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Yanardag Burning Mountain Scenic Area - Azerbaijan

Flames blaze in rock fissures at Yanardag on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan on November 28, 2025. Known as "the burning mountain," Yanardag is a national natural heritage site of Azerbaijan. The everlasting flames here originate from natural gas that leaks through rock fissures. Photo by Chen Junfeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yanardag Burning Mountain Scenic Area - Azerbaijan

Tourists pose for photos at Yanardag on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan on November 28, 2025. Known as "the burning mountain," Yanardag is a national natural heritage site of Azerbaijan. The everlasting flames here originate from natural gas that leaks through rock fissures. Photo by Chen Junfeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yanardag Burning Mountain Scenic Area - Azerbaijan

Tourists visit Yanardag on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan on November 28, 2025. Known as "the burning mountain," Yanardag is a national natural heritage site of Azerbaijan. The everlasting flames here originate from natural gas that leaks through rock fissures. Photo by Chen Junfeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yanardag Burning Mountain Scenic Area - Azerbaijan

Flames blaze in rock fissures at Yanardag on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan on November 28, 2025. Known as "the burning mountain," Yanardag is a national natural heritage site of Azerbaijan. The everlasting flames here originate from natural gas that leaks through rock fissures. Photo by Chen Junfeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yanardag Burning Mountain Scenic Area - Azerbaijan

Tourists pose for photos at Yanardag on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan on November 28, 2025. Known as "the burning mountain," Yanardag is a national natural heritage site of Azerbaijan. The everlasting flames here originate from natural gas that leaks through rock fissures. Photo by Chen Junfeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yanardag Burning Mountain Scenic Area - Azerbaijan

Tourists pose for photos at Yanardag on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan on November 28, 2025. Known as "the burning mountain," Yanardag is a national natural heritage site of Azerbaijan. The everlasting flames here originate from natural gas that leaks through rock fissures. Photo by Chen Junfeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinian children collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinian children collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinian children are seen at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinians collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinian children collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinian children collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinian children are seen in front of a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Tents for displaced Palestinians are seen near a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Palestinians are seen on a path between tents for displaced people and a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Tents for displaced Palestinians are seen near a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

Tents for displaced Palestinians are seen near a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Garbage Dump in the al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza Strip

A Palestinian collects items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024. "Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X in September. "Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza's middle areas as sewage leaks onto the streets," it said. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Building collapses after explosion in Santander - Spain

Firefighters work in the collapsed building, on October 26, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). One person has died as a result of the collapse of a building due to an explosion that has occurred around 4.00 am in the street La Albericia 24 in Santander and ten have been injured of varying degrees of severity, all of them stable within the different levels of severity. At the moment the causes of the explosion are unknown, although the electricity and gas supply has been cut off in the buildings next to the damaged building because there had been gas leaks and in order to secure the area. Photo by Nacho Cubero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People dive in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People dive in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People dive in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Swimming In The Seine River - Paris

People swimming in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the mayor of Paris swim in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month. Despite an investment of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the Seine has been causing suspense in the run-up to the opening of the Paris Games on July 26 after repeatedly failing water quality tests. But since the beginning of July, with heavy rains finally giving way to sunnier weather, samples have shown the river to be ready for the open-water swimming and triathlon -- and for 65-year-old Hidalgo. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM