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The 'Sleeping Lion Pearl' is set to be sold at auction for the first time in 240 years at the Venduehuis in The Hague. Previously owned by Catherine the Great, the pearl had been lost, found, survived the Russian Revolution of 1917 and is now estimated to be worth €540,000.
Aerial images show dry sections of China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang, which connects to the Yangtze River. China has been hit by extreme weather this summer, including record temperatures, flash floods and droughts -- phenomena that scientists have warned are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. IMAGES
Kiev (Ukraine), Aug 26 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko) Eight Ukrainian athletes managed on Thursday in Kiev to drag an Antonov An-225 Mriya, a transport plane considered the largest and heaviest in history.FOOTAGE OF THE EIGHT UKRAINIAN ATHLETES TOWING THE ANTONOV AN-225 MRIYA MODEL OF TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
Elche (Alicante), Aug 10 (EFE) .- The city of Elche has prepared this Tuesday the largest crusted rice in the world, which will allow the distribution of more than a thousand servings between social centers, minors and geriatric centers of the municipality and from other towns in the province of Alicante.FOOTAGE OF THE LARGEST CRUSTED RICE IN ELCHE, ALICANTE (SPAIN).
Sao Paulo, Aug 6 (EFE).- Sao Paulo, the most populous city in Latin America, hides among its leaden skyscrapers the largest urban coffee plantation in the world, a 10,000 square meter plantation that evokes the origins of the largest metropolis in Brazil.FOOTAGE OF THE COFFEE PLATATION IN SAO PAULO. SOUNDBITES IN PORTUGUESE OF HARUMI HOJO, COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT.Harumi Hojo:"The plantation has already been used for research and the proposal today is to produce coffee sustainably. Starting this year we will carry out a renovation, bringing other coffees to accompany the behavior of other varieties under the same conditions"
Inondations : Nîmes sauvée des eaux