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Japanese tourists, relatives, friends, and members of Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's team visit the launchpad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan where a Russian Soyuz rocket launch will send Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano to the International Space Station, marking Russia's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from privately held US companies. Their journey aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft piloted by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will take just over six hours, capping a banner year that many have seen as a turning point for private space travel. IMAGES
Pope Francis is greeted by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and representatives of civil and religious society as he begins a landmark trip to Greece with the first visit to Athens by a pontiff in two decades, aiming to improve historically fraught relations with the country's Orthodox Church and highlight the plight of refugees. The 84-year-old's visit to the Greek capital is the first by a pope since John Paul II in 2001, which in turn was the first papal visit to Athens since the 1054 Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. IMAGES
Some foreign visitors are returning to Bangkok's tourist destination Grand Palace as Thailand reopen to vaccinated tourists from "low-risk" countries. IMAGES
Sinai (Egypt), Mar 22 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Khaled ElFiqi) Tourists visit Mount Sinai as part of the efforts of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to promote tourism and as part of the celebration of the 32 anniversary of Taba's return to Egypt.FOOTAGE OF TOURISTS ON MOUNT SINAI, EGYPT.
Crowds flock to the beach in Athens as Greece encourages tourists to visit and international flights from several countries resume. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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