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The new courthouse (Palais de Justice) is pictured on September 21, 2017, porte de Clichy, Paris. With its 160 m, this new 38-storey building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano will house the future Palais de Justice and is now the second highest inhabited building of Paris, behind the Montparnasse Tower and its 210 metres. PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP
The Best Photos of the Day
This photograph shows the interior of the Savior on Blood Cathedral in Yekaterinburg. The cathedral is built on the exact place where the Bolsheviks executed by firing squad tsar Nicholas and his family in 1918, ending the Romanov dynasty. The Russian Orthodox Church has declared them saints and holy martyrs. Mladen ANTONOV / AFP
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Exhibition offers a vivid and immersive journey through nearly 400 years of opera
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A member of staff poses in front of a harpsichord made by Giovanni Baffo, Venice, 1574 during a photocall for a new exhibition 'Opera, Passion, Power and Politics' at the Victoria and Albert Museum in west London on September 26, 2017. Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP.LONDON.- This autumn the Victoria and Albert Museum, in collaboration with the Royal Opera House, created a vivid and immersive journey through nearly 400 years of opera, exploring its passion, power and politics. The only exhibition ever to explore opera on a grand scale, it immerses visitors in some key moments of the history of European opera from its roots in Renaissance Italy to its present-day form, by focusing on seven operatic premieres in seven cities. It reveals how opera brings together multiple art forms to create a multi-sensory work of art, and show how social, political, artistic and economic factors interact with great moments in the history of opera to tell a story of Europe over hundreds of years. More than 300 extraordinary objects, including important international loans, are being shown alongside digital footage of compelling opera performances. Objects on display include Salvador Dali’s costume design for Peter Bro ... More
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The Best Photos of the Day
In the aftermath of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit central Mexico on September 19, an unusual seven-storey building, only 1.2 meters wide, has caught the eye of authorities and was declared "a monument to insecurity", and a liability in case a major earthquake hits the Peruvian capital. Lima sits on the Rim of Fire of the Pacific Ocean, prone to affecter by tremors. As a result of the earthquake in Mexico and the constant earthquakes of four degrees in the country, Civil Defense specialists carry out inspections of various sectors of the country. CRIS BOURONCLE / AFP
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