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Illustration - Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE. HAUT-RHIN (68) SOULTZ. AT THE SUMMIT OF THE GRAND BALLON, THE MONUMENT DES DIABLES BLEUS PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE ALPINE HUNTERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Photo by Vincent Schneider/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST, AT SUNRISE. ON FOREGROUND, THE COSSON RIVER AND THE FRENCH GARDENS, RESTORED IN SPRING 2018. WITH ITS 77 STAIRCASES, ITS 156 METERS OF FACADE, ITS 282 CHIMNEYS, ITS 426 ROOMS, AND ITS 800 CARVED CAPITALS, IT IS THE LARGEST CASTLE OF THE LOIRE VALLEY. THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID BY FRANCOIS 1ST IN 1519: 2019 MARKS THE FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE CASTLE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST AT SUNRISE. ON FOREGROUND, THE FRENCH GARDENS, RESTORED IN SPRING 2018. LEFT AND RIGHT, THE COSSON RIVER. ON BACKGROUND, THE NATIONAL ESTATE OF CHAMBORD, LARGEST CLOSED FOREST PARK IN EUROPE WITH 5441 HECTARES AND 32 KM OF CLOSED WALLS (LONGEST IN FRANCE). WITH ITS 77 STAIRCASES, ITS 156 METERS OF FACADE, ITS 282 CHIMNEYS, ITS 426 ROOMS, AND ITS 800 CARVED CAPITALS, IT IS THE LARGEST CHATEAU OF THE LOIRE VALLEY. THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID BY FRANCOIS 1ST IN 1519: 2019 MARKS THE FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE CASTLE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST AT SUNRISE. ON FOREGROUND, THE FRENCH GARDENS, RESTORED IN SPRING 2018. LEFT AND RIGHT, THE COSSON RIVER. ON BACKGROUND, THE NATIONAL ESTATE OF CHAMBORD, LARGEST CLOSED FOREST PARK IN EUROPE WITH 5441 HECTARES AND 32 KM OF CLOSED WALLS (LONGEST IN FRANCE). WITH ITS 77 STAIRCASES, ITS 156 METERS OF FACADE, ITS 282 CHIMNEYS, ITS 426 ROOMS, AND ITS 800 CARVED CAPITALS, IT IS THE LARGEST CHATEAU OF THE LOIRE VALLEY. THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID BY FRANCOIS 1ST IN 1519: 2019 MARKS THE FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE CASTLE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST, AT SUNRISE. ON FOREGROUND, THE COSSON RIVER AND THE FRENCH GARDENS, RESTORED IN SPRING 2018. WITH ITS 77 STAIRCASES, ITS 156 METERS OF FACADE, ITS 282 CHIMNEYS, ITS 426 ROOMS, AND ITS 800 CARVED CAPITALS, IT IS THE LARGEST CASTLE OF THE LOIRE VALLEY. THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID BY FRANCOIS 1ST IN 1519: 2019 MARKS THE FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE CASTLE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Year's 1st sunrise seen from 2025 World Expo site

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 1, 2025, shows the year's first sunrise seen from the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. (Kyodo)

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Sunrise in northeastern Japan

People watch the year's first sunrise on Jan. 1, 2025, in Futaba, a northeastern Japan town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Year's 1st sunrise seen from 2025 World Expo site

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, shows the year's first sunrise seen from the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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Year's 1st sunrise seen from 2025 World Expo site

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, shows the year's first sunrise seen from the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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Year's 1st sunrise seen from 2025 World Expo site

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, shows the year's first sunrise seen from the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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Year's 1st sunrise seen from 2025 World Expo site

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, shows the year's first sunrise seen from the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, from a drone shows the former site of a morning market against the year's first sunrise in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, shows the former site of a morning market against the year's first sunrise in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

People stand in front of a lighthouse in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2025, ahead of the year's first sunrise exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

People stand on a shore in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2025, for the year's first sunrise exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

