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Illustration - Senat - Paris

PARIS (75), 6TH ARR. THE LUXEMBOURG GARDEN BELONGS TO THE SENAT BUT IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT WAS CREATED IN 1612 UNDER MARIE DE MEDICIS AND RENEWED UNDER THE FIRST EMPIRE. ITS 23 HA ARE FULL OF FLOWERS, STATUES AND PLAYGROUNDS. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Senat - Paris

PARIS (75), 6TH ARR. THE LUXEMBOURG GARDEN BELONGS TO THE SENAT BUT IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT WAS CREATED IN 1612 UNDER MARIE DE MEDICIS AND RENEWED UNDER THE FIRST EMPIRE. ITS 23 HA ARE FULL OF FLOWERS, STATUES AND PLAYGROUNDS. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Senat - Paris

PARIS (75), 6TH ARR. THE LUXEMBOURG GARDEN BELONGS TO THE SENAT BUT IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT WAS CREATED IN 1612 UNDER MARIE DE MEDICIS AND RENEWED UNDER THE FIRST EMPIRE. ITS 23 HA ARE FULL OF FLOWERS, STATUES AND PLAYGROUNDS. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Internet Yuelu Summit 2025 - Changsha

A staff member (front) operates a line-drawing robot designed for playgrounds at the Internet Yuelu Summit 2025 in Xiangjiang New Area of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, China, September 15, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Festive fever grips Abidjan as Africa Cup of Nations kicks off

STORY: Festive fever grips Abidjan as Africa Cup of Nations kicks off SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 12, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Abidjan 2. various of exciting citizens 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SEVEREIN KOUASSI, Resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): YANN KOUADIO MIEZAN, Resident 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): SERGES KOUADI, Resident 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): SARAN KAMAGATE, Resident STORYLINE: The 34th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicks off in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday. The streets, community playgrounds, and shopping malls are abuzz with excitement, brimming with AFCON elements. High spirits reign as people eagerly await this African sporting feast. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SEVEREIN KOUASSI, Resident "We come here to buy support items for the AFCON, because it is about to start! Friends from all countries are welcome to the AFCON. Abidjan welcomes you! We are waiting for you here! Come and have fun

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Young Gazan aspires to make small tire recycling business into bigger environmental initiative

STORY: Young Gazan aspires to make small tire recycling business into bigger environmental initiative DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:41 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MIDIAN HELLES, Gaza-based man 3. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MIDIAN HELLES, Gaza-based man 5. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MIDIAN HELLES, Gaza-based man 7. various of Midian Helles inside his workshop in Gaza STORYLINE: Inside his small workshop in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, Midian Helles spends hours every day recycling broken car tires and turning them into eco-friendly tools. "I have succeeded in recycling thousands of broken car tires into artificial grass for playgrounds, making use of wasted tires for organic farming, and utilizing those tires' metal components to produce various electrical tools," said the 27-year

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Cat town built for stray cats in central Türkiye

STORY: Cat town built for stray cats in central Türkiye DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Cat Town in Türkiye's central province of Kayseri (courtesy of the Kocasinan Municipality in Kayseri province) STORYLINE: Cat Town, a sanctuary for stray cats in central Türkiye, provides a comfortable living space for these furry animals. Renowned for its stray cats that appear almost everywhere on the streets, Türkiye traditionally has a lot of cat lovers looking after them by providing shelter and food. Wandering the streets of a Turkish city, it is common to see small containers by the sides of buildings made as shelters for the stray cats, and pet food doled out by the city's inhabitants for them. The Kocasinan Municipality in the central province of Kayseri has gone further and established five months ago a 600-square-meter Cat Town to provide a sanctuary for these animals. The felines have all they need in the sanctuary: playgrounds, bung

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Children in Lebanon flock to public playground to enjoy Eid al-Fitr

STORY: Children in Lebanon flock to public playground to enjoy Eid al-Fitr DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:34 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children playing in the public playground 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABED TERIAKI, Owner of a swing in old Sidon market 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ADEL ABED, Parent STORYLINE: As Lebanon continues to suffer from an unprecedented crisis and a tremendous increase in prices, the country still offers children a chance to enjoy Eid al-Fitr festivities at affordable costs. On the first and second days of Eid, a large number of children flocked to the playground in the old Sidon market. While the playground charged 5,000 Lebanese pounds (LBP) or 3 U.S. dollars at the old dollar rate of 1,500 LBP ahead of the crisis, it now charges 0.3 U.S. dollars to help children access these playgrounds and feel the joy of Eid. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABED TERIAKI, Owner of a swing in old Sidon market "We offer a space for vulnerable and poor people to enjoy

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-PUMP TRACK PARK (CN)

(230416) -- SHENYANG, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo shows a construction site of the Shenyang International Pump Track Park in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. A world-class park featuring pump tracks is expected to open to the public in May in Shenyang. Pump tracks are playgrounds or sports facilities for bikers, skateboarders, or scooter riders. Using their arms and legs, riders can pump their bikes, boards or scooters around the tracks consisting of jumps, rollers and banked turns. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-PUMP TRACK PARK (CN)

(230416) -- SHENYANG, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo shows a worker operating at a construction site of the Shenyang International Pump Track Park in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. A world-class park featuring pump tracks is expected to open to the public in May in Shenyang. Pump tracks are playgrounds or sports facilities for bikers, skateboarders, or scooter riders. Using their arms and legs, riders can pump their bikes, boards or scooters around the tracks consisting of jumps, rollers and banked turns. (Xinhua)

