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The Grand Prismatic Spring — located in Teton County, Wyoming, inside Yellowstone National Park — is the largest hot spring in the United States and the third largest in the world. The spring is approximately 370 feet (110 m) in diameter, 160 feet (50 m) deep, and discharges an estimated 560 gallons (2,100 L) of water per minute. Its vivid colors are caused by layers of microorganisms that live around the edges of its mineral-rich water.

A video circulating this week showed two visitors straying off the boardwalk to reach the spring’s edge, risking serious burns from water that can exceed 160°F (70°C) beneath a thin, deceptive crust — a danger that has proven fatal for other Yellowstone visitors who strayed from the designated walkways.

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Today is Bastille Day, France’s national holiday. Observed each year on July 14, the celebration commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, the defining event of the French Revolution. This year, the celebration carries an added sense of national pride as France’s men’s national football team takes the field vs. Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Joyeuse Fête Nationale 🇫🇷

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Lyon is the third largest city in France, with about 2.3 million people living in its metropolitan area. Situated at the convergence of the Rhône and Saône Rivers, it is considered the birthplace of cinema—pioneered by the Lumière brothers here in 1895—as well as a major culinary center.

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Nice is the fifth most populated city in France, with roughly one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area. Located in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is part of the tourist-popular French Riviera. It has one of the highest hotel capacities in France and during a regular year is visited by more than four million tourists.

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Mont Saint-Michel is a commune built one kilometer (0.6 miles) off the coast of Normandy, France. Over the past 600 years, the island has functioned as a monastery (accessible to pilgrims only during low tide), a French fortification that withstood English attacks during the Hundred Years’ War, and a prison. Today, Saint-Michel is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.

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Paris is often called the “City of Light,” a name that originates from its implementation and illumination of 56,000 gas lamps in the 1860s. Today, the city receives half of its energy (and its light) from nearby energy plants that simultaneously generate electricity and heat (called “cogeneration”). Thirty-five percent of the city’s power is generated by the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant while nationally, France gets 75 percent of its power from nuclear plants.

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Breaking news out of New York City — The former Pfizer headquarters at 235 East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan is currently at risk of collapsing after workers discovered buckled structural columns and sagging floors inside the tower this morning.

The 38-story building, seen here (between the white arrows) first in April 2026 during its conversion from offices into apartments, was evacuated along with several nearby buildings after bricks reportedly fell from the structure. The second image shows the site in 2024, before construction began. With more than 1,600 apartments planned, the project has been described as the largest office-to-residential conversion in the city’s history.

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Morocco’s remarkable run at the 2026 FIFA World Cup continued yesterday, sparking celebrations across the country. These overviews highlight three of Morocco’s largest and most historic cities:

- Marrakech, the country’s tourism capital
- Casablanca, its economic and commercial hub; and
- Fez, one of the world’s oldest continuously operating medieval cities.

Morocco defeated Canada 3–0 to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals, where they will face France.

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Possible record high temperatures are forecast in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. this week as a powerful heat wave grips the eastern United States. In New York, temperatures could reach 100°F today for the first time since 2012, while Philadelphia and Washington are also expected to approach long-standing daily records.

From above, it’s easy to see why these cities can remain dangerously hot long after the sun goes down. Concrete, asphalt, brick, and rooftops absorb the sun’s energy throughout the day and slowly release it overnight, creating an urban heat island effect. With relatively little vegetation in the city centers to provide shade and cooling through evaporation, densely built neighborhoods often stay several degrees warmer than surrounding rural areas, offering little relief even after the sun goes down.

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An estimated one million people packed Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma yesterday as the national team defeated Ecuador 2–0, ending the country’s 40-year wait for a FIFA World Cup knockout-stage victory. Swipe to see Estadio Azteca, where more than 80,000 fans witnessed the historic win in one of football’s most iconic venues.

Designed with steep grandstands that amplify crowd noise, the stadium has hosted some of the sport’s greatest moments — from Pelé’s triumph in 1970 to Diego Maradona’s in 1986 — and is the first stadium in history to host matches at three men’s FIFA World Cups (1970, 1986, and 2026).

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