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China Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

Image via Wu Hong/EPA
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China Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

Image via Wu Hong/EPA
Image via Wu Hong/EPA

The Harbin International Snow Festival was launched on Friday with some 180,000 cubic meters of ice and 150,000 cubic meters of snow being used to build 80,000 square meters of the event.

The festival will last for 3 months.

The buildings were covered with colorful lights that attract tourists to the festival.

China takes advantage of winter and its snow and ice to set up the festival which brings up paintings and creative arts.

The temperatures in this city is often 40 degrees Celsius below zero and remains so for almost 3 months.

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Unusual Bee Attack in French Town Leaves 24 Injured, 3 Critically

A bee sits on a flower that is planted to decorate at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, Sunday, June 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
A bee sits on a flower that is planted to decorate at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, Sunday, June 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
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Unusual Bee Attack in French Town Leaves 24 Injured, 3 Critically

A bee sits on a flower that is planted to decorate at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, Sunday, June 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
A bee sits on a flower that is planted to decorate at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, Sunday, June 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

A unusual attack by bees in the French town of Aurillac has left 24 people injured, including three in critical condition, according to local authorities.

The Prefecture of Cantal, in south-central France, said passersby were stung over a period of about 30 minutes on Sunday morning. Firefighters and medical teams were rushed to the scene to treat the victims while police set up a security perimeter until the bees stopped their attack.

The three people in critical condition were evacuated to a local hospital, The Associated Press reported.

Pierre Mathonier, the mayor of Aurillac, told French broadcaster France 3 the incident may have been related to Asian hornets threatening beehives that had been installed on the roof terrace of a downtown hotel over 10 years ago. He said that this had likely caused the bees to become aggressive.

“All ended well,” he said. "The emergency services were perfectly coordinated. There was no panic in Aurillac, but a number of people were stung.”