The COVID-19 pandemic has been rough sailing for everyone, and especially so for seafarers on shipping vessels. As if moving more than 80% of the world"s goods wasn"t a big mission already, the pandemic created urgent needs for certain goods to be shipped to all corners of the globe. At the same time, it forced travel restrictions that made shipping more complicated. Hundreds of thousands of sailors and other shipping personnel have found themselves stuck on ships much longer than planned as virus precautions impede crew changes.
Global commerce in motion
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World Frog Day
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
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Computer Science Education Week
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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Jerte Valley in bloom
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National Park Week begins
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Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Giants of the avian world
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Hello, spring!
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The crossroads of empires
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It s Australia Day
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Festivus
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Basking in the glow
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English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
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Things are looking up
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An uncommon look at an American icon
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It s Tolkien Reading Day
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Galeries Lafayette, Paris
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Long-eared owl in the Czech Republic
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Memorial Day
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It’s not a pinecone, it’s a pangolin
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Daylight saving time begins
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Independence Day
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Village of Labro, Italy
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Channel Country, Australia
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Preveli Gorge
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Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer