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File - Pope Jean Paul II

File photo dated July 10, 2002. Pope John Paul II leads the weekly general audience in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy in Damascus

In just over ten days, Syrian rebels have taken control of Syria's main cities, including the capital Damascus on Saturday night. President Bashar al-Assad, in power since 2000, has fled the country, according to Russia - FILE - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Bashar al Assad at his Presidential Palace in Damascus, September 3, 2008. Sarkozy's trip to Syria is the first by a French president since 2002 and marks a further warming of relations between the two countries following a visit by Assad to Paris in July. Photo pool by Philippe Wojazer/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers clear stones after a flood near the Minaret of Jam in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province, July 28, 2024. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows part of the Minaret of Jam in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker clears stones after a flood near the Minaret of Jam in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province, July 28, 2024. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows part of the Minaret of Jam in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows the Minaret of Jam and the Hari River in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A man cools himself off in the Hari River in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province, July 28, 2024. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Jiasong)

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows the repaired protection wall and the Minaret of Jam after a flood in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Jiasong)

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows part of the Minaret of Jam in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers clear stones after a flood near the Minaret of Jam in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province, July 28, 2024. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-GHOR-MINARET OF JAM

(240729) -- GHOR, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows the Minaret of Jam and its surrounding area in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002. In May, a huge flood hit the province, posing a threat to the minaret, which stands near the Hari River. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carla Bruni Gives A Concert - Madrid

Singer and model Carla Bruni during a performance at the Veranos de la Villa 2024 festival at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque on July 28, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Carla Bruni is a singer, model and actress, as well as former First Lady of France. In 1988, she became a Top Model as part of her modeling career, which lasted ten years. In 1995 she signed on for her first acting role, in the movie 'Catwalk'. Her first album, 'Quelqu'un m'a dit', was released in 2002, and since then she has been dedicated to music. Ricardo Rubio / Europa Press 07/28/2024 Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows staff members making sand barriers on a degraded grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Han Chuanhao in 2002) and villagers sowing grass seeds on a grassland management point (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Zhang Keren on July 6, 2023) along the Yellow River in Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetla

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20 years on, Individual Visit Scheme brings great benefits to Hong Kong tourism industry: official

STORY: 20 years on, Individual Visit Scheme brings great benefits to Hong Kong tourism industry: official DATELINE: July 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of visitors in HK 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director STORYLINE: Dane Cheng, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), said in a recent interview with Xinhua that the Individual Visit Scheme for Chinese mainland travelers launched in 2003 has brought revolutionary changes to Hong Kong's tourism industry. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director "The Individual Visit Scheme was introduced in 2003. In 2002, the number of the mainland visitors to Hong Kong was 6.8 million. At its peak in 2018, the number of visitors reached 51 million, an increase of about seven times, which has brought us a very large increase in the

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer a Yangtze porpoise to a section of Yangtze River and release it there in central China's Hubei Province, on April 25, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at t

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Three Yangtze finless porpoises swim at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 29, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Ele

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows researchers Chen Peixun, Liu Renjun, Wang Ding and Zhang Xianfeng (L to R), who were involved in the captive breeding, conservation and research of Baiji dolphin, and the Baiji dolphin they were taking care of. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to the

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows staff members of the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences working at the Yangtze River Swan Island Baiji Dolphin National Nature Reserve, central China's Hubei Province. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Yangtze finless porpoise swims at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleve

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Yangtze finless porpoise hunts for food in the section of Yangtze River in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 19, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at the Baiji

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangtze finless porpoise Tao Tao swims at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. El

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainer Wang Chaoqun feeds a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless por

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yujiang, an associate researcher of the the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), observes a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under his institute in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in the 1980s shows researchers of the Baiji dolphin research group under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences examining Baiji dolphin Qi Qi. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yan

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainer Deng Zhengyu observes a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finles

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- He Junyi, a science popularization lecturer, gives a lecture on Yangtze finless porpoise protection at the Hankou marshland by the Yangtze River in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 28, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoise

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members carry out observation work during the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Expedition 2022 in the Shishou section of Yangtze River, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 23, 2022. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze fi

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A trainer feeds baby finless porpoise F9C22 at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Ele

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainers feed Yangtze finless porpoises at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer Yangtze porpoises to a section of Yangtze River and release them there in central China's Hubei Province, on April 25, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Yangtze finless porpoise swims in the section of Yangtze River in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 27, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at the Baiji Dolphin H

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members from the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences monitor the Yangtze finless porpoises growing in a cage at the Yangtze River Swan Island Baiji Dolphin National Nature Reserve, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in the 1980s shows Chen Peixun, a researcher of the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences at work. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at the Ba

