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Human beings have always dreamed of being able to fly. This dream has come true thanks to the largest wind tunnel in Europe located near Milan. Initially designed for aeronautics and aerospace, these indoor simulators are now open to all. A new sport has emerged thanks to these massive wind tunnels: part athlete, part dancer, and part bird, sportsmen and women have learned to tame the 200km winds to create something beautiful. Among them is Laurie Lubbe, who is preparing for the French freestyle championship.

Flying Without Wings

Human beings have always dreamed of being able to fly. This dream has come true...

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The monk seal is one of the most mysterious and endangered marine mammals in the Mediterranean. Around 500 of them live in Greek and Turkish waters, lurking in hard-to-reach underwater caves. A team from a Swiss foundation is using ultra-sophisticated cameras to try to learn more about their way of life, in the hope of better protecting them.

Monk Seals: A Mediterranean Odyssey

The monk seal is one of the most mysterious and endangered marine mammals in the Mediterranean.

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Azerbaijan, independent since 1991, is today looking for a new identity. We take you on a guided tour of this oil-rich country, to meet its customs and its inhabitants.

In Azerbaijan, people go to spas to bathe in crude oil. They say it has health benefits...

Azerbaijan: The Country of Black Gold

Although boxing is a popular sport in Cuba, women were for a long time banned from competing in the ring. But in 2023 the ban was lifted and Cuba will be sending a female boxing team the Olympic Games in 2024.

Women's Boxing in Cuba

Although boxing is popular in Cuba, women were banned from competing in the ring. But that has now changed.

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Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Turkey’s largest city. If they seem well fed and healthy, it's thanks to the locals who take care of them, sometimes very generously. It's an old tradition dating back to Ottoman times.

Istanbul: Cat City

Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Turkey’s largest city, looked after by local people who adore them.

Every spring in Sardinia, locals organise a parade in honor of Sant'Antioco, one of the patron saints of the island. In the churches, altars are decorated with cloths adorned with sea silk. These golden threads were once made from the filaments of the large pen shells, but the species is now critically endangered and with it, the skill of crafting sea silk into precious fabrics.

The Silk of the Sea

The  large pen shells that produce sea silk are critically endangered, as is the ancient art of sea silk embroidery.

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