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Sotheby’s Celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee with Exhibition of Royal Portraits

British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS
British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS
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Sotheby’s Celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee with Exhibition of Royal Portraits

British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS
British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS

Sotheby’s announced an exhibition that marks Queen Elizabeth's 70-year rule with works of art portraying queens who have ruled throughout history, reported the German News Agency.

The exhibition features the iconic "Armada portrait of Elizabeth I" described as "one of most seminal images of female power ever created,” depicting the defeat of the Spanish marine forces against the British army led by the Queen.

It also displays Andy Warhol’s "Reigning Queens" series from 1985, and a work of the queen, donated by artist Chris Levine, which will be auctioned by the end of June. It is expected to fetch between 100,000 pounds and 150,000 pounds ($130,000-$196,000).

Sotheby’s also announced the exhibition will display key portraits of Mary I, Mary II, Queen Anne, and Queen Victoria, in addition to tens of royal crowns, and historic manuscripts.

Queen Elizabeth II, 95, has been crowned on February 6, 1952. Her Platinum Jubilee is set to be celebrated with various events including formal ceremonies in London, in early June. The Jubilee Arts Festival exhibition will run from May 28 to June 15, and will be opened to the public for free.

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Drought Has Dried Major Amazon River Tributary to Lowest Level in over 122 Years

A part of the Negro River is dry at the port in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, amid severe drought. (AP)
A part of the Negro River is dry at the port in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, amid severe drought. (AP)
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Drought Has Dried Major Amazon River Tributary to Lowest Level in over 122 Years

A part of the Negro River is dry at the port in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, amid severe drought. (AP)
A part of the Negro River is dry at the port in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, amid severe drought. (AP)

One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.

The level of the Negro River at the port of Manaus was at 12.66 meters on Friday, as compared with a normal level of about 21 meters. It is the lowest since measurements started 122 years ago.

The previous record low level was recorded last year, but toward the end of October.

The Negro River's water level might drop even more in coming weeks based on forecasts for low rainfall in upstream regions, according to the geological service's predictions.

Andre Martinelli, the agency's hydrology manager in Manaus, was quoted as saying the river was expected to continue receding until the end of the month.

Water levels in Brazil's Amazon always rise and fall with its rainy and dry seasons, but the dry portion of this year has been much worse than usual.

All of the major rivers in the Amazon basin are at critical levels, including the Madeira River, the Amazon River's longest tributary.

The Negro River drains about 10% of the Amazon basin and is the world's sixth-largest by water volume. Manaus, the biggest city in the rainforest, is where the Negro joins the Amazon River.

For locals, the drought has made basic daily activities impossible. Gracita Barbosa, 28, works as a cashier on a floating shop on the Negro River.

She's out of work because boats that once stopped there can no longer navigate the river due to the low water levels.

Barbosa can no longer bathe in the river and now has to travel longer distances to collect drinking water.