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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a rusty sign next to a wooden pier on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A rusty boat sits next to a road near Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi Deminer Loses Legs Clearing Mines - Iraq

Six deactivated rusty mortar shells collected by Hoshyar Ali rest near a concrete wall in Halabja, Iraq, on November 20, 2025. He has been clearing landmines for over four decades, a task he began after the Iran-Iraq war when thousands of mines were planted along the border. Despite losing both legs and several family members to explosions, he continues to volunteer in mine removal. Locals call him “man of the mines,” and he is building a museum in his village to display defused explosives for future generations. Photo by Showan Sulaiman/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prypiat River Station

Rusty bollards remain on a berth of the Prypiat River Station in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Prypiat, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 12, 2025. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Prypiat River Station

Rusty bollards remain on a berth of the Prypiat River Station in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Prypiat, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 12, 2025. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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All bakeries forced to close by Israeli army in Gaza

A rusty metal bakery door remains shut along a narrow alley in northern Gaza on April 1, 2025. Bakeries across Gaza have been forced to close due to a critical shortage of flour and the continued closure of border crossings. Photo by Hamed Sbeata/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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All bakeries forced to close by Israeli army in Gaza

A rusty metal bakery door remains shut along a narrow alley in northern Gaza on April 1, 2025. Bakeries across Gaza have been forced to close due to a critical shortage of flour and the continued closure of border crossings. Photo by Hamed Sbeata/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rainy weather in Kyiv on October 7, 2024

KYIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 7, 2024 - Rusty leaves lie on the windscreen in the rain, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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US: Damage Reported As Tornado Touches Down Near Indiana-Kentucky Border

At least one tornado was confirmed to have touched down near Madison, Indiana, along the Ohio River, on Thursday, March 14, wreaking havoc on several southern Indiana and Kentucky communities. Damage was reported, especially in Milton, Kentucky, just south of Madison, as roofs were ripped off buildings, tons of trees were downed, and thousands were left without power.

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Life in Orikhiv situated close to front line

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 28, 2024 - A rusty swing is seen in front of a block of flats damaged in Russian shelling, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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(SP)INDONESIA-NORTH SUMATRA-F1 POWERBOAT-GRAND PRIX 2024-FINAL RACE

(240303) -- NORTH SUMATRA, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rusty Wyatt from Sharjah Team competes during Final Race of Formula 1 Powerboat Grand Prix of Indonesia (F1H2O) 2024 at Toba Lake in Balige, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Ferdy Siregar/Xinhua)

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(SP)INDONESIA-NORTH SUMATRA-F1 POWERBOAT-GRAND PRIX 2024-SPRINT RACE 1

(240302) -- NORTH SUMATRA, March 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rusty Wyatt from Sharjah Team competes during the Formula 1 Powerboat Grand Prix of Indonesia (F1H2O) 2024 at Toba Lake in Balige, North Sumatra, Indonesia, March 2, 2024. (Photo by Ferdy Siregar/Xinhua)

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Damage done by Russian invasion in Chernihiv Region

IVANIVKA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 21, 2023 - Rusty stage lighting fixtures stay on the wall of an assembly hall inside a house of culture ruined by Russian shelling, Ivanivka village, Chernihiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Damage done by Russian invasion in Chernihiv Region

IVANIVKA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 21, 2023 - Rusty stage lighting fixtures stay on the wall of an assembly hall inside a house of culture ruined by Russian shelling, Ivanivka village, Chernihiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Odesa beaches

ODESA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 20, 2023 - A rusty lock hangs on a fence by the Black Sea, Odesa, southern Ukraine.

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Red Waters in Madagascar

Handout - Iron-rich sediment colors the red-orange waters of the Betsiboka River Delta in Madagascar in this image taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station on September 30, 2023. The sediment can clog waterways in the delta’s estuarial environment, but it can also form new islands that become colonized by mangroves. Despite its rusty color, this artery of water is important for biodiversity. Within the Betsiboka River Delta, the estuary supplies food, such as seagrasses, to the endangered green turtle and vulnerable dugong, or sea cow. Handout Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Uncompleted Residential Buildings in Beihai, China

BEIHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 2, 2023 - Aerial photograph of uncompleted residential buildings with stagnant water after rainstorm, Beihai, Guangxi, China, on August 2, 2023. Between several tall buildings, a huge pond stands between them, with rusty steel frames and giant cement columns faintly visible on the water surface. The construction of the pond was completed in 1992, with 35 floors approved for construction, and it has not yet been completed.

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Blahodatne and Partyzanske villages in Mykolaiv Region

BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE - JULY 19, 2023 - A rusty tractor is pictured on the farm of Mykhailo Zveryshyn in Blahodatne village, Mykolaiv Region, southern Ukraine, which Russian occupiers destroyed.

