💍 Chinese badminton player Huang Yaqiong was in for a special surprise after winning gold in the mixed doubles event alongside Zheng Siwei.
As she walked out, her boyfriend, men's doubles player Liu Yuchen, proposed to her… and she said YES!
#Paris2024#Olympics#teamChina
📸Reuters
🚨 In a surprise announcement, the #UK#government has advised residents to ‘Get prepared for emergencies.’ 🇬🇧
It’s advised people to have an #emergency kit.
How many days worth of #rations do you reckon you would be able to stock up for?
@KallyMedia
A powerful solar storm displayed the Northern Lights, also known as #aurora borealis, across Europe and North America. 🌍
They are colorful green, pink and scarlet curtains of light seen in the night sky.
The reason for their appearance are charged particles from the sun interacting with gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
#NorthernLights #sky #colorfulsky
📸 via Reuters - Denis Balibouse, Iuliia and Valery Shevtsov; X @yungalox ; X @tastyskidmark85;
#UN calls for a ceasefire in #Gaza.
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution, demanding an immediate #ceasefire between #Israel and #Palestinian militants Hamas and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
📸Reuters
#UN’s Gaza ceasefire resolution vetoed
The United Nations Security Council did not pass a U.S.-drafted resolution calling for a ceasefire in #Gaza.
📸Reuters
🌳 #Poland won the European Tree of the Year title for 2024 with their ‘The Heart of the Garden - Common Beech.’ It is 200 years old and is in Niemcza, at the Arboretum Wojsławice - Botanical Garden of The University of Wrocław.
📸Marcin Kopij
📸Bożka Piotrowska vel Zielona Bombonierka
Second place went to The Weeping Beech of Bayeux, #France - Weeping Beech which has been dated as 160 years old.
📸Emmanuel Boitier
Third place went to the Italian island of Sardinia for ‘The Thousand-year-old Olive Tree of Luras.’ This centuries-old tree is considered one of the oldest specimens of wild olive in Sardinia.
📸Valerio Atzori Corpo forestale Sardegna
#TreeoftheYear2024 #tree #nature
According to the UN, March 10 is the International Day of Women Judges.
“Women in Justice, women for justice” is a campaign promoting “the full and equal participation of #women at all levels of the #judiciary, to celebrate the progress made and raise awareness about the challenges ahead!”
#March10
World's oldest woman Maria Branyas celebrates her 117th birthday. 🎂
Maria was born on March 4, 1907 in San Francisco, U.S. and currently lives in Spain.
You can follow parts of her life in photographs 👇
📸 Residencia Santa Maria del Tura de Olot/Reuters
📸 @MariaBranyas112 /X
@MariaBranyas112 Happy Birthday 🎂 I hope you've had an amazing day! I wish you health all the best!
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I'm so happy that I had the opportunity to work on that story from A to Z! 🙌
From arranging my accreditation and #interviews to #filming and #video editing, creating 3 pieces of social media content.
My footage also ended up on #TV which was amazing! 📺
#journalist
As captain of China’s men’s ice hockey team, Zimeng Chen is proud of his role – and it means a lot to him to represent his country.
#icehockey#hockey#sports#Olympics
Leap Year babies think they’re special for being born on February 29, which only occurs every four years….well, CGTN’s Li Jianhua can beat that. He was born on February 30! How is this possible?!!
#leapyear#30FEB#29FEB
Spain wins #UEFA Women's Nations League. ⚽l The final match between #Spain and #France took place at La Cartuja stadium in #Seville, Spain. The hosts won 2-0. Their success continues as winners of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
📸: AP Photo
Leap Year babies think they’re special for being born on February 29, which only occurs every four years….well, CGTN’s Li Jianhua can beat that. He was born on February 30! How is this possible?!!
#leapyear#30FEB#29FEB