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Debate on The Social Security Bill in The Senate - Paris

Pascale Gruny, Rapporteur for the Committee on Old Age during debate on the Social Security Bill PLFF 2026 in the Senate, in Paris, France on November 19, 2025. Photo by Jean-Bernard Vernier/JBV News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate on The Social Security Bill in The Senate - Paris

Pascale Gruny, Rapporteur for the Committee on Old Age during debate on the Social Security Bill PLFF 2026 in the Senate, in Paris, France on November 19, 2025. Photo by Jean-Bernard Vernier/JBV News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate on The Social Security Bill in The Senate - Paris

French Autonomy and Disabled People Junior Minister Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq and Pascale Gruny, Rapporteur for the Committee on Old Age during debate on the Social Security Bill PLFF 2026 in the Senate, in Paris, France on November 19, 2025. Photo by Jean-Bernard Vernier/JBV News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate on The Social Security Bill in The Senate - Paris

Pascale Gruny, Rapporteur for the Committee on Old Age during debate on the Social Security Bill PLFF 2026 in the Senate, in Paris, France on November 19, 2025. Photo by Jean-Bernard Vernier/JBV News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shigeru Oda, Japanese former vice president at ICJ, dies at 100

File photo taken in November 2012 shows Shigeru Oda, a former vice president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He died of old age at his home on Sept. 4, 2025, at age 100.

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Shigeru Oda, Japanese former vice president at ICJ, dies at 100

File photo taken in November 2012 shows Shigeru Oda, a former vice president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He died of old age at his home on Sept. 4, 2025, at age 100.

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 3 : LA PIETA, MADE BY MICHELANGELO AT THE AGE OF 25. HE WAS SO PROUD THAT HE INSCRIBED IN LATIN ON THE BANDAGE WHICH CROSSES THE BREAST OF THE VIRGIN: "MICHEL ANGELO BUONARROTI, OF FLORENCE, DID IT." THIS IS THE ONLY WORK HE HAS SIGNED. IT COMES FROM A 1497 COMMISSION OF JEAN BILHERES DE LAGRAULAS, CARDINAL AND AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO THE POPE. IT WAS INTENDED TO ADORN THE FUNERARY MONUMENT OF THE CARDINAL IN THE CHAPEL OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE, ST. PETRONILLE, OF THE OLD BASILICA OF ST. PETER. ON MAY 21, 1972, SHE WAS BRUTALLY MUTILATED WITH A HAMMER BY A HUNGARIAN IMBALANCE, LAZLO TOTH. THE RESTORATION WORKS SHOW ON THE LEFT HAND OF THE VIRGIN THE MONOGRAM OF MICHELANGELO, REMAINED HIDDEN FOR NEARLY 500 YEARS: AN "M" DRAWN ON THE PALM WITH THE LINES OF THE HAND. SINCE THEN, THE SCULPTURE IS PROTECTED BY AN ARMORED GLASS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 3 : LA PIETA, MADE BY MICHELANGELO AT THE AGE OF 25. HE WAS SO PROUD THAT HE INSCRIBED IN LATIN ON THE BANDAGE WHICH CROSSES THE BREAST OF THE VIRGIN: "MICHEL ANGELO BUONARROTI, OF FLORENCE, DID IT." THIS IS THE ONLY WORK HE HAS SIGNED. IT COMES FROM A 1497 COMMISSION OF JEAN BILHERES DE LAGRAULAS, CARDINAL AND AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO THE POPE. IT WAS INTENDED TO ADORN THE FUNERARY MONUMENT OF THE CARDINAL IN THE CHAPEL OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE, ST. PETRONILLE, OF THE OLD BASILICA OF ST. PETER. ON MAY 21, 1972, SHE WAS BRUTALLY MUTILATED WITH A HAMMER BY A HUNGARIAN IMBALANCE, LAZLO TOTH. THE RESTORATION WORKS SHOW ON THE LEFT HAND OF THE VIRGIN THE MONOGRAM OF MICHELANGELO, REMAINED HIDDEN FOR NEARLY 500 YEARS: AN "M" DRAWN ON THE PALM WITH THE LINES OF THE HAND. SINCE THEN, THE SCULPTURE IS PROTECTED BY AN ARMORED GLASS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows Zhutou Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Zhang Keren/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows Beishan Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Zhang Keren/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

A resident spreads out unhusked rice to dry in Zhutou Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Octobre 2, 2023. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Jiang Kehong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

This photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows timber structural elements of a fortified manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Wang Zecong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows Hecheng Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Zhang Keren/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

An aerial drone photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows Hecheng Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Wang Zecong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

An aerial photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows Hecheng Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Jiang Kehong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fujian Fortified Manors - China

