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UK: Tens of Thousands Gather in Lewes for Annual Bonfire Night Celebration

On November 5, 2025, tens of thousands gathered in Lewes, East Sussex, for Britain’s largest Bonfire Night celebration, featuring parades, effigies, and fireworks. The event commemorates Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot and 17 Protestant martyrs executed in the town during Mary I’s reign.

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Colombia: One Dead After Explosion Rips Through Gunpowder Factory In Soacha

A massive column of smoke could be seen in Soacha, Colombia after an explosion ripped through a gunpowder and fireworks factory on Wednesday, May 22. Due to the incident, one person was killed and dozens were injured.

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Iftar cannon fired during Ramadan in Jerusalem

STORY: Iftar cannon fired during Ramadan in Jerusalem SHOOTING TIME: March 27, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of preparation for Iftar cannon 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAJAI SANDUQA, Ramadan Iftar cannon operator 3. various of firing Iftar cannon 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): RAJAI SANDUQA, Ramadan Iftar cannon operator 5. various of local resident 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): Local resident STORYLINE: For residents of Jerusalem's Old City and its surrounding areas, iftar cannons are part of the holy month of Ramadan. Sanduqa family has been in charge of firing iftar cannons for more than 300 years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAJAI SANDUQA, Ramadan Iftar cannon operator "Cannons today are different from those before. We used to use gunpowder, but after the First Intifada in 1987, the Israeli authorities banned the manufacture of gunpowder, and we began to use sound bombs instead of gunpowder." Firing iftar cannons during Ramadan is a tradition in

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

A person in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

A person in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

View of the fireworks during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

Several people in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

Several people in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

Several people in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

A person in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

A person in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

A person in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fallas Festival - Valencia

A person in costume during the Cavalcada del Foc 2024, on March 19, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The Cavalcada del Foc (Cavalcade of Fire) of the Fallas 2024 is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, as a prelude to the night of the cremà. It is a parade with a spectacle of light, fire and gunpowder that runs through the streets of downtown Valencia, full of symbols of Valencian heritage such as fire beasts and other fantastic creatures. The official route this year has departed from La Paz street towards Puerta del Mar. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Several injured in explosion at gunpowder factory in Türkiye's capital

STORY: Several injured in explosion at gunpowder factory in Türkiye's capital DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of smoke rising from the explosion 2. various of rescue vehicles driving into the industrial area STORYLINE: Several people were injured Saturday after an explosion rocked the state-owned Mechanical Chemical Industry Company's rocket and explosive factory in the Elmadag district of Türkiye's capital Ankara, local NTV broadcaster reported. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV)

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(2)Explosive thrown into classroom, students injured

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Students at the Hikari Senior High School in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, are evacuated to a gymnasium as more than 50 students were injured after a glass bottle containing gunpowder was thrown into a classroom by one of the school's students and exploded.

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Explosive thrown into classroom, 58 students injured

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Yukio Hironaka, principal of the prefectural government-run Hikari Senior High School, speaks to reporters at the school in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on June 10 after one of the students threw a glass bottle containing gunpowder into a classroom, injuring 58 students.

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(1)Explosive thrown into classroom, students injured

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Police on June 10 examine a classroom at the Hikari Senior High School in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where more than 50 students were injured after a glass bottle containing gunpowder was thrown into the classroom by one of the school's students and exploded.

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Chiba Univ. introduces mine-detecting robot

CHIBA, Japan - A research group at Chiba University introduced April 1 a computer-controlled mine-detecting robot, developed as a part of Japan's program of aid to Afghanistan. The group said it will begin tests for COMET3 in May using land mines without gunpowder and that the robot will start mine-detecting work in Afghanistan after one year of tests.

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Site of gunpowder factory explosion

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a gunpowder factory explosion that occurred late on the evening of Aug. 1 in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture. No trace is seen of the factory owned by Tokyo-based NOF Corp. which stood just above the other gutted factories. The blast left 56 people injured.

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Police probe gunpowder factory explosion

TOKONAME, Japan - Police officers check a civic hall in the city of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, which was damaged by a massive explosion at a gunpowder factory of NOF Corp. in the neighboring town of Taketoyo on Aug. 1. The blast injured 56 people.

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(2)Explosive thrown into classroom, students injured

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Students at the Hikari Senior High School in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, are evacuated to a gymnasium as more than 50 students were injured after a glass bottle containing gunpowder was thrown into a classroom by one of the school's students and exploded. (Kyodo)

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Chiba Univ. introduces mine-detecting robot

CHIBA, Japan - A research group at Chiba University introduced April 1 a computer-controlled mine-detecting robot, developed as a part of Japan's program of aid to Afghanistan. The group said it will begin tests for COMET3 in May using land mines without gunpowder and that the robot will start mine-detecting work in Afghanistan after one year of tests.

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(1)Explosive thrown into classroom, students injured

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Police on June 10 examine a classroom at the Hikari Senior High School in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where more than 50 students were injured after a glass bottle containing gunpowder was thrown into the classroom by one of the school's students and exploded. (Kyodo)

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Explosive thrown into classroom, 58 students injured

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Yukio Hironaka, principal of the prefectural government-run Hikari Senior High School, speaks to reporters at the school in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on June 10 after one of the students threw a glass bottle containing gunpowder into a classroom, injuring 58 students. (Kyodo)

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Police probe gunpowder factory explosion

TOKONAME, Japan - Police officers check a civic hall in the city of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, which was damaged by a massive explosion at a gunpowder factory of NOF Corp. in the neighboring town of Taketoyo on Aug. 1. The blast injured 56 people.

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Site of gunpowder factory explosion

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a gunpowder factory explosion that occurred late on the evening of Aug. 1 in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture. No trace is seen of the factory owned by Tokyo-based NOF Corp. which stood just above the other gutted factories. The blast left 56 people injured.

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S. Korean man given 4-year prison term over fire at Yasukuni

Photo taken Dec. 9, 2015, shows Chon Chang Han, a South Korean man, who has been found guilty of damaging the ceiling of a public restroom at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in November 2015 after setting fire to a gunpowder-filled metal pipe. The Tokyo District Court sentenced the 28-year-old to four years in prison on July 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sakashitamon gate of the imperial palace and threefold turret in southeast of main building

The Sakashita Gate of Edo Castle can be seen to the left over the moat, and to the right is the three-tiered Tatsumi turret in the castle tower. The moat with many gates and the turret were lost in an explosion of gunpowder storage in 1870, one year after this photo was taken.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐23‐0]

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Karel Havlicek, Radomir Krejca, four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Czech Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek, center, and Chairman of the Board of Explosia company Radomir Krejca, left, come out of Explosia plant in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on November 1, 2019. Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the plant in the morning on November 1, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Karel Havlicek, four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Czech Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek visits Explosia plant in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on November 1, 2019. Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the plant in the morning on November 1, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia, police

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Karel Havlicek, Radomir Krejca, four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Czech Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek, right, and Chairman of the Board of Explosia company Radomir Krejca, left, speak to journalists in front of Explosia plant in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on November 1, 2019. Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the plant in the morning on November 1, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the Explosia plant (pictured) in Pardubice in the morning on November 1, 2019, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Karel Havlicek, four suffer severe burns in blast in Pardubice plant Explosia

Czech Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek speaks to journalists after his arrive to Explosia plant in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on November 1, 2019. Four people suffered severe burns in an explosion in the plant in the morning on November 1, and they were sent to a special burns centre in Prague, emergency service spokesman Ales Maly said. According to preliminary information, the blast occurred in the gunpowder mixing section. Explosia, established in 1920 and fully owned by the state since 2002, produces explosives and ammunition. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)