File - Conclave at the Vatican

File - Conclave at the Vatican

File photo - Before the conclave three versions, small, medium and large of the white habit are ready for the new pope near the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on March 12, 2013. Roman tailor Annibale Gammarelli made three versions, small, medium and large of the white vestments the new pope will wear when he first appears to the world. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

File - Conclave at the Vatican

File - Conclave at the Vatican

File photo - The tiny, old-fashioned shop 'Gammarelli' in downtown Rome, Italy displayed on March 4, 2013 the three sets of white vestments to be shipped to the Vatican for the new pope. Here have been made three versions, small, medium and large of the white vestments the new pope will wear when he first appears to the world. 'Gammarelli', as the ecclesiastical fashion house is known, has dressed the spiritual leaders of the Roman Catholic Church since 1798. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM

China's Xiaomi releases its first self-developed NEV

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A-bomb survivors' accounts as English e-book

A-bomb survivors' accounts as English e-book

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows three versions of ''No More Hiroshima Nagasaki,'' an electronic book containing 37 accounts of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which will be published on Aug. 1, 2011. On top is the Japanese version, on bottom is the English version and on left is Japanese with English translation.

Three bridges witness development of transportation in China's Tibet

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A three-dimensional image of a Buddha statue in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes is seen on a screen in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and

A-bomb survivors' accounts as English e-book

A-bomb survivors' accounts as English e-book

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows three versions of ''No More Hiroshima Nagasaki,'' an electronic book containing 37 accounts of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which will be published on Aug. 1, 2011. On top is the Japanese version, on bottom is the English version and on left is Japanese with English translation. (Kyodo)