People stand on a shore in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2025, for the year's first sunrise exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

People stand on a shore in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2025, for the year's first sunrise exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, from a drone shows the former site of a morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, against the year's first sunrise exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025, from a drone shows the former site of a morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, against the year's first sunrise exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

People stand on a shore in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2025, ahead of the year's first sunrise exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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Tibetan Antelopes Migration - China

Tibetan antelopes are on migration at sunrise in Qiangtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 15, 2024. Tens of thousands of pregnant Tibetan antelopes start their migration around May every year for birth-giving and would return with their calves in late July. Their natural enemies including wolves and bears are always there to ambush them. Under first-class state protection in China, the once-endangered Tibetan antelope is mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Their population has increased over the past three decades thanks to a ban on illegal hunting and measures implemented to improve their habitat. Photo by Xinhua/Fei Maohua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-TIBETAN ANTELOPES-MIGRATION (CN)

(240620) -- NAGQU, June 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tibetan antelopes are on migration at sunrise in Qiangtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 15, 2024. Tens of thousands of pregnant Tibetan antelopes start their migration around May every year for birth-giving and would return with their calves in late July. Their natural enemies including wolves and bears are always there to ambush them. Under first-class state protection in China, the once-endangered Tibetan antelope is mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Their population has increased over the past three decades thanks to a ban on illegal hunting and measures implemented to improve their habitat. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Fei Maohua)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-TIBETAN ANTELOPES-MIGRATION (CN)

(240620) -- NAGQU, June 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tibetan antelopes are on migration at sunrise in Qiangtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 15, 2024. Tens of thousands of pregnant Tibetan antelopes start their migration around May every year for birth-giving and would return with their calves in late July. Their natural enemies including wolves and bears are always there to ambush them. Under first-class state protection in China, the once-endangered Tibetan antelope is mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Their population has increased over the past three decades thanks to a ban on illegal hunting and measures implemented to improve their habitat. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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Tall Hermann tower

28.05.2024, Tallinn. Tall Hermann is the defensive tower standing at the southwestern corner of Toompea Castle in Tallinn. It is thought to have been built in 1371. A narrow stone staircase of 215 steps leads to the top of the tower. At the top of the tower, 95 metres above sea level, flies the flag that symbolises the ruling power in Estonia. The blue, black, and white of the national flag were first seen here on 12 December 1918 and after years of Soviet occupation, again on 24 February 1989. The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Tall Hermann tower

28.05.2024, Tallinn. Tall Hermann is the defensive tower standing at the southwestern corner of Toompea Castle in Tallinn. It is thought to have been built in 1371. A narrow stone staircase of 215 steps leads to the top of the tower. At the top of the tower, 95 metres above sea level, flies the flag that symbolises the ruling power in Estonia. The blue, black, and white of the national flag were first seen here on 12 December 1918 and after years of Soviet occupation, again on 24 February 1989. The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Tall Hermann tower

28.05.2024, Tallinn. Tall Hermann is the defensive tower standing at the southwestern corner of Toompea Castle in Tallinn. It is thought to have been built in 1371. A narrow stone staircase of 215 steps leads to the top of the tower. At the top of the tower, 95 metres above sea level, flies the flag that symbolises the ruling power in Estonia. The blue, black, and white of the national flag were first seen here on 12 December 1918 and after years of Soviet occupation, again on 24 February 1989. The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-WORLD NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take photos of the first sunrise of 2023 in Oarai town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, Jan. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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CHINA-GANSU-QINGHAI-EARTHQUAKE-RELOCATION SITES-NEW YEAR (CN)

(240101) -- JISHISHAN, Jan. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024 shows a temporary relocation site at sunrise in Shenjiaping Village of Shiyuan Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province. All forces continued to stick to their posts at the temporary relocation sites for quake-affected people in northwest China's Gansu Province and the neighboring Qinghai Province on the first day of 2024. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

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New Year sunrise from plane

Photo taken from a Solaseed Air special New Year's Day flight on Jan. 1, 2024, shows the year's first sunrise above Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Marriage Increasing in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 25, 2023 - (FILE) A couple greets the sunrise at the seaside in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 25, 2023. China registered 5.69 million marriages in the first three quarters of 2023, 245,000 more than in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

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Kuwait welcomes the first day of Ramadan

STORY: Kuwait welcomes the first day of Ramadan DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: HAWALLI GOVERNORATE, Kuwait CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. wide of a canon firing shells on 1st day of Ramadan at the Naif Palace in Al-Asimah Governorate 2. various of shops in Al-Asimah Governorate welcoming the month of Ramadan 3. various of Ramadan decorations in Hawalli Governorate 4. various of sweets and food stores receiving customers in Hawalli Governorate STORYLINE: Kuwait marked the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Thursday. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. During the holy month, Muslims all over the world refrain from consuming food and liquids from sunrise to sunset. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait. (XHTV)

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Glorious sunrise of Lancang River in China's Yunnan

STORY: Glorious sunrise of Lancang River in China's Yunnan DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:23 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lancang River in southwest China's Yunnan Province STORYLINE: The Lancang River, also known as the Mekong River after it flows out of China, in southwest China's Yunnan is bathing under the first light of the day. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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Golden Sunrise at Meili Snow Mountain on fist day of Chinese New Year

STORY: Golden Sunrise at Meili Snow Mountain on fist day of Chinese New Year DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:24 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. wide of golden sunrise over snow-capped mountain peaks at Meili Snow Mountain STORYLINE: Check out this unforgettable scene -- a beautiful golden sunrise over the snow-capped mountain peaks of Meili Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province, southwest China, on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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New Year sunrise

A passenger photographs the year's first sunrise during a Japan Airlines special New Year's Day flight on Jan. 1, 2023.

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New Year sunrise above Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Japan Airlines special New Year's Day flight on Jan. 1, 2023, shows the year's first sunrise above Mt. Fuji.

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1st sunrise of 2023 at Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from the Yamanashi Prefecture town of Fujikawaguchiko shows the sun rising above the summit of Mt. Fuji on Jan. 1, 2023, with crowds gathering from early morning to photograph the year's first sunrise over the mountain.

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Year's first sunrise in Fukushima

People look at 2023's first sunrise in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, northeastern Japan, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 1, 2023.

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Year's first sunrise in Fukushima

People look at 2023's first sunrise in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, northeastern Japan, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 1, 2023.

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New Year's Day in Japan

KOFU, Japan - Tourists on the shore of Lake Motosu in Yamanashi Prefecture view the year's first sunrise as it emerges from behind Mt. Fuji on the morning of the New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2013.

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New Year's Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to the 540-meter observation deck of the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree take photos of the year's first sunrise on the morning of Jan. 1, 2013.

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New Year's Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree against the background of the year's first sunrise on the morning of Jan. 1, 2013.

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New Year's Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree against the background of the year's first sunrise on the morning of Jan. 1, 2013.

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First sunrise in 2010 from Mt. Fuji seen in Yamanashi Pre.

YAMANASHI, Japan - The first sunrise of the year is seen from Mt. Fuji at Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2010. In front is Lake Motosu.

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Mt. Fuji and sunrise on New Year's Day

ABOARD PLANE - The first sunrise of 2002 is seen on the right of Mt. Fuji, southwest of Tokyo, during an All Nippon Airways sightseeing flight at 6:50 a.m. on Jan. 1.

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Climbers head for Mt. Fuji with opening of peak's season

Mt. Fuji, Japan - More than 200 people, braving rain and strong winds, head for the summit of Mt. Fuji on June 30 to be the first to observe the sunrise from the 3,776-meter peak since the start of the new millennium. The climbers started their ascent from the fifth station ahead of the July 1 opening of this season's Mt. Fuji climbing. The photo was taken at the eighth station at 8:25 p.m.

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Mt. Fuji climbers greet sunrise with shouts of 'banzai'

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers on Mt. Fuji shout ''banzai'' as they catch their first glimpse of the sunrise on July 1, which marks the first day of this year's climbing season on Japan's highest peak. They greeted the sunrise at 4:40 a.m. near the mountain's eighth station in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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CHINA-SHANDONG-MOUNT TAISHAN-WORLD HERITAGE (CN)

(220606) -- JINAN, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows tourists viewing sunrise in Mount Taishan in east China's Shandong Province. A large and impressive rock mass rising to over 1,500 meters, where graceful bridges, gateways or pavilions contrast with pine forests or rocky cliffs, Mount Taishan is considered one of China's most beautiful scenic spots and a symbolization of ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs. Located in the eastern province of Shandong, Mount Taishan is home to more than 18,000 ancient and precious trees, as well as over 300 species of wild birds. As a famous sacred mountain of China, it has also been a place of worship and royal ceremonies in ancient times. With its natural and cultural values well interconnected, Mount Taishan was listed as the first World Cultural and Natural Heritage site of China by UNESCO in 1987. The humanistic and ecological environment of Taishan has been well preserved through ancient times. The age-old geologic

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CHINA-SHANDONG-MOUNT TAISHAN-WORLD HERITAGE (CN)

(220606) -- JINAN, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows tourists viewing sunrise in Mount Taishan in east China's Shandong Province. A large and impressive rock mass rising to over 1,500 meters, where graceful bridges, gateways or pavilions contrast with pine forests or rocky cliffs, Mount Taishan is considered one of China's most beautiful scenic spots and a symbolization of ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs. Located in the eastern province of Shandong, Mount Taishan is home to more than 18,000 ancient and precious trees, as well as over 300 species of wild birds. As a famous sacred mountain of China, it has also been a place of worship and royal ceremonies in ancient times. With its natural and cultural values well interconnected, Mount Taishan was listed as the first World Cultural and Natural Heritage site of China by UNESCO in 1987. The humanistic and ecological environment of Taishan has been well preserved through ancient times. The age-old geologic

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CHINA-SHANDONG-MOUNT TAISHAN-WORLD HERITAGE (CN)

(220606) -- JINAN, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows the sunrise seen from Mount Taishan in east China's Shandong Province. A large and impressive rock mass rising to over 1,500 meters, where graceful bridges, gateways or pavilions contrast with pine forests or rocky cliffs, Mount Taishan is considered one of China's most beautiful scenic spots and a symbolization of ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs. Located in the eastern province of Shandong, Mount Taishan is home to more than 18,000 ancient and precious trees, as well as over 300 species of wild birds. As a famous sacred mountain of China, it has also been a place of worship and royal ceremonies in ancient times. With its natural and cultural values well interconnected, Mount Taishan was listed as the first World Cultural and Natural Heritage site of China by UNESCO in 1987. The humanistic and ecological environment of Taishan has been well preserved through ancient times. The age-old geological relics, an

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Samaritan pilgrims celebrate Passover on Mount Gerizim

STORY: Samaritan pilgrims celebrate Passover on Mount Gerizim DATELINE: April 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: NABLUS, Palestine CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. Samaritan people celebrating the Passover on Mount Gerizim in Nablus city STORYLINE: The Samaritan community in the West Bank started to celebrate the Passover on Mount Gerizim in Nablus on Thursday. The celebrations will last for seven days. The Samaritans are a small sect of about 880 people. Half of their community lives near Mount Gerizim, south of Nablus, while the other half in Holon, Israel. For the first six days, the Samaritans usually gather at a synagogue in their neighborhood on Mount Gerizim. On the seventh day, male pilgrims, in traditional white dresses, flock to the top of the mountain hours before sunrise. As tradition goes, the members of the sect also exchange visits on the Passover, and eat fruits and sweets to celebrate this occasion. Mount Gerizim is a sacred place for the Samaritan sect that believes and performs its