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yujiang, an associate researcher of the the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), conducts an observation of the Yangtze finless porpoise at the Shishou section of Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province, Sept 23, 2022. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Ba

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 11, 2021 shows three Yangtze finless porpoises swimming in the section of Yangtze River in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangtze finless porpoise Tao Tao swims at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. El

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainer Wang Chaoqun trains a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless po

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tang Bin (L) and Feng Yuanze, members of the cetacean conservation biology group under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), give a B-ultrasound examination to Yangtze finless porpoise Fu Jiu at the Baiji Dolphin House under the CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two Yangtze finless porpoises swim at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. El

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-CLUSTER BOMBS-DAMAGES

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a damaged building where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001 in Herat Province, Afghanistan. According to the Cluster Munition Coalition, from 2001 to 2002 the U.S. forces dropped 1,228 cluster bombs containing 248,056 bomblets in Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-CLUSTER BOMBS-DAMAGES

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man shows his back injury caused by an attack of U.S. cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat Province, Afghanistan, July 15, 2023. According to the Cluster Munition Coalition, from 2001 to 2002 the U.S. forces dropped 1,228 cluster bombs containing 248,056 bomblets in Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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Ex-Japan abductee to N. Korea meets PM Kishida

Hitomi Soga (L), a Japanese woman abducted to North Korea decades ago before being repatriated in 2002, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at his office in Tokyo on July 5, 2023.

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Israel presses ahead with deadly operation in West Bank, displacing thousands

STORY: Israel presses ahead with deadly operation in West Bank, displacing thousands DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various the Israeli offensive in Jenin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): IBRAHIM ABU RUB, Jenin resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KAMAL AHMED, Jenin resident STORYLINE: At least ten Palestinians were killed in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank and thousands fled their homes as Israel pressed ahead on Tuesday with its largest military campaign in the occupied territory since 2002. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it launched an "extensive counterterrorism effort in the area of Jenin city and the Jenin Camp" and carried out airstrikes on "terrorist infrastructure." Starting early on Monday, hundreds of commandos backed by drones raided the Jenin refugee camp. Israel's Military Spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters that at least ten airstrikes have been carried out in the Jenin area and at least 110 "su

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Thousands rally in Yemen's Sanaa to protest against Israeli raid in West Bank

STORY: Thousands rally in Yemen's Sanaa to protest against Israeli raid in West Bank DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protest STORYLINE: Thousands of people rallied in Yemen's rebel-held capital of Sanaa on Tuesday to protest against an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. The protesters raised banners and chanted slogans in support of the Palestinians, while burning flags of Israel and the United States. They also condemned the recent burning of a Quran in Sweden and blamed the Swedish government for allowing "extremists" to operate in the country. At least 10 Palestinians were killed in the Jenin refugee camp and thousands fled their homes as Israel launched on Tuesday its largest military campaign in the occupied West Bank since 2002. The Israeli army said in a statement that it launched an "extensive counterterrorism effort in the area of Jenin city and the Jenin Camp" and carried out airstrikes on "terrori

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Palestinians suffer "most violent" Israeli raid in West Bank in 20 years

STORY: Palestinians suffer "most violent" Israeli raid in West Bank in 20 years DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of conflict in Jenin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAMI HAMDAN, Jenin-based local resident 3. various of wounded people transferred to hospital in Jenin 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABU MOHMMED, Jenin-based local resident STORYLINE: Huge explosions are heard from time to time in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, with clouds of black smoke rising in different areas, as an intense exchange of fire is going on between Palestinian militants and the Israeli soldiers. The Israeli army launched a large-scale military operation in Jenin at dawn on Monday. Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israeli forces stormed the city from several axes, surrounded the camp, seized several buildings and residential houses, and deployed snipers on roofs. The military operation "is the most violent since 2002," with intensive airstrike

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8 killed, 80 injured in Israeli operation in West Bank

STORY: 8 killed, 80 injured in Israeli operation in West Bank DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:39 LOCATION: JENIN, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin 2. SOUNDBITE (ARABIC): MOHAMMED AKRAM, Ambulance worker in Jenin STORYLINE: According to the Palestinian health ministry, the latest Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin has left at least eight Palestinians killed and about 80 injured, including 17 in critical condition. Earlier on Monday, the Israeli army launched a large-scale military strike on Jenin and the refugee camp. Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israeli forces stormed the city from several axes, surrounded the camp, seized several buildings and residential houses, and deployed snipers on roofs. Residents and security officials said that the military operation "is the most violent since 2002," with intensive airstrikes targeting buildings where dozens of Pal

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

(L-R) The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño; the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who chairs the meeting and the Second Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda DÍaz, during the plenary meeting of the Government of Spain and the College of Commissioners, at the Museo de las Colecciones Reales, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM