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China: Wedding Feast Carries On as Heavy Rain Floods Venue in Shaanxi

This unforgettable scene was captured in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on May 18, 2026. It looks like a party on a river, but it’s actually an outdoor wedding feast. A sudden heavy downpour flooded the square with dozens of centimeters of water. Relatives and friends sit around dozens of round tables, watching the ceremony and waiting for the meal. Thankfully, the organizers set up cozy canopies and fences, keeping guests dry. Rain can’t stop love and blessings—everyone shows up in the storm to celebrate the newlyweds.

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Japan: Two Ducks Glide Through Carpet of Cherry Blossoms on Kyoto’s Philosopher’s Walk

Two ducks were spotted gliding through a hanaikada — a "flower raft" of fallen cherry blossom petals — on the canal along Kyoto's Philosopher's Walk. The phenomenon occurs when petals shed from the canal's cherry trees settle on the water's surface, forming a continuous pink carpet. The Philosopher's Walk is one of Kyoto's most celebrated spring destinations, with hundreds of cherry trees lining its approximately two-kilometer path.

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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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RECAP: Seville Hit by Floods, Heavy Rain Amid Andalusia Storm

On Wednesday, October 29, Seville was hit by heavy rain, flash floods, and tornadoes, recording around 115 mm of rainfall. Emergency services reported hundreds of incidents, including flooded roads, fallen trees, and trapped drivers. Two people were injured in the province. Alerts from Spain’s meteorological agency (Aemet) proved accurate, with Seville under an orange warning as the storm moved across Andalusia.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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Italy: Supercell Storm Hits Emilia-Romagna, Leaving Trail of Destruction in Milano Marittima

A supercell storm ripped through the Emilia-Romagna coastal area on Sunday, August 24, leaving hundreds of trees uprooted from the ground before smashing up parked cars in Milano Marittima, Ravenna. The storm brought strong wind gusts, over 100 km/h, combined with a downburst, causing flooding, damage to homes and businesses, and a trail of destruction in its wake. President of Emilia-Romagna Michele de Pascale declared a state of regional emergency.

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Italy: Supercell Storm Hits Emilia-Romagna, Leaving Trail of Destruction in Milano Marittima 2

A supercell storm ripped through the Emilia-Romagna coastal area on Sunday, August 24, leaving hundreds of trees uprooted from the ground before smashing up parked cars in Milano Marittima, Ravenna. The storm brought strong wind gusts, over 100 km/h, combined with a downburst, causing flooding, damage to homes and businesses, and a trail of destruction in its wake. President of Emilia-Romagna Michele de Pascale declared a state of regional emergency.

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Italy: Supercell Storm Hits Emilia-Romagna, Leaving Trail of Destruction in Milano Marittima 3

A supercell storm ripped through the Emilia-Romagna coastal area on Sunday, August 24, leaving hundreds of trees uprooted from the ground before smashing up parked cars in Milano Marittima, Ravenna. The storm brought strong wind gusts, over 100 km/h, combined with a downburst, causing flooding, damage to homes and businesses, and a trail of destruction in its wake. President of Emilia-Romagna Michele de Pascale declared a state of regional emergency.

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Protesters and Victims Families Mark 5th Anniversary of Port Blast - Beirut

Alley with olive trees and names of the victims, seen by the port, where a terrible explosion took place five years earlier, on August 4, 2020, killing hundreds and destroying parts of the city, in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protesters and Victims Families Mark 5th Anniversary of Port Blast - Beirut

Alley with olive trees and names of the victims, seen by the port, where a terrible explosion took place five years earlier, on August 4, 2020, killing hundreds and destroying parts of the city, in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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Australia: Hundreds Of Thousands Lose Power After Severe Thunderstorms Hit NSW

Wind gusts of more than 100 km/h hit New South Wales, and hundreds of thousands lost power across the state and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on Wednesday, January 15. This prompted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for widespread areas, including the Sydney Metropolitan area.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Raging Wildfire Prompts Evacuations - İzmir

A firefighter maneuvers through thick brush as smoke rises from burning trees in Izmir, Turkey, on Friday, August 16, 2024. The forest fire, which erupted in the Yamanlar neighborhood of Izmir, one of Turkey's largest provinces, quickly spread due to dry conditions and strong winds. Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the fire threatened homes and livelihoods. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Portugal: Storm Kirk Leaves Damage In Northern Region

Storm Kirk brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to northern Portugal on Wednesday, October 9. Hundreds of fallen trees and building damage were reported.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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US: Powerful Storms Bring Hurricane-Force Winds To Dallas, Causing Widespread Power Outages 2

Powerful storms with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains swept through North Texas on Tuesday, May 28, flooding roads, knocking down trees and power lines, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued a disaster declaration. This video shows damage left by the storm at Greenbelt Parrk, Carrollton.

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US: Powerful Storms Bring Hurricane-Force Winds To Dallas, Causing Widespread Power Outages

Powerful storms with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains swept through North Texas on Tuesday, May 28, flooding roads, knocking down trees and power lines, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued a disaster declaration.

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Green European deputy Yannick Jadot speaking during the meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Green European deputy Yannick Jadot attending the meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Thomas Brail. Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Green European deputy Yannick Jadot and French politician Cedric Villani attending the meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Green European deputy Yannick Jadot and French politician Cedric Villani attending the meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Green European deputy Yannick Jadot attending the meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Thomas Brail. Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Green European deputy Yannick Jadot and French politician Cedric Villani attending the meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Thomas Brail. Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Thomas Brail. Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Thomas Brail. Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting To Express Support To Thomas Brail - Paris

Meeting to express support to environmental activist Thomas Brail of Groupement National de Surveillance des Arbres (GNSA) who was dislodged from a plane tree in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition after occupiying it during several days. He is on hunger stike to protest againt motorway A69 project between Castres and Toulouse; this motorway would detroy hundreds of trees and agricultural lands. Picture taken in Paris, France, in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on September 25th, 2023, by Marie-Paola BERTRAND-HILLION / ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun poses for photos in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds of hecta

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun touches a Caragana plant in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun boils water at his house in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun's son patrols a forest in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds of

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GREECE-ATHENS-WILDFIRES

(230719) -- ATHENS, July 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows burned trees and smoke following a wildfire in Mandra, a western suburb of Athens, Greece. Hundreds of Greek firefighters continued for a second day on Tuesday to battle two major wildfires near Dervenochoria, some 30 km northwest of Athens, and near the seaside resort of Loutraki, about 80 km southwest of the capital, authorities said. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)