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Milan Cortina Olympics: Torch relay

The Olympic flame is pictured after arriving at Piazza Duomo in Milan during the Milan Cortina Olympics torch relay on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Torch relay

Italian Ballet dancer Nicoletta Manni holds the Olympic flame in front of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan during the Milan Cortina Olympics torch relay on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Torch relay

Images of the Olympic rings and the Three Agitos Paralympic symbol are projected on a building near Piazza Duomo during the Milan Cortina Olympics torch relay on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Torch relay

People await the arrival of the Olympic flame in Piazza Duomo in Milan during the Milan Cortina Olympics torch relay on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Torch relay

Italian Ballet dancer Nicoletta Manni holds the Olympic flame in front of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan during the Milan Cortina Olympics torch relay on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Torch relay

Italian Ballet dancer Nicoletta Manni carrying the Olympic flame arrives at Piazza Duomo in Milan during the Milan Cortina Olympics torch relay on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Japanese freestyle skier Kokone Kondo is placed on a stretcher at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy, after falling during a slopestyle practice session on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Japanese freestyle skier Kokone Kondo is placed on a stretcher at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy, after falling during a slopestyle practice session on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Japanese freestyle skier Kokone Kondo is placed on a stretcher at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy, after falling during a slopestyle practice session on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

People pose for a photo at the Olympic rings at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Photo shows one of the two Milan Cortina Winter Olympic cauldrons at the Peace Arch in Milan on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Photo shows one of the two Milan Cortina Olympic cauldrons at the Peace Arch in Milan on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Photo shows one of the two Milan Cortina Olympic cauldrons at the Peace Arch in Milan on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the opening of the games.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Combined photo shows the two Milan Cortina Olympics cauldrons, one at the Peace Arch in Milan (L) and the second at the Piazza Angelo Dibona in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Feb. 5, 2026, the eve of the games' opening.

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China: Clever Chicken Evades Tigers Under Sightseeing Vehicle on New Year’s Eve

In a Henan Province tiger park on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, a clever chicken was spotted using a slow-moving sightseeing vehicle as a shield to escape two Siberian tigers. The bird synchronized its steps beneath the car's chassis to stay out of reach, outsmarting the predators within the tiger reserve.

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Eve of PM Takaichi's Diet dissolution

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2026, shows Japan's parliament building in Tokyo on the eve of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's scheduled dissolution of the House of Representatives for a snap general election.

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Eve of PM Takaichi's Diet dissolution

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2026, shows Japan's parliament building in Tokyo on the eve of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's scheduled dissolution of the House of Representatives for a snap general election.

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Eve of PM Takaichi's Diet dissolution

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2026, shows Japan's parliament building in Tokyo on the eve of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's scheduled dissolution of the House of Representatives for a snap general election.

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Eve of PM Takaichi's Diet dissolution

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2026, shows Japan's parliament building in Tokyo on the eve of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's scheduled dissolution of the House of Representatives for a snap general election.

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31st anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People pray around lit candles at a park in Itami in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2026, the eve of the 31st anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed over 6,400 people.

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31st anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2026, the eve of the 31st anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed over 6,400 people.

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31st anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2026, the eve of the 31st anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed over 6,400 people.

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31st anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People pray in front of lit lanterns at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2026, the eve of the 31st anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed over 6,400 people.

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31st anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People pray in front of lit candles at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2026, the eve of the 31st anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed over 6,400 people.

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31st anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People pray in front of lit candles at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2026, the eve of the 31st anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed over 6,400 people.

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen posing at 'The Dictator' photocall at the Carlton Hotel, as part of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen posing at 'The Dictator' photocall at the Carlton Hotel, as part of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Laurene Favier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Laurene Favier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Switzerland: Train Horns Sound in Geneva During Nationwide Tribute to Fire Victims

Geneva joined the rest of Switzerland on Friday, January 9, in observing a minute of silence at 2 p.m. to honor the victims of the Crans-Montana fire, a deadly blaze in the Swiss resort town on New Year's Eve that killed 40 people and left many others injured.

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Commemoration Ceremony for Victims of Crans-Montana - Martigny

Handout - Luxembourg's former Grand Duk Henri, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's President Sergio Mattarella during a tribute ceremony for the victims of the deadly fire that ripped through the bar Le Constellation in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, in Martigny, Switzerland on January 9, 2026. All of Switzerland will mark a national day of mourning on January 9 for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged a ski resort bar crammed with New Year revellers. Just over a week after the tragedy at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, which left 40 dead and 116 injured, the wealthy Alpine nation will come to a standstill for a minute of silence at 2:00 pm (1300 GMT). Photo by FDFA Federal Dep. of Foreign Affairs via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Commemoration Ceremony for Victims of Crans-Montana - Martigny

Handout - Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin during a tribute ceremony for the victims of the deadly fire that ripped through the bar Le Constellation in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, in Martigny, Switzerland on January 9, 2026. All of Switzerland will mark a national day of mourning on January 9 for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged a ski resort bar crammed with New Year revellers. Just over a week after the tragedy at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, which left 40 dead and 116 injured, the wealthy Alpine nation will come to a standstill for a minute of silence at 2:00 pm (1300 GMT). Photo by FDFA Federal Dep. of Foreign Affairs via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Commemoration Ceremony for Victims of Crans-Montana - Martigny

Handout - State Councillor and president of the Council of State of the Canton of Valais Mathias Reynard during a tribute ceremony for the victims of the deadly fire that ripped through the bar Le Constellation in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, in Martigny, Switzerland on January 9, 2026. All of Switzerland will mark a national day of mourning on January 9 for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged a ski resort bar crammed with New Year revellers. Just over a week after the tragedy at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, which left 40 dead and 116 injured, the wealthy Alpine nation will come to a standstill for a minute of silence at 2:00 pm (1300 GMT). Photo by FDFA Federal Dep. of Foreign Affairs via ABACAPRESS.COM

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