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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Under Renovation

LESHAN, CHINA - APRIL 3, 2025 - Tourists visit the renovating Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic spot in Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 3, 2025.

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April 15 Marks 5 Years Since The Fire At Notre-Dame De Paris

File photo - A picture taken on April 16, 2019 shows the altar surrounded by charred debris inside the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in the aftermath of a fire that devastated the cathedral. French investigators probing the devastating blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019, questioned workers who were renovating the monument on April 16, as hundreds of millions of euros were pledged to restore the historic masterpiece. As firefighters put out the last smouldering embers, a host of French billionaires and companies stepped forward with offers of cash worth around 600 million euros ($680 million) to remake the iconic structure. - On April 15, 2019, a fire broke out in the attic of Notre-Dame de Paris, a medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France. By the time the fire was extinguished, this spire had collapsed and most of the roof had been destroyed. 5 years after the fire, the cathedral is scheduled to reopen in December 2024. Photo by Amaury Blin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-KUQA-RENOVATION PROJECT-CULTURE PRESERVATION (CN)

(240316) -- KUQA, March 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People play music and sing at a tea house in a historic and cultural community in Kuqa City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2024. TO GO WITH "Wondrous Xinjiang: Project renovating old residences revitalizes ancient city" (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-KUQA-RENOVATION PROJECT-CULTURE PRESERVATION (CN)

(240316) -- KUQA, March 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Performers play music in Kuqa City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2024. TO GO WITH "Wondrous Xinjiang: Project renovating old residences revitalizes ancient city" (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-KUQA-RENOVATION PROJECT-CULTURE PRESERVATION (CN)

(240316) -- KUQA, March 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists buy special local products at a market in Kuqa City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2024. TO GO WITH "Wondrous Xinjiang: Project renovating old residences revitalizes ancient city" (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-KUQA-RENOVATION PROJECT-CULTURE PRESERVATION (CN)

(240316) -- KUQA, March 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Local resident Abdukader Mamtimin makes rose tea at his tea house in a historic and cultural community in Kuqa City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2024. TO GO WITH "Wondrous Xinjiang: Project renovating old residences revitalizes ancient city" (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HUIZHOU-STYLE ANTIQUE BUILDING (CN)

(240114) -- HUANGSHAN, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Huizhou-style antique building is pictured in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 11, 2024. Huangshan has boosted construction service specialized in Huizhou-style antique buildings in an innovative way, attracting many enterprises and talents to engage in the industry. Up to now, there are 254 enterprises and over 14,000 craftsmen involved, who specialize in erecting antique buildings, renovating ancient buildings and preparing materials and components for these buildings. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HUIZHOU-STYLE ANTIQUE BUILDING (CN)

(240114) -- HUANGSHAN, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member carves a decorative component for Huizhou-style antique buildings in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 11, 2024. Huangshan has boosted construction service specialized in Huizhou-style antique buildings in an innovative way, attracting many enterprises and talents to engage in the industry. Up to now, there are 254 enterprises and over 14,000 craftsmen involved, who specialize in erecting antique buildings, renovating ancient buildings and preparing materials and components for these buildings. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HUIZHOU-STYLE ANTIQUE BUILDING (CN)

(240114) -- HUANGSHAN, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member explains the Huizhou-style antique building at Shexian County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 12, 2024. Huangshan has boosted construction service specialized in Huizhou-style antique buildings in an innovative way, attracting many enterprises and talents to engage in the industry. Up to now, there are 254 enterprises and over 14,000 craftsmen involved, who specialize in erecting antique buildings, renovating ancient buildings and preparing materials and components for these buildings. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HUIZHOU-STYLE ANTIQUE BUILDING (CN)

(240114) -- HUANGSHAN, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member carves a decorative component for Huizhou-style antique buildings in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 12, 2024. Huangshan has boosted construction service specialized in Huizhou-style antique buildings in an innovative way, attracting many enterprises and talents to engage in the industry. Up to now, there are 254 enterprises and over 14,000 craftsmen involved, who specialize in erecting antique buildings, renovating ancient buildings and preparing materials and components for these buildings. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HUIZHOU-STYLE ANTIQUE BUILDING (CN)

(240114) -- HUANGSHAN, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member sets up a wooden structure for Huizhou-style antique buildings in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 11, 2024. Huangshan has boosted construction service specialized in Huizhou-style antique buildings in an innovative way, attracting many enterprises and talents to engage in the industry. Up to now, there are 254 enterprises and over 14,000 craftsmen involved, who specialize in erecting antique buildings, renovating ancient buildings and preparing materials and components for these buildings. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE COMPANY-SCHOOL-RENOVATION

(230714) -- ACCRA, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 12, 2023 shows a school renovated by the CRCC Harbor & Channel Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd after a flood in Accra, capital of Ghana. A Chinese company on Wednesday handed over a school it renovated after a flood in Accra, winning praise from the local people. TO GO WITH "Ghanaians praise Chinese firm for renovating school after floods" (Photo by Seth /Xinhua)

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La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes

Aerial view of the La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western France, on October 30, 2018. President of FC Nantes, Waldemar Kita wants to build a new stadium at YellowPark, while his opponents are renovating the current stadium. Photo by V Joncheray/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes

Aerial view of the La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western France, on October 30, 2018. President of FC Nantes, Waldemar Kita wants to build a new stadium at YellowPark, while his opponents are renovating the current stadium. Photo by V Joncheray/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes

Aerial view of the La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western France, on October 30, 2018. President of FC Nantes, Waldemar Kita wants to build a new stadium at YellowPark, while his opponents are renovating the current stadium. Photo by V Joncheray/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes

Aerial view of the La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western France, on October 30, 2018. President of FC Nantes, Waldemar Kita wants to build a new stadium at YellowPark, while his opponents are renovating the current stadium. Photo by V Joncheray/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 25, 2023 shows tourists enjoying themselves in a canola flower field at an eco-tourism scenic spot in Balidian Town of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tourist walks near a homestay in Qianyuan Village of Jiande City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 28, 2023. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 15, 2023 shows a view of Longjing Village of Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 26, 2023 shows a view of Digang Village of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 18, 2022 shows a view of Longxian Village of Lishui City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take a selfie at a farming cultural park in Zhenzhong Village of Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 3, 2023. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Folk artists perform bamboo-horse opera during a traditional temple fair at Pingqian Village of Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province on March 10, 2023. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Marathon runners run past a peach orchard in Linjia Village of Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 19, 2023. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists enjoy their time at a cafe beside a tea garden in Huangdu Village of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 21, 2023. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 25, 2023 shows a view of Xuling Natural Village of Shaojia Village in Jiande City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sep. 16, 2022 shows a view of Tengtou Village of Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 13, 2022 shows a view of a village adjacent to the Taihu Lake in Wuxing District of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Abolished schools find new role as renovated residences

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 13, 2013, shows Taiko Ishimoto standing in the lobby of a town-run housing complex that was created by renovating a closed junior high school building in Naka, Tokushima Prefecture. Ishimoto recalls the monthlong evacuation at her alma mater where town residents took refuge when a strong typhoon hit in 2004.

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Abolished schools find new role as renovated residences

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 13, 2013, shows a town-run housing complex that was created by renovating a closed junior high school building in Naka, Tokushima Prefecture.

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British MOX plant to be closed

LONDON, Britain - File photo taken in March 2011 shows facilities related to nuclear power in Sellafield, Britain. Ten Japanese electric power companies that operate nuclear power plants jointly covered the cost of renovating a Sellafield-based plant to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel. Now the British government-affiliated Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which runs the facility, has determined Japan will no longer need MOX fuel in the wake of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and has decided to close the reprocessing plant, industry sources said Oct. 18, 2011.

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Youth hostels now popular with gray-hair travelers

TOKYO, Japan - As travelers staying at Japanese youth hostels can attest, over-60s travelers are increasingly making their presence felt at youth hostels in resort areas in Japan. According to the Japan Youth Hostel Association, youth hostel membership among people over 60 rose 50 percent last year as overall membership dropped 16 percent to 62,600. Youth hostel officials say some youth hostels are renovating their facilities to cater for elderly travelers, such as ensuring barrier-free access. In this photo taken April 13, the entire dining hall of a youth hostel in Nara is taken up by elderly travelers.

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Algerian Red Crescent receives Chinese donation for wildfire affected families

STORY: Algerian Red Crescent receives Chinese donation for wildfire affected families DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBTISSEM HAMLAOUI, President of Algerian Red Crescent STORYLINE: The Algerian Red Crescent (ARC) on Monday received a monetary donation worth 16 million Algerian dinars (about 113,000 U.S. dollars) from the Chinese Embassy in Algeria and the Chinese General Association of Commerce in Algeria. The donation is destined to help families affected by the wildfires that hit a number of provinces in northern Algeria last week, which claimed the lives of 37 people and left hundreds of families without shelter. Ibtissem Hamlaoui, president of the ARC, said the Chinese donation would be transferred urgently for rebuilding and renovating destroyed houses to reunite displaced families. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBTISSEM HAMLAOUI, President of Algerian Red Crescent "The brotherly People's Repub

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YEMEN-SANAA-OLD CITY-RENOVATION

(220709) -- SANAA, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Architects work on renovating historical buildings in Old Sanaa City, Yemen, on July 5, 2022. The old city of Sanaa was inscribed on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO in 1986. The old city has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years. The 6,000 mud-brick tower houses are decorated with geometric patterns of white plaster and stained glass windows. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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YEMEN-SANAA-OLD CITY-RENOVATION

(220709) -- SANAA, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An architect works on renovating historical buildings in Old Sanaa City, Yemen, on July 6, 2022. The old city of Sanaa was inscribed on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO in 1986. The old city has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years. The 6,000 mud-brick tower houses are decorated with geometric patterns of white plaster and stained glass windows. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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YEMEN-SANAA-OLD CITY-RENOVATION

(220709) -- SANAA, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Architects work on renovating historical buildings in Old Sanaa City, Yemen, on July 5, 2022. The old city of Sanaa was inscribed on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO in 1986. The old city has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years. The 6,000 mud-brick tower houses are decorated with geometric patterns of white plaster and stained glass windows. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-GERIATRIC CENTER (CN)

(220427) -- CHANGDE, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member (R) passes lunch to a senior citizen at a geriatric center in Guanqiaoping Village of Dingcheng District in Changde, central China's Hunan Province, April 27, 2022. During the past years, Dingcheng District in Changde has been renovating old houses and vacant campuses, and turning them into geriatric centers, as an effort to enhance elderly care services for the aged dwellers lacking family support. Co-sponsored by government and donation, the geriatric centers are installed with various functions including recreation, reading, resting, medical care and exercise. Currently, a total of 284 geriatric centers have been established in over 95 percent villages or communities of Dingcheng District. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-GERIATRIC CENTER (CN)

(220427) -- CHANGDE, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A senior resident reads at a geriatric center in Guojiapu Subdistrict of Dingcheng District in Changde, central China's Hunan Province, April 27, 2022. During the past years, Dingcheng District in Changde has been renovating old houses and vacant campuses, and turning them into geriatric centers, as an effort to enhance elderly care services for the aged dwellers lacking family support. Co-sponsored by government and donation, the geriatric centers are installed with various functions including recreation, reading, resting, medical care and exercise. Currently, a total of 284 geriatric centers have been established in over 95 percent villages or communities of Dingcheng District. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-GERIATRIC CENTER (CN)

(220427) -- CHANGDE, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Senior residents wait to receive doses of vaccine at a geriatric center in Guanpingqiao Village of Dingcheng District in Changde, central China's Hunan Province, April 27, 2022. During the past years, Dingcheng District in Changde has been renovating old houses and vacant campuses, and turning them into geriatric centers, as an effort to enhance elderly care services for the aged dwellers lacking family support. Co-sponsored by government and donation, the geriatric centers are installed with various functions including recreation, reading, resting, medical care and exercise. Currently, a total of 284 geriatric centers have been established in over 95 percent villages or communities of Dingcheng District. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-GERIATRIC CENTER (CN)

(220427) -- CHANGDE, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Senior residents play table tennis at a geriatric center in Guojiapu Subdistrict of Dingcheng District in Changde, central China's Hunan Province, April 27, 2022. During the past years, Dingcheng District in Changde has been renovating old houses and vacant campuses, and turning them into geriatric centers, as an effort to enhance elderly care services for the aged dwellers lacking family support. Co-sponsored by government and donation, the geriatric centers are installed with various functions including recreation, reading, resting, medical care and exercise. Currently, a total of 284 geriatric centers have been established in over 95 percent villages or communities of Dingcheng District. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-GERIATRIC CENTER (CN)

(220427) -- CHANGDE, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Senior residents engage in croquet at a geriatric center in Guiping Village of Dingcheng District in Changde, central China's Hunan Province, April 27, 2022. During the past years, Dingcheng District in Changde has been renovating old houses and vacant campuses, and turning them into geriatric centers, as an effort to enhance elderly care services for the aged dwellers lacking family support. Co-sponsored by government and donation, the geriatric centers are installed with various functions including recreation, reading, resting, medical care and exercise. Currently, a total of 284 geriatric centers have been established in over 95 percent villages or communities of Dingcheng District. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-GERIATRIC CENTER (CN)

(220427) -- CHANGDE, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers and senior residents participate in a game at a geriatric center in Guojiapu Subdistrict of Dingcheng District in Changde, central China's Hunan Province, April 27, 2022. During the past years, Dingcheng District in Changde has been renovating old houses and vacant campuses, and turning them into geriatric centers, as an effort to enhance elderly care services for the aged dwellers lacking family support. Co-sponsored by government and donation, the geriatric centers are installed with various functions including recreation, reading, resting, medical care and exercise. Currently, a total of 284 geriatric centers have been established in over 95 percent villages or communities of Dingcheng District. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)