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US/Canada: Northern Lights Illuminate Night Sky

In some regions of the US and Canada, the Northern Lights were spotted on Wednesday, November 5, as an eruption of solar material prompted one of the strongest geomagnetic storms of the year to impact Earth, creating a chance to see the aurora on Thursday, November 6, for nearly half of the US and potentially most of Canada, including its southernmost regions, with visibility particularly high across Western Canada and the northern territories.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The fully automatic ultra-fast three-dimensional parking system of the wTorld's first "ultra-advanced zero-carbon building" only requires 300 vehicles to provide 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day to solve nearly half of the building's energy consumption. Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Workers on a truck loaded with green sacks of freshly plucked tea leaves in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea worker stands near a weighing scale at a garden in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea worker stands near a weighing scale at a garden in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers carry baskets while plucking tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers gather around filled sacks of tea leaves at a collection point in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers carry large sacks of freshly plucked leaves on their heads in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea worker stands near a weighing scale at a garden in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Women sort tea leaves into large sacks at a collection point in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers carry baskets while plucking tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Women sort tea leaves into large sacks at a collection point in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A worker places a sack of tea leaves onto a weighing scale in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea worker stands near a weighing scale at a garden in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers pluck tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers gather around filled sacks of tea leaves at a collection point in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers carry baskets while plucking tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers carry baskets while plucking tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers carry large sacks of freshly plucked leaves on their heads in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

Tea garden workers carry baskets while plucking tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A worker places a sack of tea leaves onto a weighing scale in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A worker loads green sacks of tea leaves onto a truck in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens, employing nearly a million workers across 850 estates, produce more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is over 170 years old, with most workers coming from tribal communities. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Third Round Of Peace Talks Between Russia And Ukraine - Istanbul

The third round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine is held in Istanbul, Türkiye, on July 23, 2025. Delegations from both countries met on Wednesday for negotiations that began at 8:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT) and lasted nearly one and a half hours. Photo by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Third Round Of Peace Talks Between Russia And Ukraine - Istanbul

The third round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine is held in Istanbul, Türkiye, on July 23, 2025. Delegations from both countries met on Wednesday for negotiations that began at 8:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT) and lasted nearly one and a half hours. Photo by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CONSTRUCTION SITE - MARCH 10TH 2021 : START OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE 52 WOODEN HALF-CINTERS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE CHURCH VIEWS OF THE CATHEDRAL (NEARLY 8 M LONG AND WEIGHING OVER 800 KG) Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from 2nd from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko talk to a survivor of the U.S. torpedo attack on the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II on June 5, 2025, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko talk to a survivor of the U.S. torpedo attack on the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II on June 5, 2025, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R), Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (not seen in picture) bow after offering flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R), Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

The traffic jams during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

The traffic jams during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

Passengers carry their luggage while boarding a bus during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

Police personnel seen on the traffic guards during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

The traffic jams during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

The traffic jams during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

The traffic jams during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

Police personnel seen on the traffic guards during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

Police personnel seen on the traffic guards during during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Annual 'Mudik' Exodus

Passengers carry their luggage while boarding a bus during the Eid Mubarak 1446 Hijri 'Mudik,' or homecoming, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 28, 2025. Indonesian authorities are preparing for the annual homecoming exodus, as 146 million people -over half of the population- will travel home for Eid al-Fitr. Officials expect the peak travel day to be Friday, with 12 million people on the road. Approximately 33 million travelers will use private cars, 25 million will take buses, and 23 million will rely on trains, according to the transportation ministry. To manage the surge in travel, over 164,000 security and transport personnel have been deployed across nearly 3,000 locations. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Leads A Mass in Timor Leste

Pope Francis celebrates an open-air Mass in Taci Tolu, a coastal plain in Timor-Leste on September 10, 2024. About 600,000 people, or nearly half of the country’s population, were in attendance. LEFT: cardinal of Timor Leste, Virgilio do Carmo da Silva. Timor Leste is the third stop of a marathon 12-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Leads A Mass in Timor Leste

Pope Francis celebrates an open-air Mass in Taci Tolu, a coastal plain in Timor-Leste on September 10, 2024. About 600,000 people, or nearly half of the country’s population, were in attendance. LEFT: cardinal of Timor Leste, Virgilio do Carmo da Silva. Timor Leste is the third stop of a marathon 12-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Leads A Mass in Timor Leste

Pope Francis celebrates an open-air Mass in Taci Tolu, a coastal plain in Timor-Leste on September 10, 2024. About 600,000 people, or nearly half of the country’s population, were in attendance. Timor Leste is the third stop of a marathon 12-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Leads A Mass in Timor Leste

Pope Francis celebrates an open-air Mass in Taci Tolu, a coastal plain in Timor-Leste on September 10, 2024. About 600,000 people, or nearly half of the country’s population, were in attendance. Timor Leste is the third stop of a marathon 12-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM