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The Olympic flame is escorted down the Avenue Foch in Paris by the riders of the Cadre Noir de Saumur and carried by their leader, Thibaut Vallette, gold medallist in Rio in 2016, before being passed on to a young athlete during the Bastille Day parade. IMAGES
Several dozen gendarmes are stationed near Clairvaux Abbey, in the Aube region of north-eastern France, for the start of the Olympic torch relay test, four months before the Paris 2024 Games. IMAGES
The Razoni, the ship carrying the first shipment of grain exported from Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February, crosses the Bosphorus "on its way to Lebanon", the Turkish defence ministry said. It is continuing its journey after completing a high-stakes inspection by a team made up of representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN. IMAGES
Images show a first-person perspective from the first private vehicle driven by Pietro Salini, CEO of Webuild, crossing the new Genoa Bridge after the collapse that killed 43 people in August 2018. Webuild (formerly Salini-Impregilo) is the construction group in charge, together with Fincantieri and Italferr, of building the new bridge designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. IMAGES
Une portion de la Guizhou Luan Expressway, dans la province de Guizhou (sud-ouest de la Chine), a nécessité que les ingénieurs tranchent littéralement une montagne en deux afin de faire passer la route menant au pont du Grand Canyon de Huajiang, à ce jour le pont le plus haut du monde (625 mètres). Destiné à relier plus efficacement les vallées mornes du Guizhou, ce projet est un symbole de l’ambition chinoise : il illustre l’adaptabilité extrême des techniques d’ingénierie aux terrains montagneux tout en boostant le développement économique et touristique régional, au détriment des écosystèmes...
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