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Crime › Re: Gabby Petito's Parent Leaving Mortuary With Daughter's Ashes In A Box(Pics) by Explorers(m): 4:18pm On Oct 17, 2021

Faces etched with pain, the family made their way out of the Valley Mortuary in Jackson, Wyoming, on Saturday morning clutching an urn containing the ashes of the 22-year-old van life blogger.

The remains of blonde Petito will now be taken home to Long Island, New York, for burial.

Gabby's father Joseph Petito clutches the ashes of his murdered daughter, whose remains were found at a nearby campsite on September 19

Foreign Affairs › Re: 1 Year In Office: Joe Biden Gave Only 10 Interviews, Obama 113, Trump 50 by Explorers(m): 3:57pm On Oct 17, 2021

Donald Trump, pictured with top Republican officials in 2018, completed 50 one-on-one interviews within his first year as president.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: 1 Year In Office: Joe Biden Gave Only 10 Interviews, Obama 113, Trump 50 by Explorers(m): 3:56pm On Oct 17, 2021

Former President Barack Obama, pictured in June, conducted 113 intimate interviews during his first year as president in 2009.

Properties › Re: ₦800M: Luxury 5 Bedrooms Home For Sale In Guzape, Abuja(Photos) by Explorers(op): 11:49am On Oct 17, 2021

brightDdon:
My God,,,see another phase of life....

Ehhhh,,,I'm are struggling to pay rent,,seeing this now just got me thinking,,,this life is in dimension..God will help us to leave an enjoyable life on earth.

Amen bro.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 10:31am On Oct 17, 2021

brightDdon:
and you are a professional OP on nairaland...thanks man...how's your family?

Great..... Thanks bro.

Properties › Re: ₦950M: 5 Bedrooms Fully Detached, Automated Duplex For Sale In Ikoyi(Photos) by Explorers(op): 4:16am On Oct 17, 2021*

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Foreign Affairs › Re: France Pays Tribute To Last Survivor Of WWII Liberation Order(Pics) by Explorers(op): 6:19pm On Oct 16, 2021

Soldiers from French Foreign Legion carry the flag-draped coffin of late French WWII veteran and last 'Companion of the Liberation' Hubert Germain during a national tribute at the Invalides in Paris, France, October 15.

Foreign Affairs › Re: France Pays Tribute To Last Survivor Of WWII Liberation Order(Pics) by Explorers(op): 6:18pm On Oct 16, 2021

President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on Friday to the last surviving member of an order honouring heroes of France's liberation during World War Two who died this week

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Foreign Affairs › Re: France Pays Tribute To Last Survivor Of WWII Liberation Order(Pics) by Explorers(op): 6:17pm On Oct 16, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured right with Germain in June 2020) said Germain 'embodied a century of freedom'.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: France Pays Tribute To Last Survivor Of WWII Liberation Order(Pics) by Explorers(op): 6:17pm On Oct 16, 2021

After the war, Germain (pictured left in 1972) moved into politics and was the Gaullist mayor of Saint-Cheron, a town south of Paris, before becoming an MP in 1962 and serving as post and telecommunications minister from 1972 to 1974.

Foreign Affairs › Re: France Pays Tribute To Last Survivor Of WWII Liberation Order(Pics) by Explorers(op): 6:16pm On Oct 16, 2021*

Pictured: Germain (back, centre) with General Charles de Gaulle (left) in Tunisia in 1943.

Germain (left) with Captain Paul Arnault (in a willy jeep) also a Companion of the Liberation, in South El Alamein in 1942.

Foreign Affairs › France Pays Tribute To Last Survivor Of WWII Liberation Order(Pics) by Explorers(op): 6:15pm On Oct 16, 2021

The last member of an elite group of decorated French Resistance fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control during the Second World War, has died aged 101.

Born in Paris in 1920, Hubert Germain walked out of his entry exam for France's Naval Academy to join the resistance in June 1940, just after the French state surrendered to the Nazis.

https://mobile.reuters.com/news/picture/france-pays-tribute-to-last-survivor-of-idUSRTXILR8K

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Science/Technology › Re: Baby Monkey Clinging To Dead Mother In Lion's Mouth (Graphic Photos) by Explorers(op): 11:25am On Oct 16, 2021

Oluromantic:
Haba you should know now.

Of course monkeys are very clever but not while it has a baby it's nursing. The monkey alone can elude the lion but having a vulnerable baby who can't hop as fast as the mother, she has to stay back to protect it.

The nursing/protection responsibility made the monkey an easy catch for the lion

Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 7:10am On Oct 16, 2021*

onuwaje:
In the midst of chaos, the photographer must be a genius

Yea, there are professional war photographers/press even since WWII.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:33am On Oct 16, 2021

Photos from the protest before gunfire.

