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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. YONNE (89) VEZELAY: FACADE OF THE SAINTE MARIE MADELEINE BASILICA. FAMOUS FOR ITS BASILICA (A MASTERPIECE OF ROMANESQUE ART) AND A HIGH PLACE OF CHRISTIANITY, THE SITE, PERCHED ON A HILL, WAS AN ESSENTIAL STOPOVER FOR PILGRIMS ON THEIR WAY TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA AND IS LISTED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1979. SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI FOUNDED THE FIRST FRANCISCAN MONASTERY IN FRANCE HERE. THE ABBEY HAS BEEN KNOWN THROUGHOUT EUROPE SINCE THE 11TH CENTURY FOR HOUSING THE RELICS OF SAINT MADELEINE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. YONNE (89) VEZELAY: AERIAL VIEW OF THE ETERNAL HILL AND THE VILLAGE FROM THE WEST. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE BASILICA OF SAINTE MARIE MADELEINE. FAMOUS FOR ITS BASILICA (A MASTERPIECE OF ROMANESQUE ART) AND A HIGH PLACE OF CHRISTIANITY, THE SITE, PERCHED ON A HILL, WAS AN ESSENTIAL STOPOVER FOR PILGRIMS ON THEIR WAY TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA AND IS LISTED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1979. SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI FOUNDED THE FIRST FRANCISCAN MONASTERY IN FRANCE HERE. THE ABBEY HAS BEEN KNOWN THROUGHOUT EUROPE SINCE THE 11TH CENTURY FOR HOUSING THE RELICS OF SAINT MADELEINE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240519) --BEIJING, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 17, 2024 shows the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba. Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. (Xinhua/Lin Zhaohui)

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1st Beijing-Madrid-Havana flight arrives in Cuba

STORY: 1st Beijing-Madrid-Havana flight arrives in Cuba SHOOTING TIME: May 17, 2024 DATELINE: May 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:24 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the arrival STORYLINE: Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Air China was received at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana with the traditional water salute. Starting with two flights per week, it is hoped that the airline frequency will increase as passenger traffic between the two countries grows. There were no direct flights from China to Cuba until Air China resumed the Beijing-Madrid-Havana route, the only direct one between China and Cuba. The air links were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Havana. (XHTV)

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CUBA-HAVANA-1ST BEIJING-MADRID-HAVANA FLIGHT-ARRIVAL

(240518) -- HAVANA, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A passenger of the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China is pictured at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, May 17, 2024. Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua)

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CUBA-HAVANA-1ST BEIJING-MADRID-HAVANA FLIGHT-ARRIVAL

(240518) -- HAVANA, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Passengers of the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China are pictured at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, May 17, 2024. Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua)

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CUBA-HAVANA-1ST BEIJING-MADRID-HAVANA FLIGHT-ARRIVAL

(240518) -- HAVANA, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A passenger of the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China is pictured at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, May 17, 2024. Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua)

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CUBA-HAVANA-1ST BEIJING-MADRID-HAVANA FLIGHT-ARRIVAL

(240518) -- HAVANA, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 17, 2024 shows the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba. Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua)

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CUBA-HAVANA-1ST BEIJING-MADRID-HAVANA FLIGHT-ARRIVAL

(240518) -- HAVANA, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 17, 2024 shows the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba. Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. (Xinhua/Lin Zhaohui)

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CUBA-HAVANA-1ST BEIJING-MADRID-HAVANA FLIGHT-ARRIVAL

(240518) -- HAVANA, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrives at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, May 17, 2024. Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. (Xinhua/Lin Zhaohui)

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Mori leaves for trip to Africa, Greece

HANEDA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori waves his hand at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 7 before leaving for a nine-day trip to South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Greece as part of Japan's strategic diplomacy to boost ties with countries where high-level contacts have been infrequent. Mori, who will be the first Japanese premier to visit either sub-Saharan Africa or Greece, will arrive in Johannesburg on Jan. 8, after making a stopover in Hong Kong.

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Obuchi makes nostalgic tour of Queen Mary

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), together with his wife Chizuko (C) and his second eldest daughter Yuko (R), makes a nostalgic visit April 29 to the Queen Mary, the luxury ocean liner that brought him to the United States when he first visited the country as a graduate student in 1963. Obuchi made the visit to the liner, now permanently berthed in Long Beach, California, after arriving in Los Angeles earlier in the day on the first stopover in his weeklong tour of the U.S.

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Mori leaves for trip to Africa, Greece

HANEDA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori waves his hand at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 7 before leaving for a nine-day trip to South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Greece as part of Japan's strategic diplomacy to boost ties with countries where high-level contacts have been infrequent. Mori, who will be the first Japanese premier to visit either sub-Saharan Africa or Greece, will arrive in Johannesburg on Jan. 8, after making a stopover in Hong Kong.

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Obuchi makes nostalgic tour of Queen Mary

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), together with his wife Chizuko (C) and his second eldest daughter Yuko (R), makes a nostalgic visit April 29 to the Queen Mary, the luxury ocean liner that brought him to the United States when he first visited the country as a graduate student in 1963. Obuchi made the visit to the liner, now permanently berthed in Long Beach, California, after arriving in Los Angeles earlier in the day on the first stopover in his weeklong tour of the U.S.