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Didcot coal-fired power station

Silhouette of power station cooling towers. Photographed at Didcot coal- fired power station, Oxfordshire, UK

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Carbon Emissions Footprint, Didcot, Didcot Power Station, Energy, England, Industry, Power Station, Stations, Technology, Uk, United Kingdom

France-Us-Entertainment-Music-Prince

This photo taken on June 16, 1990 shows musician Prince performing on stage during his concert at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris.
Pop icon Prince -- whose pioneering brand of danceable funk made him one of music's most influential figures -- died on April 21, 2016 at his compound in Minnesota. He was 57. The announcement came just a week after the Grammy and Oscar winner was taken to hospital with a bad bout of influenza, although he made light of his health problems after the scare.
/ AFP PHOTO / Bertrand GUAY

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Hubble-Space Telescope

Picture taken on April 25, 1990 by the STS-31 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, showing the Hubble Space Telescope. The giant spacecraft is being put in orbit to gather information about a large variety of astronomical objects, from neighboring planets and stars to the most distant galaxies and quasars. / AFP PHOTO / NASA

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