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Men's pole vault entered uncharted territory at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from September 13 to 21, as Sweden's Armand Duplantis cleared 6.30 meters to break the world record for the 14th time. The event saw nine championship records fall, with American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaking a 42-year-old championship record in women's 400m. The 2027 athletics worlds will be held at the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" in Beijing. This file photo taken on Sept. 15, 2025 shows Armand Duplantis of Sweden posing with the screen showing his new world record after the men's pole vault final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Song Yanhua/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

The National Museum of Bermuda, left, and the Commissioner’s House, right, located within the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Sandys Parish of Ireland Island, within the southwestern part of the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda taken from a docked cruise ship, on Monday, November 10, 2025. The house is an example of Georgian architecture. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

The National Museum of Bermuda, left, and the Commissioner’s House, right, located within the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Sandys Parish of Ireland Island, within the southwestern part of the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda taken from a docked cruise ship, on Monday, November 10, 2025. The house is an example of Georgian architecture. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

The National Museum of Bermuda, located within the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Sandys Parish of Ireland Island, within the southwestern part of the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda taken from a docked cruise ship, on Monday, November 10, 2025. The house is an example of Georgian architecture. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

The National Museum of Bermuda, left and center, and the Commissioner’s House, right, located within the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Sandys Parish of Ireland Island, within the southwestern part of the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda taken from a docked cruise ship, on Monday, November 10, 2025. The house is an example of Georgian architecture. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

The National Museum of Bermuda, left, and the Commissioner’s House, right, located within the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Sandys Parish of Ireland Island, within the southwestern part of the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda taken from a docked cruise ship, on Monday, November 10, 2025. The house is an example of Georgian architecture. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protests against Jordan Bardella s visit in Moissac - France

Protests against the visit of President of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Jordan Bardella for his book signing in Moissac, Occitanie, France on November 29, 2025. A woman shouts while holding up a placard reading, For a territory free of the National Rally. Fundamental freedoms are in danger!. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protests against Jordan Bardella s visit in Moissac - France

Protests against the visit of President of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Jordan Bardella for his book signing in Moissac, Occitanie, France on November 29, 2025. A placard reading, For a Zero RN territory. Fundamental freedoms in danger. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protests against Jordan Bardella s visit in Moissac - France

Protests against the visit of President of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Jordan Bardella for his book signing in Moissac, Occitanie, France on November 29, 2025. A placard reading, For a Zero RN territory. Fundamental freedoms in danger!. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

A man attends an interview with a reporter during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

A phone records activists and residents holding Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

A man holds a placard containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball: Division Series between Phillies and Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani pops out in foul territory during the first inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Oct. 9, 2025, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Division Series between Phillies and Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani pops out in foul territory during the first inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Oct. 9, 2025, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, French President Emmanuel Macron, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher and Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, French President Emmanuel Macron, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher and Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summit for The Future of New Caledonia - Paris

President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, French President Emmanuel Macron, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls, President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher and Private secretary of the French President Patrice Faure at a meeting with all the territory's political players and representatives of New Caledonian civil society at the Palais de L'Elysée on the occasion of the opening of the summit for the future of New Caledonia on July 2, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Museum Complex of Karazin Kharkiv National University

A book pierced by a bullet found on the territory of the branch of the Research Institute of Astronomy of Karazin University in Chuhuiv, where the Russian occupiers were stationed in 2022, is displayed during a press tour on the International Museum Day and Science Day, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Museum Complex of Karazin Kharkiv National University

Exhibits collected on the territory of the branch of the Research Institute of Astronomy of Karazin University in Chuhuiv, where the Russian occupiers were stationed in 2022, are displayed during a press tour on the International Museum Day and Science Day, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Territory museum reopens in Tokyo

Photo taken on April 17, 2025, shows the interior of an immersive theater at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo on the eve of its reopening following content renewal.

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Territory museum reopens in Tokyo

Manabu Sakai, Japanese minister in charge of territorial issues, speaks on April 18, 2025, during a ceremony in Tokyo marking the reopening of the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty following content renewal.

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Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Former Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Secretary General of the Elysee Palace, Dominique De Villepin looks at a world map during a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the international situation at the National Assembly (Palais Bourbon) in Paris, France, on April 9, 2025. On the new planisphere in the room of the foreign affairs committee of the National Assembly, in Paris, was not intended to pay for the chronicle. Some of its members were offended by a cartographic modification found on the world map. The representation of Western Sahara as an integral part of Moroccan territory. The dotted line that previously separated Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco has disappeared, as well as the choice to distinguish the two entities by two different colors. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Former Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Secretary General of the Elysee Palace, Dominique De Villepin looks at a world map during a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the international situation at the National Assembly (Palais Bourbon) in Paris, France, on April 9, 2025. On the new planisphere in the room of the foreign affairs committee of the National Assembly, in Paris, was not intended to pay for the chronicle. Some of its members were offended by a cartographic modification found on the world map. The representation of Western Sahara as an integral part of Moroccan territory. The dotted line that previously separated Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco has disappeared, as well as the choice to distinguish the two entities by two different colors. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Luxeuil-les-Bains Air Base

Air Base 116 "Lieutenant-Colonel Papin" in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saone) is much more than a training center: it plays a key role in air security, both on national territory and in allied airspace, particularly on the Alliance's eastern flank. It also contributes to security beyond Europe, particularly from the Djibouti base. This presence underscores the base's importance in collective defense and regional security, enabling France to play a central role in protecting the interests of the Atlantic Alliance and beyond. March 18, 2025. Photo by Liewig Christian/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM