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When trillions of creatures rise from ocean depths

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The Viking word behind American independence

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Aerial view of sinkhole on Konya plain (Credit: Getty Images)

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By Isabelle Gerretsen

A woman in a blue flowery top and greenery behind her reaches up to a tree to cut down a yellow cacao pod with garden clippers (Credit: Asociación Kallari)

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A black-and-white photo of a dwarf minke whale, pictured against a black ocean. The whale is slightly tilted, showing its belly and one eye which looks directly to the camera (Credit: Marcia Riederer/ Ocean Photographer of the Year)

'The moment I made eye contact with a whale'

By Isabelle Gerretsen

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