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Blahodatne and Partyzanske villages in Mykolaiv Region

BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE - JULY 19, 2023 - A rusty bulldozer is seen in front of ruined buildings in Blahodatne village which was destroyed by Russian occupiers, Mykolaiv Region, southern Ukraine.

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Blahodatne and Partyzanske villages in Mykolaiv Region

BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE - JULY 19, 2023 - A rusty trailer truck is pictured in Blahodatne village that was destroyed by Russian occupiers, Mykolaiv Region, southern Ukraine.

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YEMEN-HODEIDAH-UN-OIL TANKER SAFER

(230716) -- HODEIDAH, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The rusty hulk of the FSO Safer, a super oil tanker that has been left unattended for years, is seen at Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah Province, Yemen, on July 15, 2023. A vessel chartered by the United Nations set sail from Djibouti on Saturday toward Yemen to transfer oil from a deteriorating tanker that poses a major environmental and humanitarian threat. The replacement vessel, Nautica, is expected to arrive at the site of the FSO Safer supertanker on Sunday. Once it arrives, a meticulous ship-to-ship transfer operation will be initiated to extract the oil from the Safer, according to a statement from the UN Development Programme (UNDP). (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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Ex-WWI warship Bodrog berthed in Danube River

BELGRADE, Serbia - The warship Bodrog of the then Austro-Hungarian Empire is berthed in the Danube River in Belgrade in this file photo taken on June 10, 2014, 100 years after it was used to bombard the Serbian capital right after World War I began. The rusty ship now only serves as a salvage barge.

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Kanokogi, mother of women's judo, dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - Rusty Kanokogi, dubbed the ''mother of women's judo,'' is seen speaking during an interview at the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo in June 1985. Kanokogi died Nov. 21, 2009 in New York.

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Kanokogi, mother of women's judo, dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - This November 2008 file photo shows Rusty Kanokogi, an American woman known as the ''mother of women's judo'' for her efforts to make the sport an Olympic event. Kanokogi died Nov. 21, 2009 in New York.

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Hard-fought battle for women's Judo pioneer

NEW YORK, United States - Rena ''Rusty'' Kanokogi, the mother of women's judo, discusses her past involvement in organizing the sport's debut at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 6.

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Stimulants seized from Chinese ship off Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Chinese ship is berthed at Hakata port in Fukuoka on Jan. 7. The Japan Coast Guard arrested several Chinese sailors after confiscating some 150 kilograms of stimulants from the ship off the coast of Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan. The ship is rusty and does not display its name or nationality.

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EGYPT-GIZA-SCULPTOR-SCRAP METAL ARTWORK

(220922) -- GIZA, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha cleans one of his artworks made of scrap metal at his home in Giza, Egypt, on Sept. 3, 2022. An old, broken and rusty fork may be a waste for most people, but for Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha, it could be transformed into a wing of a bird or a tail of a fish in his creative artworks made of scrap metal. TO GO WITH Feature: Egyptian sculptor reshapes scrap metal into splendid artworks (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-GIZA-SCULPTOR-SCRAP METAL ARTWORK

(220922) -- GIZA, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha is seen with one of his artworks made of scrap metal at his home in Giza, Egypt, on Sept. 3, 2022. An old, broken and rusty fork may be a waste for most people, but for Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha, it could be transformed into a wing of a bird or a tail of a fish in his creative artworks made of scrap metal. TO GO WITH Feature: Egyptian sculptor reshapes scrap metal into splendid artworks (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-GIZA-SCULPTOR-SCRAP METAL ARTWORK

(220922) -- GIZA, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha makes an artwork with scrap metal at his home in Giza, Egypt, on Sept. 3, 2022. An old, broken and rusty fork may be a waste for most people, but for Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha, it could be transformed into a wing of a bird or a tail of a fish in his creative artworks made of scrap metal. TO GO WITH Feature: Egyptian sculptor reshapes scrap metal into splendid artworks (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-GIZA-SCULPTOR-SCRAP METAL ARTWORK

(220922) -- GIZA, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha makes an artwork with scrap metal at his home in Giza, Egypt, on Sept. 3, 2022. An old, broken and rusty fork may be a waste for most people, but for Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha, it could be transformed into a wing of a bird or a tail of a fish in his creative artworks made of scrap metal. TO GO WITH Feature: Egyptian sculptor reshapes scrap metal into splendid artworks (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-GIZA-SCULPTOR-SCRAP METAL ARTWORK

(220922) -- GIZA, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha makes an artwork with scrap metal at his home in Giza, Egypt, on Sept. 3, 2022. An old, broken and rusty fork may be a waste for most people, but for Egyptian sculptor Ammar Shiha, it could be transformed into a wing of a bird or a tail of a fish in his creative artworks made of scrap metal. TO GO WITH Feature: Egyptian sculptor reshapes scrap metal into splendid artworks (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)