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US: Buddhist Monks Reach Richmond on 100th Day of 2,300-Mile “Walk for Peace” 2

Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace” from Texas to Washington, D.C., passed through Richmond, Virginia on Monday, February 2, marking the 100th day of their journey. They walked from Chesterfield to Richmond, stopped at Fire Station 17, and later gathered at City Hall, where they were welcomed by city and state leaders and a large crowd. The walk aims to promote peace, mindfulness, compassion, and nonviolence.

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US: Buddhist Monks Reach Richmond on 100th Day of 2,300-Mile “Walk for Peace”

Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace” from Texas to Washington, D.C., passed through Richmond, Virginia on Monday, February 2, marking the 100th day of their journey. They walked from Chesterfield to Richmond, stopped at Fire Station 17, and later gathered at City Hall, where they were welcomed by city and state leaders and a large crowd. The walk aims to promote peace, mindfulness, compassion, and nonviolence.

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NASA SLS rocket ready for Moon mission

NASA SLS rocket ready for Moon mission

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion crew capsule, stands at a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2026, ahead of its Artemis II mission to the Moon possibly in early February.

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NASA SLS rocket ready for Moon mission

NASA SLS rocket ready for Moon mission

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion crew capsule, stands at a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2026, ahead of its Artemis II mission to the Moon possibly in early February.

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, ROCHEBRUNE SKI AREA WITN IN BACKGROUND MONT D'ARBOIS AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, IN ROCHEBRUNE AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, ROCHEBRUNE SKI AREA WITN IN BACKGROUND MONT D'ARBOIS AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, IN ROCHEBRUNE AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, ROCHEBRUNE SKI AREA WITN IN BACKGROUND MONT D'ARBOIS AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, IN ROCHEBRUNE AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, ROCHEBRUNE SKI AREA WITN IN BACKGROUND MONT D'ARBOIS AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Megeve - France

Illustration - Megeve - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, ROCHEBRUNE SKI AREA WITN IN BACKGROUND MONT D'ARBOIS AREA Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sen John J Sparkman

US Sen John J Sparkman

United States Senator John J Sparkman (Democrat of Alabama) (1899-1985), during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on February 17, 1989 Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025 shows the Lombardy Building in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Disneys ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live

Disneys ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live

File - American television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel and wife Molly McNearney arrives at the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. - Disney's ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 after FCC chair criticizes the host's Charlie Kirk comments. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Disneys ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live

Disneys ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live

File - American television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the World Premiere Of Netflix's 'Your Place Or Mine' held at Regency Village Theatre on February 2, 2023 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States. - Disney's ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 after FCC chair criticizes the host's Charlie Kirk comments. Photo by David Acosta/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Global Warming - France

Illustration - Global Warming - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, ROCHEBRUNE SKI AREA WITN IN BACKGROUND MONT D'ARBOIS AREA Photo by Jean Francois Rollinger/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Global Warming - France

Illustration - Global Warming - France

FRANCE, HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) MEGEVE SKI RESORT, LACK OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 17, 2024, ROCHEBRUNE SKI AREA WITN IN BACKGROUND MONT D'ARBOIS AREA Photo by Jean Francois Rollinger/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Wugong Mountain Visitors Battle Extreme Wind

This is the stunning moment that nature's force was captured, as visitors struggled against relentless winds. On February 17, 2025, in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, the video vividly captured when gusts of wind, with no trees to block them, buffeted visitors on Wugong Mountain. Individuals were seen grappling to maintain balance, with some nearly being swept off their feet by the powerful gusts of wind. Fortunately, the event concluded without any reported injuries, but the video serves as a dramatic reminder of the mountain's unpredictable weather conditions.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Chinese Urban Housing Prices

Photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows a residential community in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. On the same day, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the changes in the sales prices of commercial housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities in February 2025. Data show that in February, new home prices in 18 of 70 large and medium-sized cities rose month-on-month, with Nanjing rising the most.

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Deployment of Syrian security forces in the Damascus

Deployment of Syrian security forces in the Damascus

A massive traffic jam surrounds a central roundabout in Damascus, Syria, on February 17, 2024. In early December 2024, Syrian rebels seized Damascus, leading to President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia and ending over six decades of his family's rule. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Wildfire Breaks Out In Otsuki, Yamanashi, Burning More Than 80 Hectares

A wildfire broke out at Ozawa district in Otsuki city, Yamanashi, on February 26, burning 80 hectares of forest and destroying an empty house as of Friday.

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Protests Supporting Ukraine Across Europe Ahead Of Russian Invasion’s 3rd Anniversary 3

Protests supporting Ukraine were held in various cities across Europe on Sunday, February 23, a day before the three-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on Monday. This video shows a demonstration in Prague.

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Protests Supporting Ukraine Across Europe Ahead Of Russian Invasion’s 3rd Anniversary 2

Protests supporting Ukraine were held in various cities across Europe on Sunday, February 23, a day before the three-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on Monday. This video shows a demonstration in Utrecht expressing solidarity with Ukraine.

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Turkey: Heavy Snowfall Causes Major Congestion At Metro Station In Istanbul

Istanbul metro stations were flooded with people on Wednesday evening, February 19, as the snowfall that began in the morning intensified throughout the city by evening.

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US: Anti-Trump Protesters March Through Manhattan On Presidents’ Day 4

Anti-Trump demonstrators gathered in Manhattan, New York City, on Monday, February 17, for a Presidents' Day protest, marching from Union Square to Washington Square Park.

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Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

A view of tents in Jabalia camp, northern Gaza, on February 17, 2025. Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift shelters after their homes were reduced to rubble during the Israeli offensive. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

People sit around the fire in Jabalia camp, northern Gaza, on February 17, 2025. Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift shelters after their homes were reduced to rubble during the Israeli offensive. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

A view of Jabalia camp with tents among the ruins, in northern Gaza on February 17, 2025. Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift shelters after their homes were reduced to rubble during the Israeli offensive. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

A small fire burns outside the tents in the ruins of Jabalia camp, northern Gaza, on February 17, 2025. Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift shelters after their homes were reduced to rubble during the Israeli offensive. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Men work in the candlelight in Jabalia camp, northern Gaza, on February 17, 2025. Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift shelters after their homes were reduced to rubble during the Israeli offensive. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

People walk between rows of tents set up among the ruins in Jabalia camp, northern Gaza, on February 17, 2025. Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift shelters after their homes were reduced to rubble during the Israeli offensive. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

Displaced Palestinians Wait for Aid Amid the Rubble of Gaza’s Destruction

A view of Jabalia camp with tents among the ruins, in northern Gaza on February 17, 2025. Displaced Palestinians live in makeshift shelters after their homes were reduced to rubble during the Israeli offensive. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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