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Illustration - Puy-de-Dome

FRANCE. AUVERGNE. PUY-DE-DOME (63). CLERMONT-FERRAND. FRANCOIS VAZEILLES, CHEESE MAKER, AGES HIS CHEESES IN OLD CELLARS DUG INTO THE SUBSOIL. Photo by Luc Olivier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Corse du Sud - France

FRANCE. CORSE DU SUD (2A) EXTREME SOUTH REGION. BONIFACIO. THE CITADEL. STAIRCASE OF THE KING OF ARAGON. CARVED BY MAN DIRECTLY INTO THE LIMESTONE, AND CONSISTING OF 189 STEPS, THIS STAIRCASE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DUG IN JUST ONE NIGHT BY THE TROOPS OF THE KING OF ARAGON DURING THE SIEGE OF BONIFACIO IN 1420. MORE LIKELY, IT WAS DUG OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BY FRANCISCAN MONKS TO GAIN ACCESS TO A SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - French Riviera

FRANCE. ALPES-MARITIMES (06) MERCANTOUR NATIONAL PARK. HAUT-VAR VALLEY. THE DALUIS GORGES (COLORADO NICOIS) WERE DUG BY THE VAR RIVER IN WINE-RED COLORED ROCKS, CALLED PELITES AND DATING FROM THE PERMIAN Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Refugees Seeking Shelter During The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Gaza Strip

A Palestinian girl eats in a trench dug by her father Tayseer Obaid (not pictured) who was displaced with his family from the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, in an attempt to protect his children from the cold and Israeli strikes, in a makeshift camp in Deir el-Balah on January 8, 2025, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Refugees Seeking Shelter During The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Gaza Strip

A Palestinian girl eats in a trench dug by her father Tayseer Obaid (not pictured) who was displaced with his family from the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, in an attempt to protect his children from the cold and Israeli strikes, in a makeshift camp in Deir el-Balah on January 8, 2025, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Refugees Seeking Shelter During The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Gaza Strip

A Palestinian girl eats in a trench dug by her father Tayseer Obaid (not pictured) who was displaced with his family from the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, in an attempt to protect his children from the cold and Israeli strikes, in a makeshift camp in Deir el-Balah on January 8, 2025, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Refugees Seeking Shelter During The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Gaza Strip

Palestinian father Tayseer Obaid who was displaced with his family from the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, sits with his children in a trench he dug in his tent in an attempt to protect them from the cold and Israeli strikes, in a makeshift camp in Deir el-Balah on January 8, 2025, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Refugees Seeking Shelter During The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Gaza Strip

Palestinian girls eat in a makeshift camp dug by their father, Taysir Obeid (not pictured), who was displaced with his family from the northern Gaza Strip, in an attempt to protect his children from the cold and Israeli attacks. In Deir al-Balah on January 8, 2025, as fighting continues between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Construction of fortifications in Kharkiv sector

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 11, 2024 - A trench dug by the soldiers of the 211th Pontoon Bridge Brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is pictured during the construction of fortifications in the Kharkiv sector, Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Freedom Flotilla Ready To Set Sail For Gaza - Istanbul

Doctor Yvonne Ridley, an independent Scottish candidate for the next general elections in Britain, poses for a photo on the AK Deniz ship in Istanbul, on April 23, 2024 . ‘Yesterday we had a delegation of 25 from Algeria, including an MP, and today we’ve got as Spanish MP. So we have elected officials who are showing some back bone, which is more than what Biden, or Rishi Sunak or the Germans are doing. It’s encouraging because it means that they’re still a few politicians of integrity. And then the rest of us are activists, and people like myself who fought for decades to get justice and freedom for the Palestinians. We are just deeply ashamed about what’s happening at the moment, and I don’t know if the Global South will ever forgive us. The world order is just upside down. We can see clearly that there’s a famine in Gaza, we can see quite clearly from the shallow graves that have been dug up under Al Hassa hospital and Al-Shifa hospital that people were executed in cold blood. And it’s people who were stil

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Dead And 13 Injured When A Balcony Collapses - Naples

Naples, 2 dead, 13 injured are the toll from the collapse that occurred this evening on a balcony in the Vela Celeste, the popular settlement in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy on July 22, 2024. Firefighters went to the site and dug through the rubble. The emergency vehicles and the police went to the scene. The collapse occurred shortly after 11pm. The Vela Celeste is one of the last ones left standing in Scampia after the demolition of the other Sails decided to provide more dignified accommodation for the residents. The firefighters are carrying out checks on the stability of the building. The failure occurred between the second and third floors of the structure. It is not yet clear whether children were among those involved. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Urban Night Economy in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 6, 2024 - Citizens enjoy food at a night market in Chongqing, China, July 6, 2024. In recent years, Chongqing has focused on "night taste", "night appreciation", "night play" and "night shopping" and other formats, dug deep into Chongqing characteristics, vigorously promoted the integrated development of business travel and sports, focused on building an urban night economy, and become a new engine for Chongqing to cultivate and build an international consumption center city.

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Children in frontline Prymorske

PRYMORSKE, UKRAINE - MARCH 20, 2024 - A police officer looks into a pit which imitates a trench dug by children in the frontline village of Prymorske, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Second line of fortifications to be built in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MARCH 12, 2024 - Concrete anti-tank structures also known as "dragons teeth" dug into the ground in rows as part of the construction of the second line of fortifications along the border with Russia to prevent the advance of Russian tank units, Kharkiv region, north-eastern Ukraine.

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Second line of fortifications to be built in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MARCH 12, 2024 - Concrete anti-tank structures also known as "dragons teeth" dug into the ground in rows as part of the construction of the second line of fortifications along the border with Russia to prevent the advance of Russian tank units, Kharkiv region, north-eastern Ukraine.

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Nova Scotia Digging Out After Historic Snowfall - Canada

Crews clean up after a winter storm in Sydney, NS, Canada on Monday, February5, 2024. A local state of emergency remained in effect in parts of Cape Breton on Monday, as Nova Scotia dug out from one of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years. People in Nova Scotia are digging out after a historic multi-day snowfall slammed the province, with many schools across the province closed Monday and Cape Breton Regional Municipality under a local state of emergency. Parts of Cape Breton Island had received more than 86 centimetres by Monday morning, prompting officials to ask residents to stay off the roads. Photo by Shane Wilkie/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nova Scotia Digging Out After Historic Snowfall - Canada

A person shovels snow off a small roof after a winter storm in Sydney, NS, Canada on Monday, February5, 2024. A local state of emergency remained in effect in parts of Cape Breton on Monday, as Nova Scotia dug out from one of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years.People in Nova Scotia are digging out after a historic multi-day snowfall slammed the province, with many schools across the province closed Monday and Cape Breton Regional Municipality under a local state of emergency. Parts of Cape Breton Island had received more than 86 centimetres by Monday morning, prompting officials to ask residents to stay off the roads. Photo by Shane Wilkie/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nova Scotia Digging Out After Historic Snowfall - Canada

Vehicle buried after winter storm in Sydney, NS, Canada on Monday, February 5, 2024. A local state of emergency remained in effect in parts of Cape Breton on Monday, as Nova Scotia dug out from one of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years. People in Nova Scotia are digging out after a historic multi-day snowfall slammed the province, with many schools across the province closed Monday and Cape Breton Regional Municipality under a local state of emergency. Parts of Cape Breton Island had received more than 86 centimetres by Monday morning, prompting officials to ask residents to stay off the roads. Photo by Shane Wilkie/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nova Scotia Digging Out After Historic Snowfall - Canada

Vehicle buried after winter storm in Sydney, NS, Canada on Monday, February 5, 2024. A local state of emergency remained in effect in parts of Cape Breton on Monday, as Nova Scotia dug out from one of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years. People in Nova Scotia are digging out after a historic multi-day snowfall slammed the province, with many schools across the province closed Monday and Cape Breton Regional Municipality under a local state of emergency. Parts of Cape Breton Island had received more than 86 centimetres by Monday morning, prompting officials to ask residents to stay off the roads. Photo by Shane Wilkie/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nova Scotia Digging Out After Historic Snowfall - Canada

Residents walking down Charlotte St. after winter storm in Sydney, NS, Canada on Monday, February5, 2024. A local state of emergency remained in effect in parts of Cape Breton on Monday, as Nova Scotia dug out from one of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years. People in Nova Scotia are digging out after a historic multi-day snowfall slammed the province, with many schools across the province closed Monday and Cape Breton Regional Municipality under a local state of emergency. Parts of Cape Breton Island had received more than 86 centimetres by Monday morning, prompting officials to ask residents to stay off the roads. Photo by Shane Wilkie/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Smart platform helps earthworks in construction of China's Pinglu Canal

STORY: Smart platform helps earthworks in construction of China's Pinglu Canal DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of construction of the Pinglu Canal 2. various of the smart cloud platform 3. various of construction of the Pinglu Canal STORYLINE: Construction of China's new canal, the Pinglu Canal, started in May in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. So far, more than 50 million cubic meters of earth and stone have been dug. Some of the earth and stone have been recycled. A smart cloud platform has been adopted to manage the earthworks. The Pinglu Canal, stretching over 134 km with an estimated investment of 72.7 billion yuan (about 10.3 billion U.S. dollars), aims to link the Xijiang River, a major waterway in southwest China, with ports in the Beibu Gulf. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

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A drop of water on a wonder-making journey

