China: Raccoons Jump at Painted “Tree” in Adorable Zoo Moment

On November 16, 2025, at a zoo in Shandong, three raccoons were filmed repeatedly jumping at a wooden door painted with a tall tree, mistaking it for a real one. The trio bounced and scratched excitedly, amusing visitors with their energetic — and adorable — attempts.

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's painting ‘La Laveuse’ will be auctioned at Drouot on Friday, 5 December 2025. The estimated value of this work is €300,000. Paris, France on December 4, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's painting ‘La Laveuse’ will be auctioned at Drouot on Friday, 5 December 2025. The estimated value of this work is €300,000. Paris, France on December 4, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's painting ‘La Laveuse’ will be auctioned at Drouot on Friday, 5 December 2025. The estimated value of this work is €300,000. Paris, France on December 4, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's painting ‘La Laveuse’ will be auctioned at Drouot on Friday, 5 December 2025. The estimated value of this work is €300,000. Paris, France on December 4, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's painting ‘La Laveuse’ will be auctioned at Drouot on Friday, 5 December 2025. The estimated value of this work is €300,000. Paris, France on December 4, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's painting ‘La Laveuse’ will be auctioned at Drouot on Friday, 5 December 2025. The estimated value of this work is €300,000. Paris, France on December 4, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's Painting ‘La Laveuse’ up For Auction for € 300,000 - Paris

Renoir's painting ‘La Laveuse’ will be auctioned at Drouot on Friday, 5 December 2025. The estimated value of this work is €300,000. Paris, France on December 4, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Speaks To Press Aboard the Plane Back From Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV Speaks To Press Aboard the Plane Back From Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV holds a painting gifted to him from a journalist depicting him and the symbolic places he visited in Lebanon during a press conference aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Lebanon on December 2, 2025. Pope Leo spoke about his just-concluded Apostolic Journey, the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, Europe’s presence in peace negotiations, and the situation in Venezuela. Photo by (EV) Elisabetta Trevisan/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Staff members of the Grand China Aviation Maintenance Co., Ltd. under the HNA Technic perform maintenance on an aircraft at the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, on Nov. 21, 2025. The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base, which started operation in 2022, has performed maintenance service on more than 2,400 aircraft, completed full-body painting for over 280 aircraft, and repaired about 60,000 aircraft components as of the end of October this year. The maintenance base has drawn global clients like Qatar Airways, Royal Air Philippines and Iberia. Under the Hainan FTP's favorable regulations, aircraft entering the region for maintenance are exempt from paying security deposits, and parts imported for repair benefit from a bonded status. The policy support is expected to be amplified following the FTP's official launch of island-wide independent customs operations on Dec. 18. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Staff members of the Grand China Aviation Maintenance Co., Ltd. under the HNA Technic perform maintenance on an aircraft at the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, on Nov. 21, 2025. The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base, which started operation in 2022, has performed maintenance service on more than 2,400 aircraft, completed full-body painting for over 280 aircraft, and repaired about 60,000 aircraft components as of the end of October this year. The maintenance base has drawn global clients like Qatar Airways, Royal Air Philippines and Iberia. Under the Hainan FTP's favorable regulations, aircraft entering the region for maintenance are exempt from paying security deposits, and parts imported for repair benefit from a bonded status. The policy support is expected to be amplified following the FTP's official launch of island-wide independent customs operations on Dec. 18. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Staff members of the Grand China Aviation Maintenance Co., Ltd. under the HNA Technic perform maintenance on an aircraft at the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, on Nov. 21, 2025. The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base, which started operation in 2022, has performed maintenance service on more than 2,400 aircraft, completed full-body painting for over 280 aircraft, and repaired about 60,000 aircraft components as of the end of October this year. The maintenance base has drawn global clients like Qatar Airways, Royal Air Philippines and Iberia. Under the Hainan FTP's favorable regulations, aircraft entering the region for maintenance are exempt from paying security deposits, and parts imported for repair benefit from a bonded status. The policy support is expected to be amplified following the FTP's official launch of island-wide independent customs operations on Dec. 18. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

A staff member of the Grand China Aviation Maintenance Co., Ltd. under the HNA Technic performs maintenance on an aircraft at the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, on Nov. 21, 2025. The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base, which started operation in 2022, has performed maintenance service on more than 2,400 aircraft, completed full-body painting for over 280 aircraft, and repaired about 60,000 aircraft components as of the end of October this year. The maintenance base has drawn global clients like Qatar Airways, Royal Air Philippines and Iberia. Under the Hainan FTP's favorable regulations, aircraft entering the region for maintenance are exempt from paying security deposits, and parts imported for repair benefit from a bonded status. The policy support is expected to be amplified following the FTP's official launch of island-wide independent customs operations on Dec. 18. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRES

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

Staff members of the Grand China Aviation Maintenance Co., Ltd. under the HNA Technic perform maintenance on an aircraft at the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, on Nov. 21, 2025. The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base, which started operation in 2022, has performed maintenance service on more than 2,400 aircraft, completed full-body painting for over 280 aircraft, and repaired about 60,000 aircraft components as of the end of October this year. The maintenance base has drawn global clients like Qatar Airways, Royal Air Philippines and Iberia. Under the Hainan FTP's favorable regulations, aircraft entering the region for maintenance are exempt from paying security deposits, and parts imported for repair benefit from a bonded status. The policy support is expected to be amplified following the FTP's official launch of island-wide independent customs operations on Dec. 18. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LE RADEAU DE LA MEDUSE PAINTING BY THEODORE GERICAULT

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LA MORT DE SARDANAPALE PAINTING BY EUGENE DELACROIX

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, RICHELIEU AND SULLY ROOMS, PAINTINGS FRANCE, PORTRAIT OF MARIE LESZCZYNSKA WIFE OF LOUIS XV PAINTING BY LOUIS TOCQUE IN 1740

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, RICHELIEU AND SULLY ROOMS, PAINTINGS FRANCE, PORTRAIT OF CLAUDE-HENRI WATELET PAINTING BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LA GRANDE ODALISQUE PAINTING BY INGRES

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LEONIDAS AUX THERMOPHYLES PAINTING BY DAVID

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, RICHELIEU AND SULLY ROOMS, PAINTINGS FRANCE, PORTRAIT OF MARIE LESZCZYNSKA WIFE OF LOUIS XV PAINTING BY LOUIS TOCQUE IN 1740

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LA MORT DE SARDANAPALE PAINTING BY EUGENE DELACROIX

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LA MORT DE MARAT PAINTING BY JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LE RADEAU DE LA MEDUSE PAINTING BY THEODORE GERICAULT

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, RICHELIEU AND SULLY ROOMS, PAINTINGS FRANCE, LE BAIN TURC PAINTING BY INGRES

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, SCENES DES MASSACRES DE SCIO PAINTING BY EUGENE DELACROIX

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LA MORT DE SARDANAPALE PAINTING BY EUGENE DELACROIX

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LA GRANDE ODALISQUE PAINTING BY INGRES

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, SACRE DE NAPOLEON 1ER A NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS PAINTING BY DAVID

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LEONIDAS AUX THERMOPHYLES PAINTING BY DAVID

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PAINTINGS FRANCE IN DENON ROOMS, LA MORT DE SARDANAPALE PAINTING BY EUGENE DELACROIX Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, RICHELIEU AND SULLY ROOMS, PAINTINGS FRANCE, PORTRAIT OF MARIE LESZCZYNSKA WIFE OF LOUIS XV PAINTING BY LOUIS TOCQUE IN 1740 Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM