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Spain: Heavy Snow from Storm Leonardo Keeps Sierra Nevada Resort on High Alert

Cetursa crews worked throughout the day to safeguard the Sierra Nevada ski area from Storm Leonardo. With the resort closed due to the weather emergency, teams created snow trenches and drainage channels to protect buildings in Borreguiles and direct runoff away from the pistes. Despite these efforts, the resort remains on high alert for rising snow levels and a significant increase in avalanche risk, and will stay closed on Thursday, February 5.

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China: Winter Rescue After Car Falls Into Frozen Water in Shandong

On January 21, 2026, in Shandong, located in eastern China, a video recorded a car that had fallen into icy water surrounded by floating ice. The temperature was visibly cold, and the water surface was partially frozen. A rescuer from the Zheng’an rescue team jumped directly into the freezing water to reach the trapped person. Another team member broke the ice from above to assist. Despite the harsh conditions, the rescuers worked quickly to save the driver. The scene highlighted an urgent winter rescue effort.

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7056 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers, Commander Victor Afanasyev (left), French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere and Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, add their crew patch to the growing collection, in the Unity node, of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS). Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fans Gather to Enter Yeison Jimenez Symbolic Funeral in Bogota

Fans gather outside the Movistar Arena waiting to enter to the symbolic funeral honors for Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez in Bogota on January 14, 2026. Jimenez who died with another 5 victims that worked with him in a plane crash in Paipa, Colombia on Janauary 10. Photo by: Jorge Londono/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Dog Rescued from Fast-Flowing River in Hunan

On June 20, 2024, two men worked together to rescue a dog trapped in a fast-flowing river following heavy rain in Changde, Hunan. After the animal was unable to climb a ladder placed by one rescuer, a man in a red shirt stepped into the current to lift the dog to safety.

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China: Vehicles Stranded in Xinjiang Amid Heavy Snow and Strong Winds

On December 12, 2025, heavy snow and strong winds left several vehicles stranded on icy roads in Xinjiang, China, after which rescue teams worked overnight to clear the area.

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei (R) performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Wu Fei (above) passing a piece of equipment to Zhang Lu outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing the inspection and photography of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule's viewport window outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing the inspection and photography of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule's viewport window outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Wu Fei performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FOCUS | Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. Photo by Liu Yi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Immigration in Netherlands - The Hague

A protest against Dutch immigration and asylum policy grew volatile in The Hague, prompting police to intervene. Confrontations between demonstrators and officers led to multiple detentions. Security remained heightened throughout the city center as authorities worked to manage the situation and contain the unrest, on November 29, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Taim Mouneb/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Policeman and Bystander Put Out Burning Delivery Motorcycle in Tianjin

This is the moment a policeman and a passerby rushed to help a delivery rider after his motorcycle suddenly caught fire at an intersection in Tianjin on November 2, 2025. The two worked together to extinguish the flames using a fire extinguisher and sand, bringing the blaze under control within minutes.

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Bangladesh: Large Fire Erupts at Chattogram Factory

A massive fire broke out around 2 p.m. Thursday, October 16 at the Adams Caps & Textiles Ltd factory in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone. Nineteen fire units, supported by the Navy, Air Force, Army, and police, worked for hours to control the blaze, which began in a warehouse on the sixth and seventh floors. No deaths were reported, though several workers suffered minor injuries while escaping. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to honor Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Council, in Paris on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty. Robert Badinter, born in Paris on March 30, 1928, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Bessarabia (now Moldova), witnessed his father's arrest in Lyon (central-eastern France) during World War II. He died in deportation in Poland. In addition to his fight against the death penalty, he worked to promote equal rights for homosexuals, strengthen victims' rights, and develop the rights of prisoners. Photo by Dominique Jacovides/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM