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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-AUTUMN HARVEST-DRONE PHOTO (CN)

(231024) -- HARBIN, Oct. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows a harvester collecting corns at Lyuhua Village in Gannan County of Qiqihar City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang has remained China's top grain producer for 13 consecutive years. The total grain output of Heilongjiang accounted for 11.3 percent of China's national grain output in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-AUTUMN HARVEST-DRONE PHOTO (CN)

(231024) -- HARBIN, Oct. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows a villager drying harvested corns at Dongsheng Village of Zhaodong City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang has remained China's top grain producer for 13 consecutive years. The total grain output of Heilongjiang accounted for 11.3 percent of China's national grain output in 2022. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-AUTUMN HARVEST-DRONE PHOTO (CN)

(231024) -- HARBIN, Oct. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows a harvester collecting corns at Dongsheng Village of Zhaodong City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang has remained China's top grain producer for 13 consecutive years. The total grain output of Heilongjiang accounted for 11.3 percent of China's national grain output in 2022. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-AUTUMN HARVEST-DRONE PHOTO (CN)

(231024) -- HARBIN, Oct. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows harvesters collecting soybeans at Lyuhua Village in Gannan County of Qiqihar City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang has remained China's top grain producer for 13 consecutive years. The total grain output of Heilongjiang accounted for 11.3 percent of China's national grain output in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-AUTUMN HARVEST-DRONE PHOTO (CN)

(231024) -- HARBIN, Oct. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows a villager drying harvested corns at Dongsheng Village of Zhaodong City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang has remained China's top grain producer for 13 consecutive years. The total grain output of Heilongjiang accounted for 11.3 percent of China's national grain output in 2022. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Simin promotes succulent plants through livestream at a livestreaming base in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 18, 2023. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 18, 2023 shows succulent plants at a livestreaming base in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Simin (R) and her colleague carry succulent plants at a livestreaming base in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 18, 2023. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Simin (L) helps her colleague pack succulent plants at a livestreaming base in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 18, 2023. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Simin (L) helps her colleague pack succulent plants at a livestreaming base in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 18, 2023. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Simin checks succulent plants at a livestreaming base in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 18, 2023. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 18, 2023 shows a view of Jinning District where a livestreaming base for succulent plants is located in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Simin (L) talks with her colleague about the quality of succulent plants at a livestreaming base in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 18, 2023. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIVESTREAMER-E-COMMERCE-SUCCULENT PLANTS (CN)

(231019) -- KUNMING, Oct. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 18, 2023 shows a livestreaming base for succulent plants in Jinning District of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Being a livestreamer promoting succulent plants for three years, Li Simin has grown into a star seller in the area. In 2022, an average of over 10 thousand online viewers watched her promotion every day, bringing in more than three million yuan (410,000 U.S. dollars) in annual sales and providing job opportunities for local villagers at the same time. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows a freight train arriving at the dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone bordering Kazakhstan and China. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows the dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone bordering Kazakhstan and China. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Chinese-built railways empower locals to "fish on their own"

(231007) -- BEIJING, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A driver prepares before working on a train at the Nagad railway station along the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway in Djibouti Sept. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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Hiroshima ahead of G-7 summit

File photo taken on Oct. 23, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima (center, front), the venue of the May 19-21, 2023, Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, conducts preliminary restoration of a pottery article at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 19, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (1st R), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, processes unearthed pottery shards at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 19, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Xuelian, a member of an all-woman archaeological team, measures an unearthed article at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 19, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, conducts preliminary restoration of a pottery article at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 19, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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Baseball: Japanese major leaguer Darvish

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022, in San Diego, California, shows Major League Baseball player Yu Darvish, who plays for the San Diego Padres.

