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Mathura Expressway Accident Aftermath - India

Mathura Expressway Accident Aftermath - India

Wreckage of buses are seen after a pileup on Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura district of Indian's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Dec. 16, 2025. The death toll from Tuesday's multi-vehicle collision has risen to 15, with around 48 people injured, local police confirmed by phone. Up to seven buses and three cars were involved in the pileup amid heavy fog. The collision immediately caused the vehicles to catch fire, resulting in numerous casualties. (Photo by IANS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Mathura Expressway Accident Aftermath - India

Mathura Expressway Accident Aftermath - India

Wreckage of buses are seen after a multi-vehicle collision on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura district of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Dec. 16, 2025. The death toll from Tuesday's multi-vehicle collision has risen to 15, with around 48 people injured, local police confirmed by phone. Up to seven buses and three cars were involved in the pileup amid heavy fog. The collision immediately caused the vehicles to catch fire, resulting in numerous casualties. (Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Mathura Expressway Accident Aftermath - India

Mathura Expressway Accident Aftermath - India

Wreckage of buses are seen after a multi-vehicle collision on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura district of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Dec. 16, 2025. The death toll from Tuesday's multi-vehicle collision has risen to 15, with around 48 people injured, local police confirmed by phone. Up to seven buses and three cars were involved in the pileup amid heavy fog. The collision immediately caused the vehicles to catch fire, resulting in numerous casualties. (Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Senate - Vote of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

The vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UK: Fire Breaks Out at Under-Construction Glasgow Luxury Flats

A major fire broke out Monday afternoon, December 1, at the Park Pavilions luxury apartment development, an eight-story building under construction in Glasgow’s Battlefield area. Smoke was seen billowing from the penthouse, and a window frame reportedly fell as the flames intensified. Seven to eight fire engines and a high-reach vehicle responded, and firefighters brought the blaze under control with no reported injuries.

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brick Field - Bangladesh

Brick Field - Bangladesh

Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 02, 2025. These brick factories are contributing to heavy air pollution in Bangladesh. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) rates Bangladesh as one of the most polluted countries in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, on December 02. 2025, Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hong Kong: Dozens Dead, Massive Fire Engulfs Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po District 2

A No. 5 alarm fire tore through Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Wednesday, November 26, engulfing seven of eight 31-story public housing towers wrapped in bamboo scaffolding. Thick smoke triggered evacuations, roads were shut, debris fell, and firefighters and police responded at scale. Officials confirmed over 90 deaths, with nearly 300 still missing. This video shows black smoke still billowing from the buildings the next day.

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Hong Kong: Dozens Dead, Massive Fire Engulfs Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po District

A No. 5 alarm fire tore through Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Wednesday, November 26, engulfing seven of eight 31-story public housing towers wrapped in bamboo scaffolding. Thick smoke triggered evacuations, roads were shut, debris fell, and firefighters and police responded at scale. Officials confirmed over 90 deaths, with nearly 300 still missing.

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River Shadows 25 Military Exercise - Bitche

River Shadows 25 Military Exercise - Bitche

The Engineer Brigade (BGEN) and the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) are organising the RIVER SHADOWS 25 exercise at the Bitche military camp in the Moselle department (57), France on November 25, 2025. The exercise, which brings together some sixty combat divers from seven Army engineering regiments and foreign partners (Belgium and Spain), aims to consolidate mastery of ‘combat diving’ capabilities, an essential skill in the context of a major land engagement. It also aims to strengthen cooperation and interoperability between allied forces by promoting the exchange of technical and operational expertise. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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