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Worker trapped after medieval Rome tower partially collapses
Video shows part of Rome’s medieval Torre dei Conti collapse for a second time during restoration near the Colosseum
![Firefighters work on the site after a part of medieval tower "Torre dei Conti" collapses near the Roman Forum in the historic center of Rome on November 3, 2025. Three workers inside were evacuated, with one taken to hospital in critical condition, a spokesman for firefighters told AFP. But one worker remained inside, according to an official from the mayor's office. [Tiziana Fabi/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1762199272.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Security officials secure the wreckage of the aircraft 5Y-CCA operated by Mombasa Air Services, which crashed with 12 passengers onboard on its way from Diani to Kichwa Tembo, at the Tsimba Golini area in Kwale County, Kenya, Oct. 28, 2025. [Laban Walloga/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-1761669528.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Visitors take pictures of the painting "Mona Lisa" (La Joconde) by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre Museum on the day it reopened to the public for the first time since last Sunday's heist, while the Galerie d'Apollon where eight pieces of Napoleon and the Empress's jewelry collection displayed in the gallery were stolen by thieves, remains closed, in Paris, France on Oct. 22, 2025. [Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-1761152066.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Exterior view of Neptune Imperial Baths building and the wrought iron bridge that is closed for access, in Baile Herculane. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
Young volunteer architects work on reconstruction site of The Countess' Promenade, and the Spring of Countess' in Baile Herculane city. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
Tourists enjoy sulphurous thermal water in landscaped swimming pools restored by a group of young architects led by Oana Chirila, next to Cerna riverbed in Baile Herculane. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
Partial interior view of Neptune Imperial Baths building in Baile Herculane. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
Architect Oana Chirila, 31, is pictured next to a reconstruction site of The Countess' Promenade and the Spring of Countess' in Baile Herculane. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
The main entrance hall of Neptune Imperial Baths building. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
Exterior view of Neptune Imperial Baths building and a sign reading "Attention! Risk of collapsing" in Baile Herculane. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
Initiatives like Chirila's have proliferated recently, according to Stefan Balici, president of the Romanian Order of Architects. These efforts represent "a lesson in how citizens' initiatives can intervene in heritage preservation," in a country with limited investment in monument restoration. [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
In 2019, young architects became involved in another spa resort, Baile Govora. Chirila acknowledged sometimes fearing that her work on the Imperial Baths is like "putting a bandage on a patient in sepsis". But Balici had no doubt about its value. Without her intervention, he said, the building would now be "a pile of rubble". [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
Chirila said she also found hope in those who, like herself, believed in investing in the country's heritage. "Herculane ended up like this because of corruption," she said. "But we hope that thanks to good people it will heal." [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP]
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People rest on the Cilo glacier of Turkiye's southeastern Hakkari province. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
A woman looks at a piece of melting ice on the Cilo glacier. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
According to the United Nations, glaciers in several regions of the world will not survive the 21st century. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
As global temperatures rise amid human-caused climate change, new sections of the mountains that were once capped in ice are melting rapidly, year after year. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
The glaciers of Mount Cilo, which rises to 4,135 metres (13,566 feet) in the province of Hakkari on the Iraqi border, are the second largest in the country. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
A woman walks towards the Cilo glacier. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
A UN report on desertification worldwide estimates that 88 percent of Turkiye’s territory is at risk. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
According to the UN, rainfall is expected to decrease by 30 percent by the end of the century, whilst temperatures are expected to rise by 5 to 6C (9 to 10.8F) compared with averages recorded between 1961 and 1990. [Yasin Akgul/AFP]
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