's capital to commemorate Palestinians killed in Gaza

STORY: Monumental structure unveiled in Iran's capital to commemorate Palestinians killed in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: A monumental structure was unveiled in the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday to commemorate the Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. The unveiling ceremony of an 8-meter-tall metallic structure was held at Tehran's central Valiasr Square ahead of the Day of Gaza, which is annually marked by Iranians on Jan. 19 to commemorate the Palestinians' resistance during Israel's war on the coastal enclave in 2008-2009. The Palestinian students attending the ceremony sent doves flying into the sky to symbolize the liberation of the people of Gaza. The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to more than 24,000 since its outbreak on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry. Xinhua News Age

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Flower festival in Hiroshima

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with about 8,000 flower pots, as a two-day flower festival opens at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on June 10, 2023.

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Flower festival in Hiroshima

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with about 8,000 flower pots, as a two-day flower festival opens at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on June 10, 2023.

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Flower festival in Hiroshima

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with about 8,000 flower pots, as a two-day flower festival opens at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on June 10, 2023.

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Whale in rare sighting in Osaka confirmed dead

An 8-meter-long whale spotted near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka earlier this week was confirmed dead Friday, local officials said, after it had remained in the same spot for days and was not observed spouting water. Workers of the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in the western Japan city had approached the large mammal by boat to check if it was breathing, while Tsutomu Tamura of the Tokyo-based Institute of Cetacean Research said that the blowhole that the whale would use to breathe had been submerged underwater since Wednesday. The Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau is expected to discuss how to dispose of the whale's carcass.

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Whale spotted near mouth of Yodo River in Osaka

An 8-meter-long whale was spotted near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka on Monday, a rare sighting of the large mammal in Osaka Bay, according to the coast guard. The coast guard also warned ships navigating the area to watch out for the animal.

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Christmas tree lit up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - The Japan Committee for UNICEF lights up on Nov. 23, 2014, an 8-meter Christmas tree using blue LEDs at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in an effort to cheer up children in the northeastern Japanese region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Christmas tree set up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - A girl looks at an ornament she made after an 8-meter Christmas tree was lit up on Nov. 23, 2014, at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in the northeastern Japanese region hit by the March 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Plastics sail for next-generation freighters

SASEBO, Japan - A 20-meter-tall, 8-meter-wide sail made of reinforced plastics is tested on land in the port city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2014. It has been developed by the University of Tokyo and collaborators from the shipping and shipbuilding industry for cutting cost in maritime transportation. The group is planning to test the prototype sail on the sea as early as October.

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30,000 old 'hina' dolls

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Around 30,000 old ''hina'' dolls, collected from homes nationwide, are displayed on an 8-meter-high pyramid stand in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012, for a festival that started the same day and runs until March 20. The dolls are usually displayed on a much smaller stand in Japanese homes to bring happiness to young girls around early March.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji, a Buddhist temple, ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival in Nara on March 12, 2010. An 8-meter-long, 70-kilogram torch was moved around in the climax to the festival that heralds the spring in the ancient Japanese city.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji, a Buddhist temple, ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival in Nara on March 12, 2010. An 8-meter-long, 70-kilogram torch was moved around in the climax to the festival that heralds the spring in the ancient Japanese city.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring-heralding festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji Temple in the Japanese ancient city of Nara ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival on March 12. Buddhist priests moved around on the hall's stage holding together an 8-meter-long, 60-kilogram torch in the climax to the festival said to herald the spring.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring-heralding festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji Temple in the Japanese ancient city of Nara ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival on March 12. Buddhist priests moved around on the hall's stage holding together an 8-meter-long, 60-kilogram torch in the climax to the festival said to herald the spring.

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Christmas tree set up in Marunouchi Building

TOKYO, Japan - A couple look at an 8-meter Christmas tree set up in the Marunouchi Building in front of Tokyo Station on Nov. 28. Twelve thousand lights adorn the tree.

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Huge World Cup ad appears in Shibuya

TOKYO, Japan - A 13-meter-long, 8-meter-wide image depicting Japanese midfielder Alex is posted on the front of Shibuya's 109 building in central Tokyo on May 28. A soccer ball measuring 1.5-meters in diameter is placed on a wrecked car in front of the building as if kicked there by Alex as part of an Adidas Japan ad campaign ahead of the World Cup soccer finals due to start May 31. (2002 World Cup)

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Children plant rice on roof of Tokyo department store

TOKYO, Japan - Schoolchildren enjoy rice planting on the roof of a Tokyo department store July 27. A rice paddy promotion group made the 8-meter-long, 5-meter-wide paddy to allow people to experience rice planting in downtown Tokyo.

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China donates walking piano to Egyptian children with special needs

STORY: China donates walking piano to Egyptian children with special needs DATELINE: July 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of a child playing the giant pianoSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG RONGHAO, Cultural counselor of Chinese embassy in Egypt, director of China Cultural Center in Cairovarious of people setting up the pianoSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SOHEIR ABDEL-KADER, Founder and president of Awladna Foundation and Awladna International Forum STORYLINE: Egyptian children with disabilities can now enjoy playing the walking piano after the Chinese embassy in Egypt donated the big instrument to a local non-governmental organization for children with special needs. The walking piano, also known as the big piano and floor piano, is an oversized electronic keyboard. The big piano is played as the user taps feet on the keys to make sound, merging dance, music, and play. The 8-meter long floor piano was built especially for the Awladna Foundation for the Arts of Chil

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Traditional sweetfish fishing in Japan

A fisherman drops a line from a rocky cliff into an 8-meter-high waterfall in Kozagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16, 2022, to catch ayu sweetfish swimming up the Kogawa River with a traditional fishing technique that uses only hooks and sinkers without bait.

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Traditional sweetfish fishing in Japan

Fishermen drop lines from a rocky cliff into an 8-meter-high waterfall in Kozagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16, 2022, to catch ayu sweetfish swimming up the Kogawa River with a traditional fishing technique that uses only hooks and sinkers without bait.

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Skeleton of the Big John triceratops exposed at the Hotel Drouot - Paris

The Skull of a triceratops exposed for a auction sale at Drouot auction house on October 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Big John, the largest known triceratops, over 66 million years old and with an 8-meter long skeleton, is on display in Paris until 20 October, before an auction the following day at Hotel Drouot. The skeleton of the huge Big John triceratops found on a ranch in Montana in the United States and acquired in the raw state. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM