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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

United States Representative Mike Ezell (Republican off Mississippi) speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

United States Representative Mike Ezell (Republican off Mississippi) speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

United States Representative Mike Ezell (Republican off Mississippi) speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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"Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"

David Richardson, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Construction workers are fixing the formwork before the concrete pouring of the upper reservoir of the Huangcheng Pumped Storage Power Station at the construction site in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

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Floods Cleanup Efforts Continue - Spain

Fixing the train tracks as they pass through Aldaia, on November 9, 2024, in Aldaia, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The search for possible victims of the DANA in the province of Valencia continues today with the deployment of search teams in the deepest areas of the Albufera, while work also continues in the area of the Magro River, the Rambla de Poio, the mouth of the Turia River and the sea. According to the first Emergencies report on the impact of the DANA, about 2,450 firefighters from more than 40 agencies are operating in the areas affected by the floods, in addition to 8,000 military personnel, including 52 divers. In addition, 25,000 hectares have been affected in Valencia by the cold drop. As for the number of victims, only in the province of Valencia, 215 people have been confirmed dead due to the SWD and at least 78 people are still missing. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Floods Cleanup Efforts Continue - Spain

Fixing the train tracks as they pass through Aldaia, on November 9, 2024, in Aldaia, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The search for possible victims of the DANA in the province of Valencia continues today with the deployment of search teams in the deepest areas of the Albufera, while work also continues in the area of the Magro River, the Rambla de Poio, the mouth of the Turia River and the sea. According to the first Emergencies report on the impact of the DANA, about 2,450 firefighters from more than 40 agencies are operating in the areas affected by the floods, in addition to 8,000 military personnel, including 52 divers. In addition, 25,000 hectares have been affected in Valencia by the cold drop. As for the number of victims, only in the province of Valencia, 215 people have been confirmed dead due to the SWD and at least 78 people are still missing. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Floods Cleanup Efforts Continue - Spain

A truck works on fixing the train tracks as they pass through Aldaia, on November 9, 2024, in Aldaia, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The search for possible victims of the DANA in the province of Valencia continues today with the deployment of search teams in the deepest areas of the Albufera, while work also continues in the area of the Magro river, the Poio wadi, the mouth of the Turia river and the sea. According to the first Emergencies report on the impact of the DANA, about 2,450 firefighters from more than 40 agencies are operating in the areas affected by the floods, in addition to 8,000 military personnel, including 52 divers. In addition, 25,000 hectares have been affected in Valencia by the cold drop. As for the number of victims, only in the province of Valencia, 215 people have been confirmed dead due to the SWD and at least 78 people are still missing. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Floods Cleanup Efforts Continue - Spain

Fixing of the train tracks as they pass through Aldaia, on November 9, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The search for possible victims of the DANA in the province of Valencia continues today with the deployment of search teams in the deepest areas of the Albufera, while work also continues in the area of the Magro River, the Rambla de Poio, the mouth of the Turia River and the sea. According to the first Emergencies report on the impact of the DANA, about 2,450 firefighters from more than 40 agencies are operating in the areas affected by the floods, in addition to 8,000 military personnel, including 52 divers. In addition, 25,000 hectares in Valencia have been affected by the cold drop. As for the number of victims, only in the province of Valencia, 215 people have been confirmed dead due to the SWD and at least 78 people are still missing. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Floods Cleanup Efforts Continue - Spain

Fixing the train tracks as they pass through Aldaia, on November 9, 2024, in Aldaia, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The search for possible victims of the DANA in the province of Valencia continues today with the deployment of search teams in the deepest areas of the Albufera, while work also continues in the area of the Magro River, the Rambla de Poio, the mouth of the Turia River and the sea. According to the first Emergencies report on the impact of the DANA, about 2,450 firefighters from more than 40 agencies are operating in the areas affected by the floods, in addition to 8,000 military personnel, including 52 divers. In addition, 25,000 hectares have been affected in Valencia by the cold drop. As for the number of victims, only in the province of Valencia, 215 people have been confirmed dead due to the SWD and at least 78 people are still missing. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Floods Cleanup Efforts Continue - Spain

