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A road sign points the way on August 6, 2013 in Toronto, England. Originally called Newton Cap in the county of Durham, built for workers at the nearby colliery,  owner Henry Stobart re-named the village Toronto after visiting Canada. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A handful of villages in the U.K. share the same name as cities or countries from around the world, and they’re spending life in the shadows of their more famous namesakes. Photo: A road sign points the way on August 6, 2013 in Toronto, England. Originally called Newton Cap in the county of Durham, built for workers at the nearby colliery, owner Henry Stobart re-named the village Toronto after visiting Canada. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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29 Aug 2014 11:51:00
A Brussels Airlines aircraft prepares for landing in Cointrin airport during sunrise over the Mont Blanc in Geneva December 1, 2011. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

A Brussels Airlines aircraft prepares for landing in Cointrin airport during sunrise over the Mont Blanc in Geneva December 1, 2011. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
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06 Nov 2014 09:46:00
NYC morning fog. Wednsday, January 15, 2014, morning dense fog creates spectacular views over the East river of lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges as New Yorkers and tourist admire the scenery.  View from Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO Brooklyn. (Photo by Paul Martinka/New York Post)

NYC morning fog. Wednsday, January 15, 2014, morning dense fog creates spectacular views over the East river of lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges as New Yorkers and tourist admire the scenery. View from Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO Brooklyn. (Photo by Paul Martinka/New York Post)
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16 Jan 2014 11:34:00
Melissa Rowell, amateur honourable mention. Wakodahatchee wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, US. Equipped with sinewy necks and spear-like bills, great blue herons can lunge with fearsome speed to strike their aquatic prey. Adults will also employ rapid stabbing motions as one aspect of their complex courtship displays; they’re seemingly dangerous moves, but fitting to the intensity of mating season. (Photo by Melissa Rowell/Audubon photography awards)

Wakodahatchee wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, US. Equipped with sinewy necks and spear-like bills, great blue herons can lunge with fearsome speed to strike their aquatic prey. Adults will also employ rapid stabbing motions as one aspect of their complex courtship displays; they’re seemingly dangerous moves, but fitting to the intensity of mating season. (Photo by Melissa Rowell/Audubon Photography Awards)
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17 Jul 2019 00:03:00
A sanitation worker fumigates using sodium hypochlorite in an archive room to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Milimani commercial courts in Nairobi, Kenya, July 17, 2020. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)

A sanitation worker fumigates using sodium hypochlorite in an archive room to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Milimani commercial courts in Nairobi, Kenya, July 17, 2020. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)
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20 Jul 2020 00:07:00
A view of trees shrouded in fog on a late summer morning between Tureby and Slimminge on Zealand, Denmark, 10 September 2021. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA/EFE)

A view of trees shrouded in fog on a late summer morning between Tureby and Slimminge on Zealand, Denmark, 10 September 2021. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA/EFE)
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12 Nov 2021 08:59:00
A woman crosses the street on a foggy morning in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, October 29, 2021. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A woman crosses the street on a foggy morning in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, October 29, 2021. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)
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01 Jan 2022 08:53:00
Lucy Blacker from Australia takes to the water at the 40 Foot for a Christmas Day Swim in Ireland on December 25, 2022. (Photo by Alan Betson/The Irish Times)

Lucy Blacker from Australia takes to the water at the 40 Foot for a Christmas Day Swim in Ireland on December 25, 2022. (Photo by Alan Betson/The Irish Times)
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24 May 2023 04:19:00