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Listening to natural sounds is known to be good for human beings, but a new world reveals itself when you visualize sound via colorful images known as spectrograms.

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Protesters in Paris blocked access to a terminal at France's busiest airport as workers around the country went on strike over Macron's pledge to raise the retirement age.

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Salwan Georges returned to Iraq for the first time since he left in 1998 to document how his homeland has changed over the last two decades.

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