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UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, CENTRAL PARK. LOW ANGLE VIEW OF THE BETHESDA TERRACE ARCADE DURING A WINTER SNOWTORM WITH ILLUMINATED TILE CEILING. WINTERTIME IN CENTRAL PARK, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2025 Media Day

F1 x Lego Collaboration tile breaking point marker during the Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix 2025 on Media Day at the Silverstone International Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain on July 3, 2025 Credit: Photo by Antoine Lapeyre / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kharkiv hosts regional swimming championship for veterans

A crutch and a leg of an athlete are on the tiled floor during the Kharkiv Regional Swimming Championship for War Veterans, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Greenhouses of Zaporizhzhia Botanical Garden restored after Russian attacks

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 6, 2025 - Koi fish swim in a pond in a greenhouse restored after Russian shelling at the Zaporizhzhia City Botanical Garden, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - An education delegation from Derby shows their tile rubbing works at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - An education delegation from Derby shows their tile rubbing works at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - An education delegation from Derby shows their tile rubbing works at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

A carpenter installs a red tile on the roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan on July 15, 2024, after a 2019 fire destroyed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site. Around 60,000 tiles will be used for the roof of the main hall to complete the installation by the end of this year.

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US: Damaging Tornado Touches Down In Mount Vernon, Indiana

A tornado touched down in Mount Vernon, southern Indiana, on Tuesday, July 9. It caused severe damage to homes and buildings, derailed a freight train, and damaged gas lines and power lines.

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KENYA-KAJIADO-CHINESE CERAMIC MANUFACTURER

(240603) -- KAJIADO (KENYA), June 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A forklift passes tile packages at the KEDA (Kenya) ceramics factory in Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Yahui) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese ceramic manufacturer aiding Kenya's affordable housing

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KENYA-KAJIADO-CHINESE CERAMIC MANUFACTURER

(240603) -- KAJIADO (KENYA), June 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A forklift transfers tile packages at the KEDA (Kenya) ceramics factory in Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 17, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Yahui) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese ceramic manufacturer aiding Kenya's affordable housing

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KENYA-KAJIADO-CHINESE CERAMIC MANUFACTURER

(240603) -- KAJIADO (KENYA), June 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A forklift transfers tile packages at the KEDA (Kenya) ceramics factory in Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Yahui) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese ceramic manufacturer aiding Kenya's affordable housing

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KENYA-KAJIADO-CHINESE CERAMIC MANUFACTURER

(240603) -- KAJIADO (KENYA), June 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks the quality of a ceramic tile at the KEDA (Kenya) ceramics factory in Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Yahui) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese ceramic manufacturer aiding Kenya's affordable housing

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KENYA-KAJIADO-CHINESE CERAMIC MANUFACTURER

(240603) -- KAJIADO (KENYA), June 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker checks the quality of a ceramic tile at the KEDA (Kenya) ceramics factory in Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 17, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Yahui) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese ceramic manufacturer aiding Kenya's affordable housing

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KENYA-KAJIADO-CHINESE CERAMIC MANUFACTURER

(240603) -- KAJIADO (KENYA), June 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A forklift passes tile packages at the KEDA (Kenya) ceramics factory in Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 17, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Yahui) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese ceramic manufacturer aiding Kenya's affordable housing

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Botanical garden of Lviv National University

LVIV, UKRAINE - MAY 1, 2024 - The roots are seen next to tiles at an orangery at the botanical garden of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Botanical garden of Lviv National University

LVIV, UKRAINE - MAY 1, 2024 - People visit an orangery at the botanical garden of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Reconstruction of residential buildings underway in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - A worker checks whether tiles are vertical with a spirit level as the residential building at 80 Nezalezhnoi Ukrainy Street/3 Yakova Novytskoho Street destroyed by Russian shelling is under reconstruction, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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CHINA-SHANXI-YUNGANG GROTTOES-DOCTORS FOR RELICS (CN)

(240301) -- DATONG, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wei Songlin, a staff member of the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, restores a glazed tile at a studio of the institute in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2024. Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring over 50,000 stone Buddhist sculptures in Datong, was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). It is considered a pinnacle of Chinese Buddhist art and represents the highest level of sculptural artistry in the world during the 5th century. The Yungang Grottoes Research Institute boasts a relics protection and restoration team mainly consisting of professionals in their 20s and 30s, who are trying their very best to keep these statues in their prime condition as long as possible. Dubbed doctors for relics, these young souls armed with modern technologies have gone beyond fundamental protection and restoration, and walked the extra mile to present these statues in a much more vivid way before tourists and learners from a

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Rebuilding houses in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 27, 2024 - Kitchen tiles are seen on the wall of a block of flats at 2A Zaporizka Street that was damaged in Russian shelling and is under reconstruction, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Clay sculptures are pictured on the premises of Melia tiles production, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Moulds used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Chamotte clay used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Chamotte clay used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Chamotte clay used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Chamotte clay used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Moulds used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Moulds used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Production of Melia tiles, using a unique dry-pressing technology that was discontinued about 70 years ago, is now renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-TINGSHAN COMPLEX-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY (CN)

(240204) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo provided by Zhejiang provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology shows a flat tile unearthed at the Nanshantou Site of the Tingshan complex in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Cluster of magnificent buildings over 2,500 years ago found in Zhejiang" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANXI-PIANGUAN-GREAT WALL-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(231223) -- PIANGUAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lyu Chenggui knocks the tile pieces to infer their materials and ages by the sound at Pianguan County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 28, 2023. The Great Wall built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) encounters the Yellow River at Laoniuwan Village in Pianguan County. Lyu Chenggui, 58, a native of Laoniuwan Village, enjoys renown for his enthusiasm for the Great Wall. He has developed a keen interest in the Great Wall since his youth. Driven by curiosity, Lyu not only visits the Great Wall and takes photos of it, but also studies it in depth. Lyu has continuously put forward suggestions for protecting and developing the Great Wall and has made it his career. Under his suggestions, Laoniuwan Village has developed its rural tourism industry with a cohesion of the Great Wall and the Yellow River. The booming tourism industry has increased the income of the villagers and raised their awareness of cherishing cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-HENAN-EARTHENWARE-UNEARTH (CN)

(231222) -- ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 24, 2023 shows the tile-shaped earthenware unearthed at the ruins of Beiyangping in the city of Lingbao, central China's Henan Province. TO GO WITH "5,800-yr-old tile-shaped earthenware found in central China" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-EARTHENWARE-UNEARTH (CN)

(231222) -- ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 24, 2023 shows the tile-shaped earthenware unearthed at the ruins of Beiyangping in the city of Lingbao, central China's Henan Province. TO GO WITH "5,800-yr-old tile-shaped earthenware found in central China" (Xinhua)

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Oldest wooden church of Ukraine in Stara Skvariava village

STARA SKVARIAVA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - Moss grows on the wooden tiles of the roof at the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, the oldest wooden church in Ukraine, Stara Skvariava village, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. With the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, experts of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion have scanned the 16th-century church and created a 3D model and virtual tour of the temple.

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Ancient grave found near World Heritage-listed Japan temple

Photo taken Sept. 8, 2023, shows a roof tile discovered in an ancient grave recently found at a parking lot near the World Heritage-listed Horyuji temple in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan. The grave dates back to the late sixth century.

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Recovery from July 6 Russian missile attack on Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 8, 2023 - Roofing tiles are stacked outside the apartment building partially ruined in the Russian missile attack on July 6, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Blahodatne and Partyzanske villages in Mykolaiv Region

BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE - JULY 19, 2023 - Corrugated roofing tiles cover the grave of a local resident killed in the shelling of Russian troops in Blahodatne village which was destroyed by Russian occupiers, Mykolaiv Region, southern Ukraine.

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Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

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Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

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Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.

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Tiles Fall Off The Exterior Wall of A High-rise Residential Building in Yichang, China

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Tiles fall off the exterior wall of a high-rise residential building in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 19, 2023. With the gradual aging of housing construction, the peeling of exterior walls has become a prominent problem. The exterior wall falling off mainly occurs in two forms of building facades: one is tile exterior wall and the other is sticky anchor exterior wall structure. With extreme weather such as high temperature and heavy rain, the frequency of external wall shedding events increases.