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UK: Storm Goretti Triggers Snow Warnings, Wreaking Havoc Across Country

The Met Office issued weather warnings for heavy snow as Storm Goretti approaches the UK, warning of potential injuries and a danger to life. The severe weather caused major travel disruptions, thousands of power outages, and the closure of many schools.

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman ties a stick to the arm of a man who is single as part of a ritual during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman ties a stick to the leg of a man who is single as part of a ritual during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman ties a stick to the leg of a man who is single as part of a ritual during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Rally Against The Replacement Of The Bichat And Beaujon Hospitals - Paris

Léa BALAGE EL MARIKY, Deputy Mayor of the 18th arrondissement in charge of community life, sustainable food, short circuits and school meals, referent of the Chapelle Nord Neighbourhood Council, ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL DEPUTY, at a rally against the replacement of the Bichat and Beaujon hospitals by a single establishment in Paris, France on January 18, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally Against The Replacement Of The Bichat And Beaujon Hospitals - Paris

Léa BALAGE EL MARIKY, Deputy Mayor of the 18th arrondissement in charge of community life, sustainable food, short circuits and school meals, referent of the Chapelle Nord Neighbourhood Council, ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL DEPUTY, at a rally against the replacement of the Bichat and Beaujon hospitals by a single establishment in Paris, France on January 18, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally Against The Replacement Of The Bichat And Beaujon Hospitals - Paris

Léa BALAGE EL MARIKY, Deputy Mayor of the 18th arrondissement in charge of community life, sustainable food, short circuits and school meals, referent of the Chapelle Nord Neighbourhood Council, ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL DEPUTY, at a rally against the replacement of the Bichat and Beaujon hospitals by a single establishment in Paris, France on January 18, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taiwan: Rain And Winds Pick Up As Typhoon Krathon Approaches

Rain and winds started to pick up in Taipei on Monday, September 30 as Typhoon Krathon approached Taiwan.

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lozang Gonpo waters plants at home in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 27, 2024. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally able to start a brand new life. At the

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-NEW LIFE-LOZANG GONPO(CN)

(240403) -- LHASA, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lozang Gonpo is seen on his way home in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 27, 2024. Lozang Gonpo was born in 1949. His childhood memories are fraught with tales of poverty, scarcity, and hardship. Hailing from a family of shoemakers, Lozang Gonpo's upbringing was characterized by early mornings spent learning the craft alongside his parents and grandparents. "In those days, our humble abode, barely 30 square meters, served as shelter for our family of seven," he recalls. "With four children in the house, we shared a single bed and just one blanket, while clothes were washed and worn tirelessly." The burden of a grain tax, amounting to 70 kilograms per person annually, loomed heavily over their heads. "If we had grain, we paid with grain; if not, we resorted to selling shoes to meet our obligations," Lozang Gonpo explains. Following the democratic reform in Xizang in 1959, Lozang Gonpo was finally able to start a brand new life. At th

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Rangers

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hits a two-run single in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on March 31, 2024.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Rangers

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hits a two-run single in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on March 31, 2024.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Rangers

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs reacts after hitting a two-run single in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on March 31, 2024.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Rangers

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs reacts after hitting a two-run single in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on March 31, 2024.

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Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition

STORY: Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: DARFUR, Sudan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hamadia Internally Displaced Person's Camp 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MALAZ AHMED, Displaced child STORYLINE: UN humanitarians on Friday highlighted a harrowing statistic: 700,000 children in Sudan are now facing the most severe form of malnutrition due to the ongoing conflict. James Elder, a spokesperson for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), described the situation in Sudan as "the world's largest displacement of children," with 4 million children displaced. "That's 13,000 children every single day for 300 days," Elder said. SOUNDBITE (English): MALAZ AHMED, Displaced child "The war began in our area. Big sounds of shots, and then, they have more people. They were killed there (Genenia), and my neighbor was there. I couldn't go to my home, to (meet) with my grandmother and my aunt (who were) there

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Floods kill 46 in Kenya

STORY: Floods kill 46 in Kenya SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:46 LOCATION: GARISSA, Kenya CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood in parts of Kenya 2. various of Kenyan Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki arriving in the flood-hit area 3. SOUNDBITE (English): KITHURE KINDIKI, Interior cabinet secretary 4. various of flood in parts of Kenya STORYLINE: At least 46 people have died and thousands of others were displaced as the intensity of El Nino rains increased in Kenya. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said that most of the deaths had been caused by flooding, as the government issued fresh flood alerts Tuesday. SOUNDBITE (English): KITHURE KINDIKI, Interior cabinet secretary "We have lost 46 people because of drowning, because of floods. We don't want any single Kenyan to lose their life. Take caution, evacuate when our officers tell you to evacuate from flooded areas, from areas prone to landslides in other parts of the country, comply. If

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks hits an RBI single against the Texas Rangers during the eighth inning in Game 2 of the MLB World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 28, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks hits an RBI single against the Texas Rangers during the seventh inning in Game 2 of the MLB World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 28, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks hits a two-run single against the Texas Rangers during the eighth inning in Game 2 of the MLB World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 28, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. of the Arizona Diamondbacks hits an RBI single against the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning in Game 2 of the MLB World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 28, 2023.

