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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eight Bells Return To Belfry Of Notre Dame - Paris

Eight bells return to the north belfry of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, central Paris, France on September 12, 2024. From "Gabriel", weighing over four tonnes, to the smaller "Jean-Marie", named in tribute to Cardinal Lustiger: on September 12, Notre-Dame de Paris welcomes back the eight bells in its northern belfry, less than three months before the cathedral reopens. These eight bells, bearing the names of personalities who have marked the life of the diocese and the Church, were removed in July 2023 to allow the restoration of the north tower, which was affected by the flames of the giant fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC deputy Ruben Wagensberg (1l), who was also in Switzerland accused of Tsunami Democratic and ERC secretary general Marta Rovira (c), during a speech after the ERC National Consell, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives to a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives to a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives at a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, applauds during a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, applauds during a speech after the ERC National Council, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, during a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives at a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives at a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives at a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives at a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Leader Marta Rovira Returns To Spain - Barcelona

ERC secretary general, Marta Rovira, arrives at a press conference after the ERC executive, at the party's headquarters, on July 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan separatist leader Marta Rovira returned to Spain on Friday, after six years of self-exile in Switzerland. She was able to return without being arrested after the government passed an amnesty bill and a court shelved a case related to protests outside the Barcelona airport in 2019. The amnesty bill pardoned her for the charge of disobedience for her role in the failed 2017 independence push for Catalonia to break from Spain. Photo by Kike Rincon/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Leaves Office - Lebanon

File photo dated July 21, 2020 shows Riad Salame (or Salameh) gives an interview in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s veteran central bank governor leaves office on Monday after 30 years on the job with two international arrest warrants to his name and no designated successor. Riad Salameh, 73, who was appointed governor of the Banque du Liban in 1993, was for years credited with stabilising a battered economy after a 15-year civil war. He outlasted 12 premiers and was once seen as a viable candidate for president. But Salameh’s reputation is now in tatters, dogged by allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 98 per cent of its value against the dollar since 2019, impoverishing three-quarters of the population. Photo by Marwan Tahtah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Leaves Office - Lebanon

File photo dated July 21, 2020 shows Riad Salame (or Salameh) gives an interview in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s veteran central bank governor leaves office on Monday after 30 years on the job with two international arrest warrants to his name and no designated successor. Riad Salameh, 73, who was appointed governor of the Banque du Liban in 1993, was for years credited with stabilising a battered economy after a 15-year civil war. He outlasted 12 premiers and was once seen as a viable candidate for president. But Salameh’s reputation is now in tatters, dogged by allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 98 per cent of its value against the dollar since 2019, impoverishing three-quarters of the population. Photo by Marwan Tahtah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Leaves Office - Lebanon

File photo dated July 21, 2020 shows Riad Salame (or Salameh) gives an interview in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s veteran central bank governor leaves office on Monday after 30 years on the job with two international arrest warrants to his name and no designated successor. Riad Salameh, 73, who was appointed governor of the Banque du Liban in 1993, was for years credited with stabilising a battered economy after a 15-year civil war. He outlasted 12 premiers and was once seen as a viable candidate for president. But Salameh’s reputation is now in tatters, dogged by allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 98 per cent of its value against the dollar since 2019, impoverishing three-quarters of the population. Photo by Marwan Tahtah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Leaves Office - Lebanon

File photo dated July 8, 2020 shows Graffitis against Lebanese governor of the Central Bank, Riad Salame (or Salameh) seen in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s veteran central bank governor leaves office on Monday after 30 years on the job with two international arrest warrants to his name and no designated successor. Riad Salameh, 73, who was appointed governor of the Banque du Liban in 1993, was for years credited with stabilising a battered economy after a 15-year civil war. He outlasted 12 premiers and was once seen as a viable candidate for president. But Salameh’s reputation is now in tatters, dogged by allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 98 per cent of its value against the dollar since 2019, impoverishing three-quarters of the population. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Leaves Office - Lebanon

File photo dated July 2020 shows a wall in Beirut, with graffitis against the Central Bank governor Riad Salame (or Salameh), as seen in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s veteran central bank governor leaves office on Monday after 30 years on the job with two international arrest warrants to his name and no designated successor. Riad Salameh, 73, who was appointed governor of the Banque du Liban in 1993, was for years credited with stabilising a battered economy after a 15-year civil war. He outlasted 12 premiers and was once seen as a viable candidate for president. But Salameh’s reputation is now in tatters, dogged by allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 98 per cent of its value against the dollar since 2019, impoverishing three-quarters of the population. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Leaves Office - Lebanon

