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Added on the 12/07/2022 08:12:36 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The James Webb Space Telescope releases a new wave of cosmic images, heralding a new era of astronomy. They reveal details about the atmosphere of a faraway gas planet, a "stellar nursery" where stars form, a "quintet" of galaxies locked in a dance of close encounters, and the cloud of gas around a dying star. IMAGES
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi shows reporters a massive 2,492-carat diamond -- the second largest in the world -- that was discovered in the north east of the country by a Canadian mining company. IMAGES
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) swims at Gordon Rocks diving site in Galapagos, Ecuador. IMAGES
Normandy and the D-Day landing beaches awoke to a thin layer of snow (3 to 5 cm), causing some disruption to transport and a lack of traders in the markets, while France experienced one of its coldest days for six years. IMAGES
The United Nations extends its "deepest condolences" following the death of Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, who was killed while covering shelling in south Lebanon near the border with Israel. "This is yet another example of the daily dangers journalists face in covering conflict throughout the world," UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
A cloud of smoke covers La Orotava, a village in northern Tenerife, at dawn, after wildfire that has raged for a week on the holiday island and forced thousands of people to flee. On August 22, authorities said Spanish firefighters were gaining the upper hand in their battle against the blaze, which broke out late August 15 in an area of steep ravines and cliffs in the northeast of the island, part of Spain's Canary Islands archipelago off the northwestern coast of Africa. IMAGES