The world's largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world, the AquaDom in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of tropical fish out of the aquarium on Friday. (AP)
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The company that owns the AquaDom, Union Investment Real Estate, said in a statement Friday afternoon that the reasons for the incident were “still unclear.”(AFP)
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1 million litres (264,000 gallons) of water poured from the aquarium shortly before 6 a.m. (0500 GMT), the police said. They also informed that parts of the building, which also contains a hotel, cafes and a chocolate store, were damaged. (AP)
“Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky,” she said. “We would have had terrible human damage” had the aquarium burst even an hour later, once more people were awake and in the hotel and the surrounding area, Mayor Franziska Giffey said. (AP)
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About 300 guests and employees had to be evacuated from the hotel surrounding the aquarium, police said. (REUTERS)
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A family takes shelter in a lorry, in Gingle area of Uri. In Uri district, locals remain in distress as they suffer damage to their livelihood. Several shops in the border village have been targeted in Pakistan's shelling across the LoC.
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 . (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A damaged portion of Bilal Mosque is seen after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muzaffarabad. The selection of targets was done based on extensive intelligence, primarily due to Pakistan's changing strategies aimed at concealing terror camps.
