A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret satellite for Israel Aerospace Industries lifts off from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 1:04 a.m. EDT on July 13, 2025.
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June 11, 2025, Los Angeles, Ca, USA: ICE at the Edward Roybal Federal Building. Anti-Ice protests continue on June 11, 2025 in downtown Los Angeles. (Credit Image: © Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire)
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June 24, 2025, Paris, France: Notre-Dame Cathedral reopened to the public December 7, 2024, after a reconstruction was completed because of devastating fire damage to the historic church in the center of Paris. (Credit Image: © Mark Hertzberg/ZUMA Press Wire)
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June 24, 2025, Paris, France: Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris reopened to the public December 7, 2024 after a fire devastated the historic church in the center of Paris. (Credit Image: © Mark Hertzberg/ZUMA Press Wire)
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May 24, 2025, Kejzlice, Czech Republic: Hot air balloons take off from the sports airfield in Kejzlice (110 kilometers southeast of Prague) in the Czech Republic on the evening of May 24, 2025, when the weather allowed the balloons to lift off. Hot air balloons take off in the morning and evening, when air currents are not affected by thermal currents, and fly in the direction of the wind.
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June 1, 2025, Hong Kong, CHINA: In Hong Kong, members of CAS ( Civil Aid Service ) pose in front of museum hosting ‘ national security ‘ exhibition. After 2020, implementation of HONG KONG NATIONAL SECURITY LAW, public servants and school students have become target for enforcing so-called ‘ national security education ‘ promoted by Chinese Communist Party. Citizens are force-fed CCP’s idea of ‘ national security ‘ turning Hong Kong society into a more ‘ vigilant society ‘ against ‘ foreign and domestic enemies ‘. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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May 22, 2021, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA: Foxconn’s Smart Manufacturing Center and the 100′ tall High-Performance Computing Data Center Globe on its campus in the Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin are shown near sundown Saturday May 22, 2021. (Credit Image: © Mark HertzbergZUMA Press Wire)
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Tens of thousands of techno enthusiasts defied persistent rain on Saturday, July 12, 2025, as they gathered in Berlin for the annual Rave the Planet parade, a pulsating open-air celebration of electronic music and peace activism that transformed the city’s iconic Strasse des 17. Juni into a massive dance floor. Led by founder Dr. Motte, the event launched at 2 p.m. local time with the declaration, “Our Future Is Now,” echoing through the Tiergarten park between the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column. Despite wet conditions, ravers in glittering costumes, rain ponchos, and bare feet danced undeterred to beats blasted from 35 elaborately decorated trucks known as floats. Organizers estimated attendance would match or exceed last year’s 300,000 participants, underscoring the event’s growing significance as a cultural and political movement. Nearly 290 DJs and live performers contributed to the soundscape, turning Berlin’s historic center into a vivid tableau of thumping bass and strobe-lit euphoria. Police deployed around 1,000 officers, including reinforcements from other states, to ensure safety. The Berlin transit authority temporarily closed the Brandenburger Tor and Bundestag subway stations due to overcrowding, and road closures around the Tiergarten remained in effect through Sunday morning. Now in its fourth edition, “Rave the Planet” is a registered demonstration advocating for the protection of club culture and recognition of electronic music as a cultural heritage. Dr. Motte, addressing the crowd from the lead float, called for global disarmament, inclusivity, and the safeguarding of creative expression. “This is not just a party,” he said. “This is our call to protect what unites us: music, freedom, and love.” The event is widely seen as a spiritual successor to the Love Parade, which began in Berlin in 1989 and became one of the largest electronic music festivals in the world before being discontinued in 2010 after a tragic crowd crush in Duisburg.
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March 9, 2021, Lecheria, Anzoategui, Venezuela: March 09, 2021 – A group of oil tankers remain at the sunset waiting to enter the PDVSA dock in Guaraguao to be supplied with oil. Photo: Juan Carlos Hernandez. (Credit Image: © Juan Carlos Hernandez/ZUMA Wire)
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