File photo dated July 21, 2020 shows Riad Salame (or Salameh) gives an interview in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s veteran central bank governor leaves office on Monday after 30 years on the job with two international arrest warrants to his name and no designated successor. Riad Salameh, 73, who was appointed governor of the Banque du Liban in 1993, was for years credited with stabilising a battered economy after a 15-year civil war. He outlasted 12 premiers and was once seen as a viable candidate for president. But Salameh’s reputation is now in tatters, dogged by allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 98 per cent of its value against the dollar since 2019, impoverishing three-quarters of the population. Photo by Marwan Tahtah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230714) -- NANJING, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 12, 2023 shows the Yuejiang Tower in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The ancient city Nanjing, with a history of around 2,500 years, has started many renewal projects along the Qinhuai River in recent years. This has helped bring the old and new together to create a brighter future of the city. Such urban renewal projects have also led to the prosperity of the cultural sector in the ancient city. In 2022, the added value of Nanjing's cultural industry reached 112 billion yuan (about 15.6 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's gross domestic product. In 2019, Nanjing was recognized as a city of literature by UNESCO because of its literary history and heritage. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230714) -- NANJING, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 12, 2023 shows the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The ancient city Nanjing, with a history of around 2,500 years, has started many renewal projects along the Qinhuai River in recent years. This has helped bring the old and new together to create a brighter future of the city. Such urban renewal projects have also led to the prosperity of the cultural sector in the ancient city. In 2022, the added value of Nanjing's cultural industry reached 112 billion yuan (about 15.6 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's gross domestic product. In 2019, Nanjing was recognized as a city of literature by UNESCO because of its literary history and heritage. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230714) -- NANJING, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 12, 2023 shows the Yuejiang Tower in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The ancient city Nanjing, with a history of around 2,500 years, has started many renewal projects along the Qinhuai River in recent years. This has helped bring the old and new together to create a brighter future of the city. Such urban renewal projects have also led to the prosperity of the cultural sector in the ancient city. In 2022, the added value of Nanjing's cultural industry reached 112 billion yuan (about 15.6 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's gross domestic product. In 2019, Nanjing was recognized as a city of literature by UNESCO because of its literary history and heritage. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230714) -- NANJING, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 12, 2023 shows the Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The ancient city Nanjing, with a history of around 2,500 years, has started many renewal projects along the Qinhuai River in recent years. This has helped bring the old and new together to create a brighter future of the city. Such urban renewal projects have also led to the prosperity of the cultural sector in the ancient city. In 2022, the added value of Nanjing's cultural industry reached 112 billion yuan (about 15.6 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's gross domestic product. In 2019, Nanjing was recognized as a city of literature by UNESCO because of its literary history and heritage. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230714) -- NANJING, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 12, 2023 shows the Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The ancient city Nanjing, with a history of around 2,500 years, has started many renewal projects along the Qinhuai River in recent years. This has helped bring the old and new together to create a brighter future of the city. Such urban renewal projects have also led to the prosperity of the cultural sector in the ancient city. In 2022, the added value of Nanjing's cultural industry reached 112 billion yuan (about 15.6 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's gross domestic product. In 2019, Nanjing was recognized as a city of literature by UNESCO because of its literary history and heritage. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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China defender Chen aims for best form for FIFA Women's World Cup

STORY: China defender Chen aims for best form for FIFA Women's World Cup DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: ADELAIDE, Australia CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the training session in Adelaide 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN QIAOZHU, Chinese footballer STORYLINE: China defender Chen Qiaozhu said on Tuesday that she hoped to reach top form through warm-up matches before the FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off next week. On a sunny and warm afternoon, the Chinese team continued their training in Ellis Park in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. The Chinese team, which reached the round of 16 at the 2019 World Cup, will fly to Gold Coast on Wednesday for a warm-up match against Brazil, which is currently ranked eighth in the world, six places higher than China. Chen, who is set to make her World Cup debut, told Xinhua that it was her childhood dream come true. "In my memory, it is a very, very big competition. I never thought I can one day compete in it when I sta

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Four white-beaked dolphin calves born in 10 days at ocean theme park in China's Zhuhai

STORY: Four white-beaked dolphin calves born in 10 days at ocean theme park in China's Zhuhai DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: ZHUHAI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of newborn white-beaked dolphin calves 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG DELU, Deputy general manager of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom STORYLINE: From June 7 to 16 this year, four white-beaked dolphin calves have been successfully bred at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province. Following the successful consecutive breeding of three white-beaked dolphin calves in 2019, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom once again achieved the successful breeding of four within 10 days in June this year. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG DELU, Deputy general manager of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom "After a gestation period of approximately 12 months, the white-beaked dolphins finally gave birth to four calves within a short span of 10 days from June 7 to 16 this year. Currently, they are nursing, swimming, and interacting

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Xinhua Headlines: China commits to building closer SCO community with shared future

(230703) -- BEIJING, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 12, 2019 shows the Qingdao multimodal transportation center in the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)