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Baseball: World Series

Adolis Garcia of the Texas Rangers hits an RBI single in the first inning of Game 1 of the MLB World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: World Series

Adolis Garcia of the Texas Rangers hits an RBI single in the first inning of Game 1 of the MLB World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: World Series

Adolis Garcia of the Texas Rangers hits an RBI single in the first inning of Game 1 of the MLB World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros is greeted by teammates in the dugout after scoring on Yordan Alvarez's RBI single against the Texas Rangers during the first inning in Game 4 of MLB's American League Championship Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 19, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros hits an RBI single against the Texas Rangers during the first inning in Game 4 of MLB's American League Championship Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 19, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Martin Maldonado of the Houston Astros hits a two-run single in the second inning of Game 3 of MLB's American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Martin Maldonado of the Houston Astros hits a two-run single in the second inning of Game 3 of MLB's American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros hits a two-run single in the seventh inning of Game 3 of MLB's American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros reacts after hitting a two-run single in the seventh inning of Game 3 of MLB's American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros hits a single in the seventh inning of Game 3 of MLB's American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB Championship Series

Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros hits a single in the seventh inning of Game 3 of MLB's American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits an infield single in the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits an infield single in the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels (17) gestures after hitting an infield single in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Angels runs to first base after hitting an infield single in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits an infield single in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 15, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 15, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 15, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels runs to first base after hitting a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 15, 2023.

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Chinese Wushu performance welcomed in Albania

STORY: Chinese Wushu performance welcomed in Albania DATELINE: July 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Tirana CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Wushu performance STORYLINE: A delegation of the Chinese Wushu Association held a Wushu performance in Tirana, capital of Albania, on Saturday and was warmly welcomed by the local audience. Fourteen outstanding athletes including national champions performed traditional Wushu sports such as single whip, mantis boxing, drunken sword, Tai Chi fan, Tai Chi, spear and knife skills, and their wonderful performances won applause from the audience. In his address prior to the start of the performance, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Albania Wang Dexin said that the Chinese embassy is willing to work hand in hand with friendly people from all walks of life in Albania to jointly promote the further development of martial arts in the country and make martial arts a new bond for the people of the two countries to enhance understanding and deepen frie

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani (17) gives up an RBI single to Jonah Heim of the Texas Rangers during the third inning of a baseball game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on June 15, 2023.

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U.S. Buffalo mass shooter sentenced to life in prison with white supremacy bashed

STORY: U.S. Buffalo mass shooter sentenced to life in prison with white supremacy bashed DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: LAW/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the court (courtesy of WIVB News 4) 2. SOUNDBITE (English): SUSAN EAGAN, Erie County Court Judge 3. various of the scene after Buffalo shooting in May 2022 STORYLINE: The gunman who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting in Buffalo of the U.S. was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday, while white supremacy was bashed at court. 19-year-old Payton Gendron committed the mass shooting in May last year. Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan announced the sentence based on 10 counts of first-degree murder and a single count of domestic terrorism motivated by hate. SOUNDBITE (English): SUSAN EAGAN, Erie County Court Judge "The ugly truth is that our nation was founded and built in part on white supremacy, starting with the treatment of Native Americans by the first European settlers, to the c

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride and groom hold a wooden hammer together to smash a wedding ring during a ''divorce ceremony'' in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. The hammer is in the shape of a frog, or ''kaeru'' in Japanese which is a pun for the word ''return,'' to symbolize their return to single life. Hiroki Terai started holding the event for divorce-bound couples in 2009.

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Art collection gives U.S. heartland taste of Chinese culture

STORY: Art collection gives U.S. heartland taste of Chinese culture DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: KANSAS CITY, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibits at the museum 2. various of visitors STORYLINE: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri collects over 7,500 high-quality Chinese works, ranging from ceramics to furniture, and from paintings to sculptures. Since its launch in 1933, the museum has been actively collecting, preserving, studying, and exhibiting works of Chinese art. And its Chinese art collection contains masterpieces in various historical stages. The most admired Guanyin of the South China Sea, measuring 2.4 meters high, 1.68 meters wide and 1.1 meters thick from China's Liao (907-1125) or Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), was carved from the trunk of a single poplar tree. The larger-than-life sculpture has created a sense of calm and warmth in the hall. An exhibition on the theme of "Lively Creatures - Animals in Chinese Art" was held at the mus

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child collects waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2022 shows a beach before the cleanup campaign in Alexandria, Egypt. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2022 shows a beach before the cleanup campaign in Alexandria, Egypt. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2022 shows a beach after the cleanup campaign in Alexandria, Egypt. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman collects waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)