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Satellite View of Severe wildfires in Spain and Portugal

Handout photo dated on August 16, 2025 shows Massive wildfires are spreading in north-west and western Spain, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents. By 17 August 2025, Spain had already recorded its highest annual total of estimated fire emissions in the 23-year Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) dataset. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image acquired on 16 August 2025 shows dense smoke plumes rising from active fires near the city of Ourense, located in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. Portugal has also been severely affected by the fires, with northern and central regions hit the hardest. According to CAMS data, the country’s estimated emissions have nearly reached the highest annual totals of 2003 and 2005. To support national authorities, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) has been activated to provide emergency mapping services. Further information is available here. Spain, Portugal. Photo by European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery via ABAC

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Canada Wildfires Impact North America's Air Quality

Handout photo dated on August 3, 2025, shows Canada is currently facing an intense fire season, with hundreds of active wildfires across Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba, prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents. Smoke from these fires has severely degraded air quality both locally and across borders, including the United States. This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US. According to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), June and July 2025 saw severe wildfire activity in Canada, with daily total wildfire intensity and emissions consistently above the 2003-2024 average throughout the summer. August 3, 2025. Photo by European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery via ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Marc Ouellet (Canada) attends a mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican on August 30, 2022. - Ouellet served as Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada from 2003 to 2010. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003 and was considered a possible candidate for election to the papacy in both 2005 and 2013. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese defector to N. Korea returns to Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Kazumi Kitagawa, 31, a Japanese woman from Osaka who jumped into a river on the Chinese-North Korean border and defected to North Korea in August 2003 returned to Japan on Nov. 3. Photo shows Kitagawa holding a news conference at a Niigata hotel after arriving at Niigata airport from Pyongyang via Vladivostok.

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(2)Top court says gov't 1983 approval to build Monju reactor was valid

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on August 31, 2004 shows the Monju experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Supreme Court ruled May 30 that the government's 1983 approval to build the nuclear reactor was valid, overturning a 2003 high court ruling that invalidated the approval.

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USJ to recall stuffed animals after needle complaint

OSAKA, Japan - Universal Studios Japan, a Hollywood theme park operator, said Aug. 19 it will recall around 88,000 stuffed animals given to park visitors since August 2003 after it received a complaint earlier in August that a needle was found in a stuffed teddy bear. Photo shows the type of stuffed animal given to visitors.

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Stuffed megamouth to be put on exhibition

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Two girls looks into the mouth of a stuffed megamouth just completed at a laboratory in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, on July 13. This rare shark, 4.2 meters long, was netted in Suruga Bay on the Pacific in the summer of 2003. It will be put on exhibition at Tokai University's Oceanology Museum in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, from July 17 to August 31, 2004.

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Globe maker busy producing Mars models

SOKA, Japan - A worker at a globe manufacturer in Soka, Saitama Prefecture handles a Mars model ahead of the planet's regular opposition to the sun with the Earth in between in August 2003. On Aug. 27, Mars will be almost 30% closer to the Earth than during an average opposition and will appear especially large and bright. The company is seeing twice its usual order volume ahead of the heavenly event.

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Iraqis visit al-Baghdadi Museum to remember ancestors' legacy

STORY: Iraqis visit al-Baghdadi Museum to remember ancestors' legacy DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:45 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the al-Baghdadi Museum 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): JASIM SAKRAN, Director of al-Baghdadi Museum 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAWSAN AL-SHAIBANI, Visitor 4 various of visitors STORYLINE: The exhibits in Iraq's al-Baghdadi Museum are one of the tourist landmarks in Baghdad, offering a nostalgic journey into the past daily life of the capital city, through scenes featuring life-size wax models. Located near the Tigris River that bisects Baghdad, the museum's old building was first built in 1869, during the Ottoman era. In 1970, the al-Baghdadi Museum was opened in the old building after renovation. It includes 385 statues representing more than 77 scenes featuring folk crafts, trades, professions, local customs, and street life. The museum was damaged during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was rehabilitated in August 2008. SOUNDBITE 1 (Ara

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. Extra cloudy under high base on August 10, 2021 in Arboras, France. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. in Mansle France on august 22, 2015. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. Superposition in Palavas, France on august 2018. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. Double love at first sight under cell in St Michel, Herault, France on August 10, 2021. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. in Sitges, Spain on August 31, 2020. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. in St Michel, Herault, France on August 10, 2021. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. in St Drezery, France august 13, 2018. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, storm photographer and agroclimatology at INRAE received the Weather Photographer of the Year 2021 award. He studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize our most beautiful climatic events. in Sitges, Spain on august 30, 2020. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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USJ to recall stuffed animals after needle complaint

OSAKA, Japan - Universal Studios Japan, a Hollywood theme park operator, said Aug. 19 it will recall around 88,000 stuffed animals given to park visitors since August 2003 after it received a complaint earlier in August that a needle was found in a stuffed teddy bear. Photo shows the type of stuffed animal given to visitors. (Kyodo)

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(2)Top court says gov't 1983 approval to build Monju reactor was

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on August 31, 2004 shows the Monju experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Supreme Court ruled May 30 that the government's 1983 approval to build the nuclear reactor was valid, overturning a 2003 high court ruling that invalidated the approval. (Kyodo)

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Globe maker busy producing Mars models

SOKA, Japan - A worker at a globe manufacturer in Soka, Saitama Prefecture handles a Mars model ahead of the planet's regular opposition to the sun with the Earth in between in August 2003. On Aug. 27, Mars will be almost 30% closer to the Earth than during an average opposition and will appear especially large and bright. The company is seeing twice its usual order volume ahead of the heavenly event. (Kyodo)

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Snakes On A Plane (2006)

Samuel L. Jackson Characters: Neville Flynn Film: Snakes On A Plane (2006) Director: David R. Ellis 18 August 2006 DF-01496 Pacific Air 121 , July 6, 2003 Photo by James Dittiger/New Line Productions To license this image (5487917), contact NewLine: U.S. +1-212-686-8900 / U.K. +44-207 659 2815 / Australia +61-2-8262-9222 / Japan: +81-3-5464-7020 +1 212-686-8901 (fax) Date: 18 August 2006

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Heather Locklear Characters: Molly Gunn & Roma Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Marley Shelton Characters: Molly Gunn & Ingrid Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Marley Shelton & Brittany Murphy Characters: Ingrid & Molly Gunn Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy, Pig & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn, & Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Marley Shelton & Brittany Murphy Characters: Ingrid & Molly Gunn Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Marley Shelton & Brittany Murphy Characters: Ingrid & Molly Gunn Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Dakota Fanning & Heather Locklear Characters: Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine & Roma Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Heather Locklear Characters: Roma Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Donald Faison Characters: Molly Gunn & Huey Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Dakota Fanning & Brittany Murphy Characters: Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine & Molly Gunn Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Pig In Bath Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy Characters: MOLLY GUNN Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Marley Shelton Characters: Ingrid Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Donald Faison Characters: Huey Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Dakota Fanning With Pig Characters: Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine WITH Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Heather Locklear Characters: Roma Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning Characters: Molly Gunn & Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Heather Locklear Characters: Roma Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Dakota Fanning Characters: Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Marley Shelton Characters: Ingrid Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Dakota Fanning Characters: Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003

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Uptown Girls (2003)

Dakota Fanning Characters: Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine Film: Uptown Girls (2003) Director: Boaz Yakin 15 August 2003 Date: 15 August 2003