Fixing the train tracks as they pass through Aldaia, on November 9, 2024, in Aldaia, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The search for possible victims of the DANA in the province of Valencia continues today with the deployment of search teams in the deepest areas of the Albufera, while work also continues in the area of the Magro River, the Rambla de Poio, the mouth of the Turia River and the sea. According to the first Emergencies report on the impact of the DANA, about 2,450 firefighters from more than 40 agencies are operating in the areas affected by the floods, in addition to 8,000 military personnel, including 52 divers. In addition, 25,000 hectares have been affected in Valencia by the cold drop. As for the number of victims, only in the province of Valencia, 215 people have been confirmed dead due to the SWD and at least 78 people are still missing. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240727) -- BEIJING, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 16, 2024 shows a view of mangrove forests in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This combo photo shows mangrove saplings planted in the coastal area near "Java 7" project on July 15, 2024 (above, aerial photo taken by Xinhua photographer Xu Qin) and on Jan. 28, 2019 (below, aerial photo provided by CHN Energy Java Power Plant) in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 15, 2024 shows a view of mangrove forests in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2024 shows mangrove forests in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial photo taken on July 15, 2024 shows mangrove saplings planted in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 16, 2024 shows a view of mangrove forests in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 15, 2024 shows a view of mangrove forests in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 15, 2024 shows a view of mangrove forests in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 16, 2024 shows a view of mangrove forests in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-BANTEN-MANGROVE FOREST-PROTECTION

(240726) -- SERANG, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members check the growth of mangrove saplings planted in the coastal area near "Java 7" project in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia, July 15, 2024. The large areas of mangroves along the Indonesian coastline play an important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, fixing and storing carbon, and maintaining biodiversity. China's CHN Energy and Indonesian National Electricity Company jointly built the "Java 7" project in the western part of Java Island. The CHN Energy Java Power Plant played a leading role in designing and implementing the natural ecological protection project for mangroves as well as other wild animals and plants, which significantly contributed to the restoration of mangroves in this region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Qin)

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Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one day before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 25, 2024. Fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris on 15th of April 2019 and cathedral was badly damaged. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one day before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 25, 2024. Fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris on 15th of April 2019 and cathedral was badly damaged. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Notre Dame Cathedral

A police man and the Notre Dame Cathedral in the background in Paris, one day before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 25, 2024. Fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris on 15th of April 2019 and cathedral was badly damaged. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

A police man and the Notre Dame Cathedral in the background in Paris, one day before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 25, 2024. Fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris on 15th of April 2019 and cathedral was badly damaged. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Police men and the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one day before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 25, 2024. Fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris on 15th of April 2019 and cathedral was badly damaged. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one day before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 25, 2024. Fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris on 15th of April 2019 and cathedral was badly damaged. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one day before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 25, 2024. Fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris on 15th of April 2019 and cathedral was badly damaged. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SUMMER DAVOS (CN)

(240626) -- DALIAN, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Delegates attend the parallel session "Fixing the Gender Funding Gap for Entrepreneurs" during the 2024 Summer Davos at the Dalian International Conference Center in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 26, 2024. The 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, opened in northeast China's coastal city of Dalian on Tuesday. Featuring the theme "Next Frontiers for Growth," the event, held from June 25 to 27, gathers over 1,700 leading figures from the public and private sectors in more than 100 countries and regions to jointly explore new drivers and pathways for global economic growth. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lu Yang)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SUMMER DAVOS (CN)

(240626) -- DALIAN, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Delegates attend the parallel session "Fixing the Gender Funding Gap for Entrepreneurs" during the 2024 Summer Davos at the Dalian International Conference Center in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 26, 2024. The 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, opened in northeast China's coastal city of Dalian on Tuesday. Featuring the theme "Next Frontiers for Growth," the event, held from June 25 to 27, gathers over 1,700 leading figures from the public and private sectors in more than 100 countries and regions to jointly explore new drivers and pathways for global economic growth. (Xinhua/Lu Yang)

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chi

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers make a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker uses an ink marker to draw straight lines for a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boa

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker paints the heads of dragon boats at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese f

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese f

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A dragon boat is pictured at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese f

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Jianwei, a fourth-generation inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materia