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Egypt releases fodder stranded in ports to ease price pressure on poultry, eggs

STORY: Egypt releases fodder stranded in ports to ease price pressure on poultry, eggs DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Egyptian Agriculture Minister speaking 2. various of chicken farm and market STORYLINE: Egypt has released millions of tons of fodders stranded at the country's ports over the past few months, which is expected to help reduce the price pressure on poultry and eggs, the Egyptian Agricultural Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said the most populous Arab country released 2.1 million tons of fodders between Oct. 16, 2022 and Jan. 19, 2023, which are worth more than 1 billion U.S. dollars. In recent months, the prices of eggs and poultry, which many low-income Egyptians rely on as a source of protein instead of costly red meat, have soared in local markets amid an increase in fodder prices and other production costs. The Egyptian authorities slapped restrictions on import financing when the country faced a severe shortage o

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Xinhua Headlines: China secures maximum outcomes at minimum costs with COVID response

(230119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A reaper harvests paddy rice in Shahezhan Village, Sujiatun District of Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Oct. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-GREAT WALL-BRITISH BROTHERS-HIKE (CN)

(230101) -- BEIJING, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- British brothers James and Thomas Lindesay run on the Great Wall in north China's Hebei Province, on Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: British brothers hike Great Wall to follow in father's footsteps" (Photo by Piao Tiejun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XINHE-UNIVERSITY GRADUATE-CATTLE BREEDING (CN)

(221228) -- XINGTAI, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cheng Pengfei (L) transports newly bought calves with a worker in Shaliwang Village of Xinhe County, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 19, 2022. After graduation in 2010, Cheng Pengfei, who majored in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine at university, became a technician and worked at a rangeland in Beijing. In 2019, he returned to his hometown, Xinhe County of Heibei Province, to start a business. At present, his cattle farm has more than 700 heads of calves. He also encourages and helps other villagers to raise to increase their incomes in the same trade. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XINHE-UNIVERSITY GRADUATE-CATTLE BREEDING (CN)

(221228) -- XINGTAI, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cheng Pengfei (R) unloads a calf with a worker in Shaliwang Village of Xinhe County, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 19, 2022. After graduation in 2010, Cheng Pengfei, who majored in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine at university, became a technician and worked at a rangeland in Beijing. In 2019, he returned to his hometown, Xinhe County of Heibei Province, to start a business. At present, his cattle farm has more than 700 heads of calves. He also encourages and helps other villagers to raise to increase their incomes in the same trade. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XINHE-UNIVERSITY GRADUATE-CATTLE BREEDING (CN)

(221228) -- XINGTAI, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cheng Pengfei works at a cowshed in Shaliwang Village of Xinhe County, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 19, 2022. After graduation in 2010, Cheng Pengfei, who majored in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine at university, became a technician and worked at a rangeland in Beijing. In 2019, he returned to his hometown, Xinhe County of Heibei Province, to start a business. At present, his cattle farm has more than 700 heads of calves. He also encourages and helps other villagers to raise to increase their incomes in the same trade. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-NEW ENERGY (CN)

(221219) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows workers installing photovoltaic power panels on the roof of a factory in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 11, 2022. In 2022, Hebei Province has invested about 100 billion yuan (14.3 billion U.S. dollars) in new energy power generation, which added an installed capacity of more than eight million kilowatts. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-NEW ENERGY (CN)

(221219) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker installs photovoltaic power panels on the roof of a factory in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 11, 2022. In 2022, Hebei Province has invested about 100 billion yuan (14.3 billion U.S. dollars) in new energy power generation, which added an installed capacity of more than eight million kilowatts. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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Endurance test for gauge-changeable train shown to press

FUKUOKA, Japan - Part of a gauge-changeable train is shown to the press on Oct. 19, 2014, during its endurance test at a JR Kyushu Railway station in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The JR group aims to introduce the train on the Nagasaki route of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line to be opened in fiscal 2022.

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Gauge-changeable train runs for endurance test

FUKUOKA, Japan - A gauge-changeable train undergoes an endurance test near a JR Kyushu Railway station in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2014. The JR group aims to introduce the train on the Nagasaki route of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line to be opened in fiscal 2022.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff member are busy on a pile of corns at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 19, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows agricultural machines preparing the field for planting at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows agricultural machines preparing the field for planting at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows agricultural machines preparing the field for planting at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS-DISCOVERY (CN)

(221121) -- FUZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Well-preserved dinosaur footprints with both positive and negative fossil slabs are pictured in Shanghang County, Longyan City of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Rare fossilized dinosaur footprints found in east China" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS-DISCOVERY (CN)

(221121) -- FUZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fossils with sunken dinosaur footprints are pictured in Shanghang County, Longyan City of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Rare fossilized dinosaur footprints found in east China" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-LIAOCHENG-YOUTHS-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(221118) -- JINAN, Nov. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cao Youzhong, who returned to his rural hometown to start a business, answers a customer's phone call in Gengdian Village of Liaocheng City, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: More youths return to village in rural revitalization drive" (Xinhua/Yuan Min)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-LIAOCHENG-YOUTHS-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(221118) -- JINAN, Nov. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works in an agricultural demonstration park in Gengdian Village of Liaocheng City, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: More youths return to village in rural revitalization drive " (Xinhua/Yuan Min)

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Chinese giant pandas meet public in Doha's first Panda House ahead of World Cup

STORY: Chinese giant pandas meet public in Doha's first Panda House ahead of World Cup DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:41 LOCATION: Doha CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Panda House in Doha STORYLINE: With the 2022 Qatar World Cup just days away, Doha's first-ever Panda House officially opened to the public on Thursday. Located at Al Khor Park near the Al Bayt Stadium, the Panda House is home to Chinese giant pandas, three-year-old female Si Hai and four-year-old male Jing Jing. Born in the Wolong Shenshuping panda base under the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Si Hai and Jing Jing arrived in Qatar on Oct. 19 and went through a 21-day quarantine before meeting the public in their respective and fully air-conditioned areas. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Doha. (XHTV)

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The Japan Coast Guard unveils its unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The interior of the operation center for the Japan Coast Guard's unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian is unveiled to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The Japan Coast Guard unveils its unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The Japan Coast Guard unveils its unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-WETLAND CITY (CN)

(221112) -- HEFEI, Nov. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows scenery of Shibalianwei wetland in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province. Hefei has five national wetland parks and three provincial wetland parks, with a wetland protection rate of 75 percent. It was accredited on Nov. 10, 2022 by the Ramsar Convention as an international wetland city. (Photo by Chen Zhen/Xinhua)

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Towns in U.S. West embrace starlight to pursue "dark sky economy"

STORY: Towns in U.S. West embrace starlight to pursue "dark sky economy" DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: FLAGSTAFF, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the interior of Lowell Observatory 2. various of tourists at Lowell Observatory STORYLINE: Championed by dark sky advocates and bolstered by economic incentives, towns and parks around the U.S. West are making strides to preserve night sky views. Flagstaff, a city of Arizona with some 80,000 residents, has achieved worldwide recognition for innovative leadership in the protection of dark skies back IN the 1950s. On Oct. 24, 2001, it was recognized as the world's First International Dark Sky City. The certification spurred wonder, economic development and employment as tourists visit the city, surrounded by mountains, desert and ponderosa pine forests, and especially Mars Hill, where astronomer Vesto Slipher first discovered information about the velocity of galaxies from 1912 to 1914, and Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 19

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HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ENERGY CRISIS-BAKERY

(221107) -- BUDAPEST, Nov. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Margit Kiss, owner of the Kiss Bakery, works in her shop in Urom, a suburb of Budapest, Hungary, on Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Soaring utility bills become huge headache for small businesses in Hungary" (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ENERGY CRISIS-BAKERY

(221107) -- BUDAPEST, Nov. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Margit Kiss, owner of the Kiss Bakery, works in her shop in Urom, a suburb of Budapest, Hungary, on Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Soaring utility bills become huge headache for small businesses in Hungary" (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)