STORY: A drop of water on a wonder-making journey DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:15 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of a drop of water on a wonder-making journey STORYLINE: Water is a symbol of life and a source of vitality. Chinese city Xi'an once became the core city of Shaanxi Province due to its access to eight rivers, but now it's facing a series of urban development challenges due to a growing water shortage. In the near future, however, the water drunk by Xi'an people living in the north is likely to come from the south, as Shaanxi, home to the largest tributaries of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, is about to complete a grand water transfer project across the Qinling Mountains. In Hanshuiyuan Village, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province, mountain springs form the source of Hanjiang River. From here, a drop of water will start a wonder-making journey through the Qinling Mountains to the Guanzhong Plain. A tunnel is being dug deep in the Qinling Mountains to

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CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY-DEFENSIVE TRENCH (CN)

(230301) -- ZHENGZHOU, March 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2023 shows the accumulated layers in a defensive trench discovered at the Suyang relics site in Yiyang County of Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province. A defensive trench dating back around 6,000 years has been discovered at the Suyang relics site, according to the municipal institute of archaeology of Luoyang City. The semi-annular trench was dug manually, and the shape and structure reflected the powerful and orderly social organization ability and technical level at that time, said Ren Guang, who is in charge of the excavation of the site. (Photo by Dong Gefei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY-DEFENSIVE TRENCH (CN)

(230301) -- ZHENGZHOU, March 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo shows a pottery of the Yangshao Culture, dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years, unearthed from the Suyang relics site in Yiyang County of Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province. A defensive trench dating back around 6,000 years has been discovered at the Suyang relics site, according to the municipal institute of archaeology of Luoyang City. The semi-annular trench was dug manually, and the shape and structure reflected the powerful and orderly social organization ability and technical level at that time, said Ren Guang, who is in charge of the excavation of the site. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY-DEFENSIVE TRENCH (CN)

(230301) -- ZHENGZHOU, March 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2023 shows a defensive trench discovered at the Suyang relics site in Yiyang County of Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province. A defensive trench dating back around 6,000 years has been discovered at the Suyang relics site, according to the municipal institute of archaeology of Luoyang City. The semi-annular trench was dug manually, and the shape and structure reflected the powerful and orderly social organization ability and technical level at that time, said Ren Guang, who is in charge of the excavation of the site. (Photo by Dong Gefei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY-DEFENSIVE TRENCH (CN)

(230301) -- ZHENGZHOU, March 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2023 shows household relics of the Yangshao Culture, dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years, discovered at the Suyang relics site in Yiyang County of Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province. A defensive trench dating back around 6,000 years has been discovered at the Suyang relics site, according to the municipal institute of archaeology of Luoyang City. The semi-annular trench was dug manually, and the shape and structure reflected the powerful and orderly social organization ability and technical level at that time, said Ren Guang, who is in charge of the excavation of the site. (Photo by Dong Gefei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-LUOYANG-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY-DEFENSIVE TRENCH (CN)

(230301) -- ZHENGZHOU, March 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2023 shows the accumulated layers in a defensive trench discovered at the Suyang relics site in Yiyang County of Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province. A defensive trench dating back around 6,000 years has been discovered at the Suyang relics site, according to the municipal institute of archaeology of Luoyang City. The semi-annular trench was dug manually, and the shape and structure reflected the powerful and orderly social organization ability and technical level at that time, said Ren Guang, who is in charge of the excavation of the site. (Photo by Dong Gefei/Xinhua)

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Chinese civilian rescuers continue search for survivors in Türkiye

STORY: Chinese civilian rescuers continue search for survivors in Türkiye DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue work STORYLINE: A group of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, is searching for survivors in Malatya, Türkiye. Buildings were seriously damaged by the massive earthquakes on Monday. After detecting heat sources by using a life detector, rescuers demolish the surface of buried areas and attempt to enter for searching. Voice of Blue Sky Rescue Team member "This is a hole we dug last night. It's four meters deep. No survivors found. This is a hole we dug today. Further inside, this is a hole we've just searched. No survivors found underneath." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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Scotch on 'Alaskan rock'

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo bar LoiteR serves Scotch whisky with what the owner Ryota Nanba says is ice dug up from Alaskan permafrost. This so-called Scotch on ''Alaskan rock'' is part of a sales campaign launched by Kirin Brewery Co. to perk up the consumption of whisky in Japan. Kirin officials say the company, the distributor of Scotch whisky Shevas Regal in Japan, has contracted for 7 tons of Alaskan permafrost ice from a licensed U.S. dealer. The ice is being distributed for free to more than 600 bars in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya that are participating in the Kirin campaign, and customers ordering a Chevas in these bars can ask for Alaskan ice to go with their whisky. As sake and other Japanese liquors have been nibbling away at the non-native alcohol market, the consumption of whisky in Japan has reportedly fallen below 100,000 kiloliters a year from a peak of 380,000 kl in 1983.

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Ice swimming in Harbin

HARBIN, China - Photo shows a man who took part in a swimming competition in a hole dug in the ice in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014. The annual ice festival began later that day in the city.

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Ice swimming in Harbin

HARBIN, China - Swimmers plunge into a hole dug in the ice in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014. The annual ice festival began later that day in the city.