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      <description><![CDATA[The Entry/Exit System went fully live on April 10, replacing the ink stamp with fingerprints and a facial scan, and its first data release shows who was turned away, and why.]]></description>
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      <title>What visitors now pay to spend a day in Venice</title>
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      <title>Three places joined the National Park Service&apos;s Reconstruction-era network in July</title>
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      <title>Siena counts down to a Palio run in Tuscan July heat</title>
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      <title>The Tidal Basin&apos;s new seawall held back the water this spring</title>
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      <title>Pilgrims from 58 countries walked the Via Francigena in 2025</title>
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      <title>Half a million pilgrims: the Camino de Santiago crossed a line in 2025</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Pilgrim's Reception Office recorded 530,919 compostelas in 2025, a record. What half a million pilgrims a year means for the routes and their towns.]]></description>
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      <title>UFO Over Pyramids in Mexico on Birthday of Victoria Unikel</title>
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