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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas, (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Fuhin and Saihin, are pictured at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Dec. 24, 2024 and Aug. 14, 2024, respectively. All four giant pandas on loan to the western Japan zoo are set to leave on June 28, 2025, to return to China.

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BOTSWANA-ELEPHANT MIGRATION-CLIMATE CHANGE

(240628) -- GABORONE, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists watch an elephant in Chobe river of Kasane village, Botswana, Sept. 23, 2022. Elephants are migrating to unpredictable areas in search of food and water as a result of climate change, experts have told an elephant conservation meeting in Gaborone, Botswana's capital. TO GO WITH "Climate change influences elephants' migration patterns: experts" (Photo by Metlha Ngubevana/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students display the travel cards for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Teachers and students take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces the route schematic map of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line to students in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A passenger takes selfies while taking a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Teachers and students take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-BUILT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT (CN)

(240326) -- LAGOS, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People exit from the Marina Station after getting off a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 28, 2024. Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations. It began commercial operation in Sept. of 2023. As a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Blue Line project is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DRUNG ETHNIC GROUP-MODERN LIFE-TRANSFORMATION (CN)

(240228) -- KUNMING, Feb. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Sept. 16, 2022 shows Li Wenshi (C) learning internet surfing on a mobile phone in Dizhengdang Village of Dulongjiang Township, Drung-Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan, southwest China's Yunnan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's rural poor find new horizons in infrastructure development" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU PORT (CN)

(231128) -- QINZHOU, Nov. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial combo photo shows the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Oct. 23, 2015 (above) and on Sept. 13, 2022. Started as a small fishing village in 1992, the Qinzhou Port of south China's Guangxi has been constructed into a modern international pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor after 30 years of development. An automated container terminal for sea-rail intermodal services has been constructed in Qinzhou Port, along with the industrial cluster thriving at the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT TERRACE-OLD SEEDS (CN)

(230928) -- CHANGSHA, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Luo Zhonglin checks the growth of rice seedling at a rice paddy in the Ziquejie terraces of Xinhua County, central China's Hunan Province, July 23, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: 'Old seeds' spark prosperity in ancient terraces" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT TERRACE-OLD SEEDS (CN)

(230928) -- CHANGSHA, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Luo Zhonglin sifts grains in the Ziquejie Village of Xinhua County, central China's Hunan Province, July 23, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: 'Old seeds' spark prosperity in ancient terraces" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT TERRACE-OLD SEEDS (CN)

(230928) -- CHANGSHA, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Luo Zhonglin checks the growth of rice seedling at a rice paddy in the Ziquejie terraces of Xinhua County, central China's Hunan Province, July 23, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: 'Old seeds' spark prosperity in ancient terraces" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tsering Dradul (2nd R), the deputy principal of a kindergarten, interacts with a boy at the kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Drolma (R) is in class at a kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tsering Dradul (3rd L), the deputy principal of a kindergarten, prepares lunch for children at a kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin Pasang (1st R) prepares to have lunch at a kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tsering Dradul, the deputy principal of a kindergarten, instructs children in class at the kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Han Fangfang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Pusum Dongdrup (2nd L) plays with other kids in a classroom at a kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Han Fangfang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tenzin Pasang (L) plays with other kids in a classroom at a kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl says goodbye to her teacher after school at a kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 14, 2023. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-YUSHU-KINDERGARTEN (CN)

(230928) -- YUSHU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows a kindergarten in Qumarleb County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Qumarleb County is located in the source region of the Yellow River, with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters. Children here lead a nomadic life with their families on expansive grasslands far from county seats and towns. Through years of efforts by local government, free preschool education has been extended to pasturing areas. Just around their home, children have chance to be taught by kindergarten teachers from town seats. Since 2022, 15 kindergartens with heating and illumination equipment powered by photovoltaic systems have been built in Qumarleb County by CHN Energy. Up to now, more than 700 children in distant pasturing areas have been recruited to these kindergartens near their living places. (Xinhua/Han Fangfang)

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Spanish imports of Russian natural gas double in a year despite Ukraine conflict

STORY: Spanish imports of Russian natural gas double in a year despite Ukraine conflict DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ENERGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas vessels and gas installations in Spanish ports (courtesy of Enagas company) STORYLINE: Spanish imports of natural gas from Russia have doubled so far this year compared to the same eight-month period in 2022 that began with the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Enagas, a leading natural gas transmission company in Spain, said in its latest bulletin on Sept. 8 that Russian gas accounted for 19.7 percent of all gas imports in the country, compared to 10.9 percent the previous year. Earlier this summer, Russian gas imports hit a peak of 27.6 percent, almost five times the 5.8 percent registered in January 2022 before the start of the conflict. The sharp rise in the gas imports is due to Spanish operators fulfilling contracts signed with Russia before the start of the conflict, as well as the fact that th

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Yinhu Sports Center is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Yinhu Sports Center, one of the 12 new venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, will host three events of shooting, archery and modern pentathlon, as well as two events of shooting and archery for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, where 47 Asian Games gold MEDALS and 28 Asian Para Games gold medalists will be born.

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Lebanon launches "Capital of Arab Media 2023" celebration

STORY: Lebanon launches "Capital of Arab Media 2023" celebration DATELINE: May 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:28 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ZIAD MAKARY, Lebanese caretaker Information Minister STORYLINE: Lebanese caretaker Information Minister Ziad Makary on Tuesday launched the "Beirut, Capital of Arab Media 2023" activities, in a bid to reinforce Lebanon's Arab identity. Hundreds of politicians, diplomats and media representatives attended a ceremony held in Lebanon's capital Beirut under the auspices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the National News Agency reported. "We want the celebration to be an energy of relief, hope, and a gateway to the return of the Lebanese-Arab relations to their natural course," Makary said at the ceremony. The Arab Information Ministers Council decided on Sept. 22, 2022 to name Beirut as the "Capital of Arab Media 2023," which aims to consolidate the ties between Lebanese and Arab media. SOUNDBITE (Arabic)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-YUNFU-RURAL SCHOOLS-RENOVATED SPORTS GROUND (CN)

(230328) -- GUANGZHOU, March 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 26, 2022 shows a renovated sports ground of a primary school in Taiping Town of Xinxing County in Yunfu City, south China's Guangdong Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Renovated sports ground welcomes happier schoolchildren in rural area" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUBEI-YICHANG-FINLESS PORPOISE (CN)

(230228) -- YICHANG, Feb. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers use binoculars to conduct monitoring work during a scientific expedition on Yangtze finless porpoises at the Shishou section of the Yangtze River, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 23, 2022. A scientific investigation conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2022 showed that the number of Yangtze finless porpoises has reached 1,249, up 23.42 percent from five years ago, according to a press conference held on Tuesday. The finless porpoise, known as the "giant panda of the water," is a barometer of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River basin. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

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CHINA-HUBEI-YICHANG-FINLESS PORPOISE (CN)

(230228) -- YICHANG, Feb. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A researcher uses a pair of binoculars to conduct monitoring work during a scientific expedition on Yangtze finless porpoises at the Shishou section of the Yangtze River, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 23, 2022. A scientific investigation conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2022 showed that the number of Yangtze finless porpoises has reached 1,249, up 23.42 percent from five years ago, according to a press conference held on Tuesday. The finless porpoise, known as the "giant panda of the water," is a barometer of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River basin. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

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U.S. foreign arms sales increase significantly in fiscal 2022

STORY: U.S. foreign arms sales increase significantly in fiscal 2022 DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:16 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. Air Force loading cargo bound for Ukraine (January 13, 2023) 2. various of the U.S. Air Force loading explosives bound for Ukraine (August 9, 2022) STORYLINE: U.S. foreign arms sales grew significantly in fiscal year 2022, according to data released by the Department of State, which attributed the increase mainly to U.S. military support for Ukraine during the latter's conflict with Russia. The total value of State Department-authorized government-to-government foreign military sales was 51.9 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal 2022, the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2022, up 49.1 percent from the previous fiscal year's 34.8 billion dollars, the data showed. The so-called direct commercial sales, or sales of weapons and military equipment to foreign governments by U.S. defense contractors, also ticked up in fiscal 20

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KUWAIT-HAWALLI GOVERNORATE-CHINESE BRANDS-AUTO SHOW

(220928) -- HAWALLI GOVERNORATE (KUWAIT), Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit an auto show of Chinese car brands in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, on Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-WORLD TOURISM DAY

(220928) -- CAIRO, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People view an exhibit during an evening ceremony held at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 27, 2022. An evening ceremony was held at the Egyptian Museum to mark the annual World Tourism Day on Tuesday, which coincides this year with the 200th anniversary of the creation of the field of Egyptology and the decoding of ancient hieroglyphs. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Sept. 25, 2022 shows Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya celebrates after the Berlin Marathon 2022 in Berlin, Germany. On September 25, Kenya's two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge clocked two hours, one minute and nine seconds to win the 2022 Berlin Marathon, beating his own world record set in 2018 by 30 seconds. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Sept. 15, 2019 shows team Spain celebrate during the awarding ceremony after the final match between Spain and Argentina at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Beijing, capital of China. Spain overtook the United States to become the new No. 1 team in the FIBA men's world rankings released on November 18. Spain is only the second team to top the rankings since 2010, ending a 12-year run of the United States holding the top position. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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(221128) -- BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows vehicles and mechanical products at a dock of Lianyungang port in east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 30, 2022. Profits of China's major industrial firms declined 3 percent year on year in the first 10 months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Sunday. Industrial firms with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.8 million U.S. dollars) each saw their combined profits reach about 6.98 trillion yuan in the period, the NBS said. The combined revenues of these firms sustained growth during the period, rising 7.6 percent year on year to 111.78 trillion yuan. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)

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(221128) -- BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Employees work at a workshop of a science and technology company in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 16, 2022. Profits of China's major industrial firms declined 3 percent year on year in the first 10 months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Sunday. Industrial firms with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.8 million U.S. dollars) each saw their combined profits reach about 6.98 trillion yuan in the period, the NBS said. The combined revenues of these firms sustained growth during the period, rising 7.6 percent year on year to 111.78 trillion yuan. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua)

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(221111) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 28, 2019 shows cyclists competing during the Tour of Poyang Lake in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. Nanchang has two wetlands of international importance, eight national wetland parks, four wetlands of provincial importance and five provincial wetland parks. It was accredited on Nov. 10, 2022 by the Ramsar Convention as an international wetland city. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)