An aerial photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows Zhutou Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the Daiyun Mountain like scattered pearls, over 2,000 fortified manors in Yongtai County trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD), flourishing later during the Ming 1368-1644) and Qing 1644-1911) eras. Today, increasing numbers of ancient manors and villages are being protected and revitalized. As historical heritage integrates with contemporary life and cultural landscapes merge with humanistic values, these age-old structures are radiating renewed vitality. Photo by Jiang Kehong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soborna Square in OdesaSoborna Square in Odesa

Elderly men play chess in Soborna Square in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Soborna Square in OdesaSoborna Square in Odesa

Elderly men play chess in Soborna Square in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Russian forces launch massive Shahed drone attack on Odesa region

An elderly man stands in the yard of a house damaged by a Russian drone attack in the Odesa district, Odesa region, Ukraine, on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Odesa recovers from overnight Russian drone attack

An elderly man with a walking cane passes cars destroyed by an overnight Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, May 25, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Palestinians walk on the rubble of the house of Alaa Al-Batran and his family after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

A view of the rubble of the house of Alaa Al-Batran and his family after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, sit amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Palestinian women watch the rubble of the house of Alaa Al-Batran and his family after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, walk amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, sit amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, walk amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, walk amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, walk amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran (R), sit amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, stand amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron Family's Home - Palestine

Yaffa and her father, Alaa Al-Batran, walk amid the rubble of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025. The demolition was carried out under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C. The 120-square-meter house had sheltered six family members: the couple and their four children, ranging in age from 4-year-old Yaffa to their eldest, age 10. Photo by Mosab shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

An elderly woman fills in the papers in an evacuation transit centre that accepts people from areas close to the front line in the Kupiansk and Izium districts of Kharkiv region, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

Volunteers of the Khaustov Charity Fund help an elderly man, who was evacuated from an area close to the front line, get out of a van, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

An elderly man looks at a State Emergency Service worker in an evacuation transit centre which welcomes people from areas in the Kupiansk and Izium districts of Kharkiv region that are close to the front line, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

Volunteers of the Khaustov Charity Fund help an elderly woman, who was evacuated from an area close to the front line, get out of a van, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

Volunteers of the Khaustov Charity Fund help an elderly woman who was evacuated from an area close to the front line get out of a van, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

An elderly woman stays in an evacuation transit centre that accepts people from areas close to the front line in the Kupiansk and Izium districts of Kharkiv region, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

A volunteer pushes the wheelchair of an elderly woman down the ramp at an evacuation transit centre that accepts people from areas close to the front line in the Kupiansk and Izium districts of Kharkiv region, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

A State Emergency Service worker pushes the wheelchair of an elderly woman up the ramp at an evacuation transit centre that accepts people from areas close to the front line in the Kupiansk and Izium districts of Kharkiv region, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

A volunteer pushes the wheelchair of an elderly woman who was evacuated from an area close to the front line as she is about to get in the car of the Rose in the Hand search and rescue team, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

A volunteer helps an elderly woman who was evacuated from an area close to the front line get into the car of the Rose in the Hand search and rescue team, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Evacuation transit centre in Kharkiv

An elderly man and a woman walk into an evacuation transit centre that accepts people from areas close to the front line in the Kupiansk and Izium districts of Kharkiv region, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Dobropillia in eastern Ukraine

A man pulls a cart with bottles to get some water in front-line Dobropillia, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Zaporizhzhia under Russian drone attack

First responders help an elderly man outside an apartment block damaged by a large-scale Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Lilacs bloom at Kyiv's Hryshko Botanical Garden

An elderly woman takes a picture by a lilac in full blossom at the Hryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 28, 2025. (Photo by Kirill Chubotin/Ukrinform)

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Russian drone hits apartment block in KamianskeRussian drone hits apartment block in Kamianske

A senior woman watches a response effort after a Russian drone hit a nine-storey apartment block in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Mykola Miakshykov/Ukrinform)

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Pavlohrad after large-scale Russian drone attack

Two elderly women walk past a fire-stricken apartment block damaged by the massive Russian drone attack, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on April 25, 2025. The Russian drone strike on Pavlohrad on Friday morning, April 25, claimed the lives of three people, including a child. Fourteen people were injured. This photo cannot be distributed in the Russian Federation.A rescuer is in a fire-stricken apartment after the massive Russian drone attack, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on April 25, 2025. The Russian drone strike on Pavlohrad on Friday morning, April 25, claimed the lives of three people, including a child. Fourteen people were injured. (Photo by Mykola Miakshykov/Ukrinform)

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Pokrovsk destroyed by Russian shelling

A senior man repairs a broken window in an apartment block damaged by Russian shelling in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Pokrovsk destroyed by Russian shelling

Elderly men ride bicycles along a street past apartment blocks damaged by Russian shelling, Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)