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News •

Two people die as migrants try to cross English Channel • May 21, 2025, 12:03 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
1 person dies when a boat overloaded with migrants sinks in the English Channel • May 19, 2025, 7:03 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Pigeons from West of England set to fly across channel for VE Day • May 2, 2025, 3:52 AM ET (BBC)
Baltimore ultra-marathon swimmer Katie Pumphrey completes six-hour swim in Inner Harbor • Apr. 25, 2025, 5:54 AM ET (CBS)

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Baltic and North seas and the English Channel
Arromanches, France; English Channel
Brighton: Palace Pier
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Hovercraft
Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel
Dorset, England: Jurassic Coast
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Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Basalt columns, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms