Luma Foundation - Arles

Luma Foundation - Arles

An outside view of the twisting tower clad in reflective aluminium tiles, designed by US architect Frank Gehry, and housing Luma Foundation In Arles, France on July 24, 2020. The Luma Foundation was established by Maja Hoffman in Switzerland in 2004. Luma focuses on the direct relationships between art, culture, human rights, environmental topics, education and research. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Luma Foundation - Arles

Luma Foundation - Arles

An outside view of the twisting tower clad in reflective aluminium tiles, designed by US architect Frank Gehry, and housing Luma Foundation In Arles, France on July 24, 2020. The Luma Foundation was established by Maja Hoffman in Switzerland in 2004. Luma focuses on the direct relationships between art, culture, human rights, environmental topics, education and research. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

High-voltage Direct Current Transmission Project in Gobi Desert

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Landscape of ｡ﾀ 800 kV High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Project from Hami to Chongqing on the Gobi Desert in Hami, Xinjiang, China on November 29, 2025.

Southern Europe and The Northwestern Mediterranean Coast from The ISS

Southern Europe and The Northwestern Mediterranean Coast from The ISS

Handout - JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on August 30, 2025. At left, the Po Valley urban corridor in Italy shines with the metropolitan areas of Milan and Turin and their surrounding suburbs. Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record how the planet changes over time due to human activity and natural events. This allows scientists to monitor disasters and direct response on the ground and study a number of phenomena, from the movement of glaciers to urban wildlife. Photo by JAXA/Kimiya Yui/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Debba on November 6, 2025. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on November 6, 2025 as the group rejected the prospect of direct political talks between the countries and vowed to defend itself. Since the start of the ceasefire deal brokered by the US president, Hamas has released the 20 surviving hostages and begun handing over the remains of 28 deceased captives. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Rescuers inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Debba on November 6, 2025.2025. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on November 6, 2025 as the group rejected the prospect of direct political talks between the countries and vowed to defend itself. Since the start of the ceasefire deal brokered by the US president, Hamas has released the 20 surviving hostages and begun handing over the remains of 28 deceased captives. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

A view of the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Tayr Dabba in southern Lebanon on November 6, 2025. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on November 6, 2025, after the group rejected the possibility of direct political talks between the countries and vowed to defend itself. Since the start of the ceasefire agreement brokered by the US president, Hamas has released 20 surviving hostages and begun handing over the remains of 28 deceased prisoners. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Rescuers inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Debba on November 6, 2025.2025. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on November 6, 2025 as the group rejected the prospect of direct political talks between the countries and vowed to defend itself. Since the start of the ceasefire deal brokered by the US president, Hamas has released the 20 surviving hostages and begun handing over the remains of 28 deceased captives. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Debba on November 6, 2025. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on November 6, 2025 as the group rejected the prospect of direct political talks between the countries and vowed to defend itself. Since the start of the ceasefire deal brokered by the US president, Hamas has released the 20 surviving hostages and begun handing over the remains of 28 deceased captives. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Israeli Airstrike Hits South Lebanon

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Debba on November 6, 2025. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on November 6, 2025 as the group rejected the prospect of direct political talks between the countries and vowed to defend itself. Since the start of the ceasefire deal brokered by the US president, Hamas has released the 20 surviving hostages and begun handing over the remains of 28 deceased captives. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Yamagata int'l film festival

Yamagata int'l film festival

Director Ben Russell speaks on stage after his "Direct Action," a film about French environmental activists, won the grand prize in the international competition division of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2025.

Illustration - Bank

Illustration - Bank

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ING DIRECT BANK Photo by Serge Attal/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ex-abductee seeks early return of remaining abductees

Ex-abductee seeks early return of remaining abductees

Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga (R) collects signatures in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2025, calling for new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi to pave the way for holding direct negotiations with North Korea to bring back all the remaining abductees, including her mother, to Japan. Soga, 66, returned from North Korea in 2002 following a Japan-North Korea summit in Pyongyang.

Ex-abductee seeks early return of remaining abductees

Ex-abductee seeks early return of remaining abductees

Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga (R) collects signatures in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2025, calling for new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi to pave the way for holding direct negotiations with North Korea to bring back all the remaining abductees, including her mother, to Japan. Soga, 66, returned from North Korea in 2002 following a Japan-North Korea summit in Pyongyang.

Ex-abductee seeks early return of remaining abductees

Ex-abductee seeks early return of remaining abductees

Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga (L) collects signatures in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2025, calling for new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi to pave the way for holding direct negotiations with North Korea to bring back all the remaining abductees, including her mother, to Japan. Soga, 66, returned from North Korea in 2002 following a Japan-North Korea summit in Pyongyang.

Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

This photo taken on July 5, 2025 shows power lines of the Changji-Guquan 1100 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in the Kazak Autonomous County of Mori, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang, a region rich in solar and wind energy resources, has vigorously developed the new energy industry in recent years, accelerating the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power base projects. A 750-kilovolt (kV) "power expressway loop," the country's largest of its kind, has taken shape throughout Xinjiang, providing strong support for efficient energy allocation. Today, about one third of the electricity transmitted in Xinjiang comes from clean energy sources such as wind and solar power. It transmits over 270 billion kilowatt-hours of green electricity to other regions. Besides, an increasing number of companies are developing clean energy in Xinjiang, driving the region's green development. The categories of new energy equipment manufacturing industries i

Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

Sheep forage as a staff member patrols the power lines of the Changji-Guquan 1100 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in the Kazak Autonomous County of Mori, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 6, 2025. Xinjiang, a region rich in solar and wind energy resources, has vigorously developed the new energy industry in recent years, accelerating the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power base projects. A 750-kilovolt (kV) "power expressway loop," the country's largest of its kind, has taken shape throughout Xinjiang, providing strong support for efficient energy allocation. Today, about one third of the electricity transmitted in Xinjiang comes from clean energy sources such as wind and solar power. It transmits over 270 billion kilowatt-hours of green electricity to other regions. Besides, an increasing number of companies are developing clean energy in Xinjiang, driving the region's green development. The categories of new energy equipment manufact

Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows a view of the Hami-Chongqing 800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current transmission project in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang, a region rich in solar and wind energy resources, has vigorously developed the new energy industry in recent years, accelerating the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power base projects. A 750-kilovolt (kV) "power expressway loop," the country's largest of its kind, has taken shape throughout Xinjiang, providing strong support for efficient energy allocation. Today, about one third of the electricity transmitted in Xinjiang comes from clean energy sources such as wind and solar power. It transmits over 270 billion kilowatt-hours of green electricity to other regions. Besides, an increasing number of companies are developing clean energy in Xinjiang, driving the region's green development. The categories of new energy equipment manufacturing industries in Xinjiang, such as silicon wafers, p

Illustration - Gironde

Illustration - Gironde

FRANCE, GIRONDE (33), PUISSEGUIN, VINEYARDS OF THE CHATEAU DE ROQUES, DIRECT SALES STORE Photo by Thierry Grun/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Oleron Island

Illustration - Oleron Island

On the French Atlantic coast, the island of Oléron in Charentes Maritimes, Nouvelle Aquitaine region. The fishing port of La Cotinière, in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, is the island's third largest source of wealth after tourism and oyster farming, providing 700 direct jobs. 30 August 2025, western France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Oleron Island

Illustration - Oleron Island

On the French Atlantic coast, the island of Oléron in Charentes Maritimes, Nouvelle Aquitaine region. The fishing port of La Cotinière, in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, is the island's third largest source of wealth after tourism and oyster farming, providing 700 direct jobs. 30 August 2025, western France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Oleron Island

Illustration - Oleron Island

On the French Atlantic coast, the island of Oléron in Charentes Maritimes, Nouvelle Aquitaine region. The fishing port of La Cotinière, in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, is the island's third largest source of wealth after tourism and oyster farming, providing 700 direct jobs. 30 August 2025, western France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Oleron Island

Illustration - Oleron Island

On the French Atlantic coast, the island of Oléron in Charentes Maritimes, Nouvelle Aquitaine region. The fishing port of La Cotinière, in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, is the island's third largest source of wealth after tourism and oyster farming, providing 700 direct jobs. 30 August 2025, western France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Oleron Island

Illustration - Oleron Island

On the French Atlantic coast, the island of Oléron in Charentes Maritimes, Nouvelle Aquitaine region. The fishing port of La Cotinière, in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, is the island's third largest source of wealth after tourism and oyster farming, providing 700 direct jobs. 30 August 2025, western France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Visitors board a shuttle bus near the site of the World Exposition in Osaka in the small hours of Aug. 14, 2025, after services were suspended the previous night on the Osaka Metro's Chuo Line, which offers sole direct train access from the city center to the expo site on Yumeshima, an artificial island.

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Visitors leave the site of the World Exposition in Osaka in the early morning of Aug. 14, 2025, after the Osaka Metro's Chuo Line, which offers sole direct train access from the expo site on Yumeshima, an artificial island, to the city center, resumed services following a power outage that began at 9:30 p.m. the previous day.

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Visitors wait in line to enter a pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, in the small hours of Aug. 14, 2025, as it was opened for people to shelter in after services were suspended on the Osaka Metro's Chuo Line, which offers sole direct train access from the expo site on Yumeshima, an artificial island, to the city center.

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Visitors wait in line for a shuttle bus near an entrance gate of the World Exposition in Osaka on the night of Aug. 13, 2025, after services were suspended on the Osaka Metro's Chuo Line, which offers sole direct train access from the city center to the expo site on Yumeshima, an artificial island.

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Osaka expo after subway disruption

Visitors wait in line for taxis in front of the entrance gate of the World Exposition in Osaka on the night of Aug. 13, 2025, after services were suspended on the Osaka Metro's Chuo Line, which offers sole direct train access from the city center to the expo site on Yumeshima, an artificial island.

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

Illustration - Francois Bayrou Launches YouTube Channel 'FB Direct' - Paris

This photograph shows the first episode of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou YouTube channel "FB Direct" in Paris on August 6, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM