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National Championship Dog Show - Toronto

A dog looks up at its handler during judging at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. Photo by Chris Young/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Championship Dog Show - Toronto

Dempsey, a Standard Poodle lies on a table waiting for judging at the grooming competition at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. Photo by Chris Young/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball: MLB All-Star Game

Photo taken on July 15, 2025, shows the result of an automated ball-strike judging system projected on the board at Truist Park during Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in Atlanta, used in an annual summer baseball event for the first time.

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Baseball: MLB All-Star Game

Photo taken on July 15, 2025, shows the result of an automated ball-strike judging system projected on the board at Truist Park during Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in Atlanta, used in an annual summer baseball event for the first time.

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La Négresse Neighborhood to Get a New Name - Biarritz

Illustrations - For several years the famous Bayonne brand and roaster "Café Négro" had changed its commercial name to that of "Kafe Beltza" "Café Noir" in Basque. The owners wanted to be in their time, far from all racial connotations. Thursday February 6, 2025, the Bordeaux administrative court of appeal rendered a decision in favor of the Mémoires et Partages association which demanded that the city of Biarritz change the name of the “La Négresse” district, judging it “sexist” and “racist”: the “La Négresse” district will therefore have to change its name. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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La Négresse Neighborhood to Get a New Name - Biarritz

Illustrations - For several years the famous Bayonne brand and roaster "Café Négro" had changed its commercial name to that of "Kafe Beltza" "Café Noir" in Basque. The owners wanted to be in their time, far from all racial connotations. Thursday February 6, 2025, the Bordeaux administrative court of appeal rendered a decision in favor of the Mémoires et Partages association which demanded that the city of Biarritz change the name of the “La Négresse” district, judging it “sexist” and “racist”: the “La Négresse” district will therefore have to change its name. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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La Négresse Neighborhood to Get a New Name - Biarritz

Illustrations - For several years the famous Bayonne brand and roaster "Café Négro" had changed its commercial name to that of "Kafe Beltza" "Café Noir" in Basque. The owners wanted to be in their time, far from all racial connotations. Thursday February 6, 2025, the Bordeaux administrative court of appeal rendered a decision in favor of the Mémoires et Partages association which demanded that the city of Biarritz change the name of the “La Négresse” district, judging it “sexist” and “racist”: the “La Négresse” district will therefore have to change its name. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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La Négresse Neighborhood to Get a New Name - Biarritz

Illustrations - For several years the famous Bayonne brand and roaster "Café Négro" had changed its commercial name to that of "Kafe Beltza" "Café Noir" in Basque. The owners wanted to be in their time, far from all racial connotations. Thursday February 6, 2025, the Bordeaux administrative court of appeal rendered a decision in favor of the Mémoires et Partages association which demanded that the city of Biarritz change the name of the “La Négresse” district, judging it “sexist” and “racist”: the “La Négresse” district will therefore have to change its name. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial Against Rubiales Continues at The National Court - Spain

Ex-president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, leaving the National Court that is judging from Monday, February 3, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, who is facing a request from the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the player of the women's national team Jennifer Hermoso. On this second day, the former directors of integrity and communication of the RFEF, the deputy director of communication of the RFEF and the national coaches of men's and women's soccer will testify. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial Against Rubiales Continues at The National Court - Spain

Ex-president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, leaving the National Court that is judging from Monday, February 3, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, who is facing a request from the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the player of the women's national team Jennifer Hermoso. On this second day, the former directors of integrity and communication of the RFEF, the deputy director of communication of the RFEF and the national coaches of men's and women's soccer will testify. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial Against Rubiales Continues at The National Court - Spain

Ex-president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, leaving the National Court that is judging from Monday, February 3, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, who is facing a request from the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the player of the women's national team Jennifer Hermoso. On this second day, the former directors of integrity and communication of the RFEF, the deputy director of communication of the RFEF and the national coaches of men's and women's soccer will testify. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial against Rubiales continues at the National Court

Arrival of the former coach of the Spanish women's national team, Jorge Vilda, at the National Court, which is judging from Monday, February 3, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, who is facing a request by the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the player of the women's national team Jennifer Hermoso. On this second day, the former directors of integrity and communication of the RFEF, the deputy director of communication of the RFEF and the national coaches of men's and women's soccer will testify. Spain on February 4, 2025. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial against Rubiales continues at the National Court

Arrival of the former coach of the Spanish women's national team, Jorge Vilda, at the National Court, which is judging from Monday, February 3, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, who is facing a request by the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the player of the women's national team Jennifer Hermoso. On this second day, the former directors of integrity and communication of the RFEF, the deputy director of communication of the RFEF and the national coaches of men's and women's soccer will testify. Spain on February 4, 2025. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial against Rubiales continues at the National Court

Arrival of the former coach of the Spanish women's national team, Jorge Vilda, at the National Court, which is judging from Monday, February 3, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, who is facing a request by the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the player of the women's national team Jennifer Hermoso. On this second day, the former directors of integrity and communication of the RFEF, the deputy director of communication of the RFEF and the national coaches of men's and women's soccer will testify. Spain on February 4, 2025. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial against Rubiales continues at the National Court

Arrival of the former coach of the Spanish women's national team, Jorge Vilda, at the National Court, which is judging from Monday, February 3, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, who is facing a request by the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the player of the women's national team Jennifer Hermoso. On this second day, the former directors of integrity and communication of the RFEF, the deputy director of communication of the RFEF and the national coaches of men's and women's soccer will testify. Spain on February 4, 2025. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The praefurnium (the room and the furnace that ensured the heating of the hot or warm premises of the thermae). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa. The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

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Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The apodyterium (the changing room). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the r

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Paris 2024 - Women's Round 1 Heat Of Surfing

A rainbow is seen near the judging towers at the end of the women's surfing round 1, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 27, 2024. Photo by Ben Thouard/Pool/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024)FRENCH POLYNESIA-TAHITI-OLY-SUFRING

(240728) -- TAHITI, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A rainbow is seen near the judging towers at the end of the women's surfing round 1, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Ben Thouard/POOL/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Olympics: Surfing

Photo taken on May 22, 2024, shows a judging tower in Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean where surfing will take place for the Paris Olympics in the summer.

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Paris Olympics: Surfing

Photo taken on May 22, 2024, shows a judging tower in Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean where surfing will take place for the Paris Olympics in the summer.

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Bank of Japan ends negative interest rates in historic policy overhaul

STORY: Bank of Japan ends negative interest rates in historic policy overhaul SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: March 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:41 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bank of Japan 2. various of city views in Tokyo STORYLINE: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Tuesday decided to end its negative interest rate policy in its first rate hike in 17 years, marking a major shift away from the long-running monetary easing that Japan has seen over the past decade to put an end to deflation. After a two-day policy meeting, the central bank's policy board decided to guide short-term rate to a range of 0 to 0.1 percent, up a fraction from minus 0.1 to 0 percent, judging that its goal of attaining a stable 2 percent inflation is "in sight." "It came into sight that the price stability target of 2 percent would be achieved in a sustainable and stable manner," the BOJ said in a post-meeting statement. On top of returning to positive rates, the BOJ also decided to scrap it

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Award ceremony of lantern drawing contest held in Bulgaria

STORY: Award ceremony of lantern drawing contest held in Bulgaria SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 22, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: Sofia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: The award ceremony of a lantern drawing contest, dedicated to the Chinese Lantern Festival, was held in Sofia on Thursday evening. More than 300 students from six national art schools from five Bulgarian cities took part in the contest. After a preliminary internal selection at each school, a total of 186 works were on display at the Chinese Embassy in Bulgaria, which organized the contest. To ensure transparency and fair judging, the embassy invited three experts from the National Academy of Art in Sofia to evaluate the lanterns. Around 120 contestants attended the ceremony. They had the opportunity to see all the lanterns on site and choose their winners. Other activities such as riddle solving, lantern assembling and calligraphy were also part of the ceremony. Xinhua News Agency corre

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CHINA-JILIN-CHANGCHUN-FILM FESTIVAL (CN)

(230828) -- CHANGCHUN, Aug. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The judging panel attend the opening ceremony of the 18th Changchun Film Festival in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 28, 2023. The film festival is scheduled from Monday to Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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8 injured, scores missing after land sliding hits NW Pakistan's border area

STORY: 8 injured, scores missing after land sliding hits NW Pakistan's border area DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue forces 2. various of the landslide site STORYLINE: Eight people were injured and scores of others went missing under the rubble following a landslide at the Torkham border in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, rescue sources said. The incident happened at about 3:50 a.m. local time in the border area near Afghanistan, sources from the state-owned Rescue 1122 told Xinhua. "It was a massive landslide, and part of a mountain caved in when it was struck by lightning, trapping dozens of trucks waiting to cross the border," the sources added. Earlier in a statement, Rescue 1122 said that several vehicles caught fire after the landslide, adding that initially three ambulances from the nearby camp of the rescue organization were dispatched to the site. The statement said that judging from th

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Harvest of renowned Longjing tea begins in east China

STORY: Harvest of renowned Longjing tea begins in east China DATELINE: March 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:25 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tea fields 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU SHENGQIANG, Longjing Village official 3. various of tea fields 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MIAO YAQIN, Tea farmer in Longjing Village 5. various of tea making STORYLINE: Tea farmers in east China's Zhejiang Province on Monday started to harvest Longjing tea, one of the most popular tea varieties in the country. Longjing tea, also known as West Lake Dragon Well tea, is a variety of green tea. As one of China's 10 most famous teas, it is characterized by its green color, delicate aroma, mellow taste, and beautiful shape. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU SHENGQIANG, Longjing Village official "Judging from the condition this year, the tea has grown well. It should be of high quality." According to Hangzhou Longjing tea management association, the annual output of Longjing tea this year is forecast to maintain

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Japanese referee Nishimura

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura (far L) awards Brazil a penalty, judging Dejan Lovren (6) of Croatia to have fouled Brazil's Fred in the second half of the opening match of the FIFA World Cup at Arena de Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 12, 2014. Brazil beat Croatia 3-1.

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Sochi scene

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a worker during painting of the Olympic Rings on a judging tower in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 5, 2014.

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Oda bumped to second due to judging errors in figure skating

TOKYO, Japan - Former world junior champion Nobunari Oda (L) smiles at a medals ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 24 after his ''victory'' in the men's national figure skating championships. After the ceremony, judging errors were announced, and Daisuke Takahashi (R) was declared with winner, with Oda having to settle for second place.

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Takahashi captures national title in figure skating

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi smiles with the trophy after winning his first national title at the senior level in the men's figure skating championships in Tokyo on Dec. 24, edging out fellow former world junior champion Nobunari Oda, who was originally declared the winner but then bumped to second place after judging errors were spotted.

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Imashirozuka Tomb believed to have been emperor's grave

OSAKA, Japan - What looks like a drainage pipe-like system features a large keyhole-shaped tomb mound in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture. Tha Takatsuki education board said on Feb. 17 that the tomb, apparently built in the early 6th century, is believed to be the grave of an emperor, judging by the sophisticated method used to protect burial accessories. The drainage system that prevented water from building up in its chamber and damaging burial accessories, it said.

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Horizontal bar final marred by booing fans

ATHENS, Greece - Russia's Alexei Nemov, who placed fifth in the men's horizontal bar final, tries to quiet booing spectators who express their frustration over the judging of his performance.

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Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo shows the mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Shigeo Motoyama, a senior official of the Nagasaki Marine Observatory, said that judging by a steep jump in air pressure recorded by equipment located 4 kilometers from ground zero on the day of the bombing, the bomb could have been dropped at around 10:52 a.m., 10 minutes earlier than the current official time of 11:02 a.m.

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Captain of hijacked freighter tells of ordeal

PHUKET, Thailand - Ko Ikeno, captain of the Japanese-operated freighter Alondra Rainbow, tells of his 18-day ordeal at a Phuket hotel after being rescued from pirates who hijacked the ship in the Straits of Malacca last month. Ikeno said the pirates were probably Indonesians judging from their speech.

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U.S. should stop judging others according to its own practices: Chinese FM spokesperson

STORY: U.S. should stop judging others according to its own practices: Chinese FM spokesperson DATELINE: July 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: While commenting on media reports about U.S. security warning of alleged multifaceted election interference threats from adversaries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Thursday urged the U.S. to stop judging others according to its own practices. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "I have noted relevant reports. Just as a former U.S. official recently admitted, interfering in other countries' internal affairs and overthrowing their governments have become standard practice of their governments. But this has never been China's style. China is committed to the principle of non-interference and we never meddle in foreign elections. We urge the U.S