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Fukushima parents protest

TOKYO, Japan - Parents from Fukushima Prefecture protest the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and middle schools in the nuclear disaster-stricken prefecture as they visited the education ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. On the right is an official of the ministry. The parents demanded the government retract its stance that it is safe for schoolchildren to use school playgrounds as long as the dose they are exposed to does not exceed 20 millisieverts over a year following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Fukushima parents protest

TOKYO, Japan - Parents and their children from Fukushima Prefecture protest the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and middle schools in the nuclear disaster-stricken prefecture as they visited the education ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. The parents demanded the government retract its stance that it is safe for schoolchildren to use school playgrounds as long as the dose they are exposed to does not exceed 20 millisieverts over a year following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - Workers remove topsoil from the playground of a nursery school in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, to ensure children's safety amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - A radiation detector indicates a level of 3.0 microsieverts per hour at Kaoru Elementary School in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, ahead of work to remove playground topsoil amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - Workers remove topsoil from the playground of Kaoru Elementary School in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, to ensure children's safety amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Tama River overflows

TOKYO, Japan - The right half of the Tama River, which normally has playgrounds and parks, are flooded in the lower reaches in the wake of Typhoon Danas that buffeted central Tokyo and vicinity Sept. 11. The river separates Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures.

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Football uplifts disadvantaged girls in Zimbabwe

STORY: Football uplifts disadvantaged girls in Zimbabwe DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:47 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of girls doing drills 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMY KARASA, Soccer Player 3. more drills and a coach talking to the team 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RUTH CHANTEL, Soccer Player 5. various of training 6. a soccer player talking to her parents 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Shona): GAMUCHIRAI TSABORA, Soccer Player 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Shona): PAMELA ZIVARE, Parent 10. shot of a programs manager talking to the players 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): PEARL GAMBIZA, Programs Manager, Young Achievement Sports Development (YASD) 12. shot of a girl washing plates 13. shot of children standing outside their home and a coach talking to her team 14. SOUNDBITE 6 (Shona): MERCY HUMBIRA, Coach 15. shot of players STORYLINE: From the dusty playgrounds of Hatcliffe Extension, a low-income settlement on the outskirts of the capital Harare, ten girls from disadvantaged backgrounds will hoist Zimbabwe'

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows children taking naps on May 18, 2022 (up) and on Nov. 11, 2014 in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children have lunch in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows the view of Sanzhiyang Elementary School on May 18, 2022 (up) and on Nov. 11, 2014 in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a staff serving nutritious meals for children on May 18, 2022 (up) and children taking out their lunch boxes of steamed rice and soybean from a boiler on March 24, 2011 in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children attend a class in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows children taking naps on May 18, 2022 (up) and children waking up for classes on March 24, 2011 in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows the aerial view of Sanzhiyang Elementary School on May 18, 2022 (up) and on Nov. 11, 2014 in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children take exercise in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Teachers work in the office in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children attend a class in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children run past a new dormitory building in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a staff member preparing nutritious meals for children on May 18, 2022 (up) and a child putting his lunch box back to the boiler after having steamed rice and soybean on March 24, 2011 in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has n

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children take exercise in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children have lunch in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 18, 2022. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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THE FORGOTTEN [US 2004] JULIANNE MOORE, DOMINIC WEST Date: 2004

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Fukushima parents protest

TOKYO, Japan - Parents and their children from Fukushima Prefecture protest the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and middle schools in the nuclear disaster-stricken prefecture as they visited the education ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. The parents demanded the government retract its stance that it is safe for schoolchildren to use school playgrounds as long as the dose they are exposed to does not exceed 20 millisieverts over a year following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima parents protest

TOKYO, Japan - Parents from Fukushima Prefecture protest the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and middle schools in the nuclear disaster-stricken prefecture as they visited the education ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. On the right is an official of the ministry. The parents demanded the government retract its stance that it is safe for schoolchildren to use school playgrounds as long as the dose they are exposed to does not exceed 20 millisieverts over a year following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. (Kyodo)

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Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - Children at Kaoru Elementary School watch from a classroom window as workers remove topsoil from the school playground to ensure the children's safety in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - Workers remove topsoil from the playground of a nursery school in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, to ensure children's safety amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - A radiation detector indicates a level of 3.0 microsieverts per hour at Kaoru Elementary School in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, ahead of work to remove playground topsoil amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - Workers remove topsoil from the playground of Kaoru Elementary School in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, to ensure children's safety amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Indoor playgrounds draw families in heated Japan

Children play in a Kid-O-Kid playground in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 27, 2018. Indoor amusement facilities are drawing more families in Japan as the country has been hit by a heat wave. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indoor playgrounds draw families in heated Japan

Children play in a Kid-O-Kid playground in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 27, 2018. Indoor amusement facilities are drawing more families in Japan as the country has been hit by a heat wave. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Controversial flight by U.S. helicopters in Okinawa

Koichiro Nakajima (L), the Japanese Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, briefs House of Representatives officials in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2018, about the fall of a metal-framed window from a U.S. military helicopter onto the playgrounds of a local elementary school the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against U.S. military aircraft in Okinawa

A woman in a wheelchair shakes hands with a retired U.S. serviceman during a protest in Nago, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017, against U.S. military aircraft. Earlier in the week, a metal-framed window fell from a U.S. military transport helicopter onto the playgrounds of an elementary school in the city in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopters in Okinawa sky

Helicopters take off from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2017, two days after a metal-framed window fell from a helicopter onto the playgrounds of a local elementary school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tama River overflows

TOKYO, Japan - The right half of the Tama River, which normally has playgrounds and parks, are flooded in the lower reaches in the wake of Typhoon Danas that buffeted central Tokyo and vicinity Sept. 11. The river separates Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures.