Unless you work in shipping, you may not think about how much global shipping affects our daily lives. Most of the consumer goods we buy traveled across oceans on massive container ships. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimates that as much as 90 percent of global trade relies on ships. The IMO created World Maritime Day to call attention to the hard work mariners do finding the most efficient and safest shipping routes around the globe.
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Today in History
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Flying high on National Bird Day
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Let the holiday shopping commence
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Let’s have a ball
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Lands End, Cornwall, England
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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Mardi Gras flower power
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Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
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From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
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Tour de France 2024 begins
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Whatever floats your boat
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Celebrating the Acadians
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
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African bush elephants in Namibia
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’Chess on ice’
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An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
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Azaleas blooming on Hwangmaesan Mountain, South Korea
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Observing a squirrelly day
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Lights, camera, Sundance
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International Archaeology Day
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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Duck, duck. duck, duck, duck...
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Haven t you herd? It s World Elephant Day!
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Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
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Merry Christmas!
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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World Population Day