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Mountain guides Luis Diaz, 44, and Daniela Pagli, 43, along with Reuters journalist Alexander Villegas, walk along a path on their way to the El Plomo mountain summit, in the Andes mountain range, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, April 4, 2024. Temperatures are rising faster at higher altitude, with one multinational study published in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation showing that daytime winter surface temperatures in the Andes rose by 0.50 C per decade since 2000 at an elevation of 1,000 to 1,500 meters, but by 1.7C above 5,000 meters. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado SEARCH "ALVARADO PONCE ANDES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

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Huda Tayyab at home with sons Ali and Wali. Victor Besa / The National

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Coral reef in Abu Dhabi. Photo: EAD

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Crystal Palace players celebrate with the trophy after the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Crystal Palace at the Wembley Stadium in London, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo / Ian Walton)

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Singer-songwriter Johannes Pietsch goes by the stage name JJ. AFP

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