Hezbollah and Amal supporters had gathered earlier to demand the removal of Judge Tarek Bitar.

Police officers stand guard inside the Palace of Justice.

People take part in the protest near the Palace of Justice.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:02am On Oct 16, 2021*

People evacuate a man who was shot while trying to fire a rocket-propelled grenade during a gunfire in Beirut, Lebanon, October 14.

A woman holds schoolchildren's hands as they leave a school after gunfire erupted in Beirut, Lebanon.

An army soldier gestures after gunfire erupted at a site near a protest that was getting underway against Judge Tarek Bitar who is investigating last year's port explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:58am On Oct 16, 2021

Timeline.

A man prepares to fire a rocket-propelled grenade during a gunfire in Beirut, Lebanon, October 14.

He was shot.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:56am On Oct 16, 2021

Another building bares the scars of gunfire as its large windows are completely smashed and a number of bullet holes can be seen running up the face of the structure.

A gruesome trail of blood is seen running down a road in the city of Bei, with footprints marked on the floor after having trodden in the blood.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:54am On Oct 16, 2021

Despite the back windshield of this vehicle having been shot out, these two fighters hunker down, with weapons in hand.

A fighter is seen carefully peering up towards the rooftop on a street in Beirut, with a second fighter placing a hand on his back.

Fighters from the Hezbollah and Amal movements are seen during the clashes in Beirut.

Bullet shells everywhere.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:52am On Oct 16, 2021

A group of fighters gather together behind a parked car, with one taking aim, a second covering his ears, and a third seen holding a rocket-propelled grenade launcher

The level of gunfire on display in Beirut is laid bare by the number of bullet holes this building is riddled with.

Windows are also seen full of holes or completely smashed.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:49am On Oct 16, 2021*

Teachers are seen seeking shelter behind soldiers and concrete walls, as well as holding bags above their heads to try and shield themselves from potential gunfire.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:47am On Oct 16, 2021

A Shiite fighter is seen lying on the floor behind a concrete barricade with his weapon in one hand and a new bullet magazine in the other as he reloads. A host of used bullet casings are scattered on the floor around him.

A group of fighters take cover behind a parked car during the chaos which erupted earlier today in Beirut.

Guns are held up ready to be fired by these fighters on the streets of Beirut earlier today.

Lebanese civil defence members and a group of helpers work to evacuate someone shot in the fighting.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:44am On Oct 16, 2021

In response to the chaos, the Lebanese military moved soldiers and armoured vehicles into the area to try and restore order.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:43am On Oct 16, 2021

Two men flee to safety away from the gunfire in the streets of Beirut earlier today, with one of the men carrying a girl in his arms as he runs.

A group of civilians, with panic on their faces, desperately attempt to run away from the gunfire as they evacuated their homes to safety.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:41am On Oct 16, 2021

A mother and her two children hide behind a car on the streets of Beirut earlier today after gunfire broke out during a protest by Hezbollah and its allies against the lead judge probing last year's massive blast in the city's port.

Lebanese army special forces stand watch on a street in Beirut as two of their group held two teachers flee the school they work at after chaos broke out in the city.

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Foreign Affairs › Deadly Gun Battle Rocks City Of Beirut, Lebanon During Protest(Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:41am On Oct 16, 2021*

At least six people were killed and a further 32 injured after armed clashes erupted in Beirut during a protest by Militant Shia groups Hezbollah and Amal against the judge leading the probe into last year's explosion in the city's port.

Hezbollah and its allies claim the judge is biased, but the victims' families support his work.

No-one has yet been held accountable for the August 2020 disaster

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Fighters from the Shiite, Hezbollah and Amal movements take aim in the Tayouneh area of Beirut after gunfire broke out in the city during a demonstration.

A fighter armed with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher is seen running down the road with the weapon on his shoulder earlier today.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10092019/Shooting-erupts-Beirut-Hezbollah-protest-probe-devastating-chemical-blast.html

Science/Technology › Re: Baby Monkey Clinging To Dead Mother In Lion's Mouth (Graphic Photos) by Explorers(op): 3:34pm On Oct 15, 2021

A second lion attempts to claim a share of the male lion's catch, causing the helpless baby monkey to fall from the body of its mother.

The baby monkey is seen scooped up as an easy snack by a younger member of the pride of lions and killed.

The brutal reality of nature was captured at South Africa's Zimanga Private Game Reserve as the mother and baby monkey were devoured in less than a minute.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10095565/Baby-monkey-clings-dead-mother-clutched-lions-jaws.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

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