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Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral is Revived After Russian Drone Strike

Volunteers and priests rallied to clean up Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral, still smelling of smoke from a massive blaze, for an anniversary celebration.

Nadiia Fesenko mopped the floor of the Dormition Cathedral, one of the main cathedrals of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra preserve, after it was struck by a Russian drone several weeks prior, in Kyiv, in July.
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2 Workers Die After Explosions and Fire at Ohio Recycling Plant

Chemical tanks had ruptured during the incident but officials said there was no immediate threat to the Toledo area.

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This image, taken from video provided by WTVG, shows firefighters working on the scene after an explosion at an industrial recycling business in Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday.
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Heat Is Hammering Europe, Again. Here’s What That Looks Like.

Extreme temperatures and repeated wildfires are pushing infrastructure to the limit and testing the continent’s resolve.

© Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press

A sweltering day near Tower Bridge in London on Thursday.
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After Notre-Dame Fire, France Restored the Cathedral — but Not These Windows

France has faithfully renovated most of what burned at Notre-Dame in 2019. Contentiously, six towering windows will soon be replaced by a new design.

© Mark Landler/The New York Times

An artisan working at the Atelier Simon-Marq, a centuries-old stained glass studio, in Reims, in northeastern France.
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