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Five Years after the COVID 19 Pandemic in Colombia

Two men are seen chating at a public bench in downtown Bogota, Colombia during the first day of a preventive quarantine imposed by Bogota's mayor Claudia Lopez on march 20, 2020. This collection of images showcases the daily life in the streets of Bogota, Colombia during the first months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in what many called new normality, COVID-19 lockdowns started in Colombia on march 20, 2020 as mayor Claudia Lopez enforced a preventive quarantine that was later followed by a nation wide lockdown to prevent the spread of cases. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hezbollah Rocket Attacks Kill Seven - Northern Israel

Agriculture workers are seen near the town of Metula, northern Israel, on October 31, 2024. Five agriculture workers were killed and another seriously injured on Thursday in a rocket attack from Lebanon on northern Israel, according to Israel's MDA rescue service. Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say, in the deadliest day of such strikes in months. An Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon, Israeli and Thai officials said. Later, an Israeli woman and her adult son were killed in an olive grove near Kibbutz Afek, on the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hezbollah Rocket Attacks Kill Seven - Northern Israel

Members of Israeli security forces work at the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon, near the kibbutz of Afek, northern Israel, on October 31, 2024. A 60-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son were killed on Thursday by a rocket fired from Lebanon that struck an olive grove near the kibbutz of Afek in northern Israel, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported. Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say, in the deadliest day of such strikes in months. An Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon, Israeli and Thai officials said. Later, an Israeli woman and her adult son were killed in an olive grove near Kibbutz Afek, on the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa. Photo by Roni Ofer/Jini via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hezbollah Rocket Attacks Kill Seven - Northern Israel

Members of Israeli security forces work at the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon, near the kibbutz of Afek, northern Israel, on October 31, 2024. A 60-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son were killed on Thursday by a rocket fired from Lebanon that struck an olive grove near the kibbutz of Afek in northern Israel, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported. Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say, in the deadliest day of such strikes in months. An Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon, Israeli and Thai officials said. Later, an Israeli woman and her adult son were killed in an olive grove near Kibbutz Afek, on the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa. Photo by Roni Ofer/Jini via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hezbollah Rocket Attacks Kill Seven - Northern Israel

Agriculture workers are seen near the town of Metula, northern Israel, on October 31, 2024. Five agriculture workers were killed and another seriously injured on Thursday in a rocket attack from Lebanon on northern Israel, according to Israel's MDA rescue service. Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say, in the deadliest day of such strikes in months. An Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon, Israeli and Thai officials said. Later, an Israeli woman and her adult son were killed in an olive grove near Kibbutz Afek, on the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hezbollah Rocket Attacks Kill Seven - Northern Israel

A member of Israeli security forces works at the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon, near the kibbutz of Afek, northern Israel, on October 31, 2024. A 60-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son were killed on Thursday by a rocket fired from Lebanon that struck an olive grove near the kibbutz of Afek in northern Israel, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported. Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say, in the deadliest day of such strikes in months. An Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon, Israeli and Thai officials said. Later, an Israeli woman and her adult son were killed in an olive grove near Kibbutz Afek, on the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa. Photo by Roni Ofer/Jini via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hezbollah Rocket Attacks Kill Seven - Northern Israel

Members of Israeli security forces work at the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon, near the kibbutz of Afek, northern Israel, on October 31, 2024. A 60-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son were killed on Thursday by a rocket fired from Lebanon that struck an olive grove near the kibbutz of Afek in northern Israel, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported. Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say, in the deadliest day of such strikes in months. An Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon, Israeli and Thai officials said. Later, an Israeli woman and her adult son were killed in an olive grove near Kibbutz Afek, on the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa. Photo by Roni Ofer/Jini via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Michelangelo's Statue Of David Gets Clean-Up - Florence

Italian Restorer Eleonora Pucci cleans dust and debris off Michelangelo’s world-famous marble statue of David at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy on September 25, 2023. The restorer spends a day dusting off the 5.17-metre statue. The process takes place every two months. She uses a series of soft brushes and a low-pressure vacuum cleaner to ever so gently remove the dust and dirt deposits that inevitably occur when there are so many visitors flocking to see the masterworks. The statue was crafted by the Italian master between 1501-1504 from a block of marble. It represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally the statue was placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, in 1873, to better protect it against pollution and the elements, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. B

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Lebanon approves wage increase for public sector employees

STORY: Lebanon approves wage increase for public sector employees DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ministers in cabinet meeting 2. various of Information Minister ZIAD AL-MAKARI speaking to reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (French): Information Minister ZIAD AL-MAKARI, Beirut 4. various of demonstrators in Beirut Downtown 5. various of riot police 6. various of a soldier STORYLINE: The Lebanese government on Tuesday approved four additional monthly salaries for public sector employees, in addition to the two previous rises approved in Sept. 2022, the National News Agency reported. Public sector employees will start receiving seven salaries per month two months later. They are requested to complete a minimum of 14 working days per month to be eligible for the wage increase. They are only requested to attend 14 working days as the government cannot afford to pay the high cost of their daily transport to work. Meanwhile, the transportation allowanc

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Asashoryu suspended from autumn, Kyushu sumo tourneys

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Toshimitsu Kitanoumi walks into a room to attend an emergency meeting of the board of directors at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Aug. 1. The meeting decided later to suspend Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu from the next two grand sumo tournaments in September and November for playing in a charity soccer event in his home country after opting to sit out the summer regional training tour citing injuries. The JSA also decided to slap a 30 percent cut in the 26-year-old grand champion's pay for four months.

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N. Korean diplomat arrives in China for talks with Japan

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho (C), North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, is surrounded by reporters after arriving in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang on Sept. 27, 2014, for a meeting with his Japanese counterpart two days later. Song is to brief Japan on progress that has been made over the last three months in investigating Japanese nationals believed to have been abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

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N. Korean diplomat arrives in China for talks with Japan

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, speaks with reporters after arriving in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang on Sept. 27, 2014, for a meeting with his Japanese counterpart two days later. Song is to brief Japan on progress that has been made over the last three months in investigating Japanese nationals believed to have been abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

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BOJ upgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda arrives at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013. The BOJ's Policy Board later in the day upgraded its assessment of the nation's economy for the first time in two months while deciding unanimously to keep intact the central bank's ultra-easy monetary policy introduced in April. (Pool photo)

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a plane bound for Takamatsu, western Japan, at Shanghai's Pudong airport on June 2, 2011. Chinese budget airline Spring Airlines Co. launched a regular charter flight service between the two cities that day, more than two months later than initially planned due to the March natural disasters in Japan.

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Japan striker Yanagisawa ready for Germany

NARAHA, Japan - Japan striker Atsushi Yanagisawa strikes a shot during his first match in two months at the national squad's pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22. Yanagisawa said later, ''It was the first time I've played in a match for quite some time and there were no problems at all. I'm very happy with the way things went today.''

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Thai prime minister dissolves parliament, snap election to be held

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (in file photo) said on Feb. 24 that he will formally announce the dissolution of parliament later in the day, paving the way for a general election to be held within two months. Thaksin made the remarks to reporters after an audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who gave his blessing to the planned dissolution of the House of Representatives.

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LDP lawmaker Koso tenders resignation to Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kenji Koso emerges from talks with Mikio Aoki, secretary general of the LDP's upper house bloc, in the Diet on Sept. 25. He later tendered his resignation to the Diet in connection with the arrests of postal officials suspected of illegally aiding his election campaign two months ago.

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One of first Japanese-subject photos found in London

LONDON, England - Photo of Japanese sailor Sentaro, which was taken in 1851 or 1852 in San Francisco and is one of the earliest photographs of a Japanese person, will be auctioned by Christie's in London on May 11. Sentaro was one of 17 crew members on the Japanese vessel Eiriki Maru, which was shipwrecked in the Pacific in October 1850. The crew were rescued by an American ship two months later and taken to San Francisco, where they remained for nearly a year.

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Civic group members march in memory of Tokaimura victims

TOKYO, Japan - Antinuclear civic group members march in Tokyo on Sept. 30 in memory of two workers who died after Japan's worst nuclear accident in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, a year ago. On Sept. 30, 1999, an explosion occurred following a nuclear fission chain reaction at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. in Tokaimura, 120 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. Two plant workers died months later.

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Disabled man to tour Canada, U.S. by motorcycle

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Kazuhiro Hattori, a 36-year-old from Yokohama, raises a clenched fist Aug. 20 ahead of his departure from Narita airport the next day for Canada, to try to complete a 14,000-kilometer journey on a special three-wheeled motorcycle. Hattori, who lost the use of two-thirds of his body in a traffic accident while touring the United States and Canada in 1986, will attempt to cover the remainder of his original motorcycle tour. He will start Aug. 23 from Sydney, Nova Scotia and head for the continent's west coast after stopping in Key West, Florida. He is slated to finish in Los Angeles via Las Vegas two months later.

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Subaru telescope out of service, repair work planned

TOKYO, Japan - Technicians examine the underside of the 8.2 meter primary mirror of the Subaru telescope in Maunea Kea, Hawaii, in this photo dated November 1998. The telescope, the world's largest, has been out of service for the past two months due to problems with the mirror's supports. Extensive repair work is scheduled for later this year.

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8th GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) leave Narita airport July 30 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Twenty-two GSDF members are departing this time and 21 will depart later to make up a 43-strong GSDF contingent that has been assigned to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for a period of six months.

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Yemeni students, teachers set up tent classrooms after school destroyed in conflict

STORY: Yemeni students, teachers set up tent classrooms after school destroyed in conflict DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the students helping to set up tents as makeshift classrooms in Hajjah province, northern Yemen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): YAHYA KADISH, Head of the school 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI HADI, School teacher STORYLINE: "You are the bright future of Yemen," Yahya Kadish, head of a newly rebuilt school in war-torn Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah, kept cheering up the students while walking from one classroom to another to welcome them back to school. The new school year in the school, located in the village of al-Rawozm under the government-controlled northern district of Abs, started about two months later than other schools as the work to rebuild the school just finished a few days ago. Hundreds of students and teachers, with the help of the students' parents, have built 11 classrooms with tents, woods a

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RCEP boosts trade along land-sea trade corridor through western China

STORY: RCEP boosts trade along land-sea trade corridor through western China DATELINE: May 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the freight train 2. various of the land-sea trade corridor 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XINGYAN, General manager of Chongqing Xiaokang Group Import and Export Corporation 4. various of the land-sea trade corridor 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LAN JINGZONG, Manager of freight market analysis department of China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd STORYLINE: After the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) went into effect four months ago, the deal has boosted freight train services along a land-sea trade corridor through western China. The RCEP is a mega trade pact between 10 ASEAN member states and its FTA partners, including China. On Wednesday, a freight train fully loaded with paper pulp, ceramic tiles, and other products, headed northward from the southern port city of Qinzhou. Two days later, it arrived in weste

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"People first, lives first" in China's COVID-19 fight

STORY: "People first, lives first" in China's COVID-19 fight DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:04:42 LOCATION: SHIYAN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of medical workers treating patients and fighting against COVID-19 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO JIE, National lawmaker from Hubei, President of Taihe Hospital in Shiyan 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Recovered COVID-19 patient 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Resident in Hubei Province STORYLINE: In early 2020, when China's Hubei was hit hard by the pandemic, a news report on how the life of an 87-year-old COVID-19 patient was saved hit the headlines. Around 10 medical workers fought for 47 days to bring back the patient's life at the Taihe Hospital in Shiyan City. Two months later, the hospital's president, Luo Jie broke the news to the media as a national lawmaker on the sidelines of the "two sessions" in Beijing. But he didn't expect the news to attract Chinese President Xi Jinping's attention, u

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CORRECTED: Season's 1st saury in Iwaki, Japan

The port of Onahama in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, lands the season's first haul of saury on Dec. 9, 2021, about two months later than usual.

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Season's 1st saury in Iwaki, Japan

The port of Onahama in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, lands the season's first haul of saury on Dec. 9, 2021, about two months later than usual.