Residents re-plaster Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne in annual ritual crucial to saving heritage site | AP News

Residents re-plaster Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne in annual ritual crucial to saving heritage site | AP News

The annual re-plastering of Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne was held on Sunday, an important step in maintaining the integrity of the world’s largest mud-brick building which has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The annual re-plastering of Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne was held on Sunday, an important step in

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Parents in Haiti are taught how to help their children overcome trauma inflicted by gang violence | AP News

Parents in Haiti are taught how to help their children overcome trauma inflicted by gang violence | AP News

Young Haitians are increasingly exposed to relentless sounds of violence and bodies in the streets. Some 900 schools have closed across Port-au-Prince as shootings and kidnappings continue. That has an estimated 200,000 children with a limited education. One program trains parents to help their children overcome the trauma inflicted by persistent gang violence. (AP video/Pierre

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Istraživanje: Slonovi se pozdravljaju na mnogo načina, korišćenjem više od 1.200 signala

Istraživanje: Slonovi se pozdravljaju na mnogo načina, korišćenjem više od 1.200 signala

Zelena Srbija | Izvor: Beta-AFP | 11.05.2024 | access_time 21:35 Osim reči, ljudska bića se najčešće pozdravljaju samo rukama ili poljupcima, dok slonovi, prema studiji objavljenoj u časopisu Komjunikejšen bajolodži (Communication Biology), koriste širok spektar znakova koje kombinuju u zavisnosti od pažnje koju mu posvećuju “sagovornici”. Prema toj studiji stručnjaka Univerziteta u Beču, slon pozdravlja

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North Macedonia’s new president reignites a spat with Greece at her inauguration ceremony

North Macedonia’s new president reignites a spat with Greece at her inauguration ceremony

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia on Sunday and immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece. At the ceremony in the country’s parliament, Siljanovska-Davkova referred to her country as “Macedonia,” rather than the constitutional name “North Macedonia.” This prompted Greek Ambassador Sophia Philippidou

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