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		{"date":"01-07",
			"events":[{"event":5,"lat":"48", "long":"2", "subject":"Rooftop urban farm opens in Paris", "caption":"<b>July 1, France: </b>The world’s largest rooftop urban farm opens to the general public. Sited on top of Pavilion 6 at the exhibition centre Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Nature Urbaine will offer local residents a chance to rent a compact plot of green space to cultivate their own crops in the centre of the city.  ", "picture":"Picture: Valode & Pistre Architectes Atlav AJN"},{"event":4,"lat":"31", "long":"35", "subject":"Israel plans to begin annexation process", "caption":"<b>July 1, Israel: </b>Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to put West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley under Israeli sovereignty, and plans to put the move to the vote in cabinet. He is in a hurry. Useful support from the White House might not be available to him after the U.S. election in November.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":3,"lat":"44", "long":"8", "subject":"New Genoa bridge could open to traffic", "caption":"<b>July, Italy: </b>The replacement for the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, which collapsed in 2018 killing 43 people, could open to traffic. Work on the new bridge, designed by Genoa-born Renzo Piano, continued through the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic and it is seen as a symbol of renewal in a nation hard hit by the virus.  ", "picture":"Picture: Newscom"},{"event":2,"lat":"9", "long":"40", "subject":"Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam", "caption":"<b>July, Ethiopia: </b>Addis Ababa plans to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam this month, whether or not agreement has been reached with downstream nations Sudan and Egypt, who fear dire water shortages once water is diverted from the Nile to fill the massive $4 billion dam, the largest in Africa.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":1,"lat":"55", "long":"37", "subject":"Russians vote on constitutional change", "caption":"<b>July 1, Russia: </b>Russians vote on constitutional changes to allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036. Every Moscow resident who votes in the referendum wins the chance of a gift certificate, a giveaway aimed at stimulating the economy – and boosting turnout amid fear over rising Covid-19 infections.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":0,"lat":"51", "long":"10", "subject":"Germany assumes EU presidency", "caption":"<b>July 1, European Union: </b>Germany leads the European Union’s coronavirus recovery effort during its six months as president of the bloc, which appears likely to entail refereeing fights about the billions of euros of aid to pandemic-stricken member economies. Another preoccupation will be trying avoid a no-deal scenario for Brexit.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"03-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"39", "long":"-100", "subject":"Early release for filmed Hamilton musical", "caption":"<b>July 3, United States: </b>Disney plans to stream a filmed version of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton for the Independence Day weekend. Starring creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, the early release of the hip-hop version of U.S. history is seen as a way to brighten up the celebrations. The original release date was Oct 2021.  ", "picture":"Picture: Disney"}]},
		{"date":"04-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"38", "long":"-77", "subject":"Trump’s July 4th Salute to America", "caption":"<b>July 4, United States: </b>President Trump’s beloved July Fourth celebration of military pomp returns for a second year, despite opposition from local lawmakers. The “2020 Salute to America” will include music, military parades and flyovers, and Trump will give a speech before a fireworks display over the National Mall.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"05-07",
			"events":[{"event":2,"lat":"35", "long":"139", "subject":"Tokyo Governor eyes likely re-election", "caption":"<b>July 5, Japan: </b>Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is widely expected to win a second term in the capital’s gubernatorial election. The former TV newscaster is riding on public support for her management of the coronavirus crisis – a poll in May found she rated better than Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on containing Covid-19.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":1,"lat":"45", "long":"17", "subject":"Croatia parliamentary election", "caption":"<b>July 5, Croatia: </b>The conservative Croatian Democratic Union goes into the parliamentary election with confidence. The vote was moved forward from Autumn to benefit from a perception that the coalition government handled the Covid-19 pandemic competently, after a relatively low number of deaths and infections.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":0,"lat":"47", "long":"13", "subject":"Formula 1 finally gets underway", "caption":"<b>July 5, Austria: </b>The Formula 1 season finally gets underway with the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Fans will not be able to attend the first eight races, all taking place in Covid-affected Europe, but organisers are hopeful that spectators will be able to attend later rescheduled events.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"13-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"33", "long":"66", "subject":"U.S. ahead of target on Afghanistan withdrawal", "caption":"<b>July 13, Afghanistan: </b>The U.S. has reduced its troop presence in Afghanistan to 8,600, fulfilling its obligation to meet this target date as agreed in a February deal with the Taliban. The deal requires the full withdrawal of U.S. forces by May 2021, dependent on the Taliban fulfilling their agreed commitments.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"14-07",
			"events":[{"event":2,"lat":"48", "long":"2", "subject":"Downsized Bastille Day spectacle", "caption":"<b>July 14, France: </b>A modest ceremony at the Place de la Concorde in Paris replaces the traditional Bastille Day parade down the Champs-Elysees. The flypast will honour medical personnel and others who “mobilized against coronavirus”, as well as the late President Charles de Gaulle, who died 50 years ago.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":1,"lat":"24", "long":"53", "subject":"UAE launches Mars environment probe", "caption":"<b>July 14, UAE: </b>The Hope Mars satellite mission is due to launch from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center aboard a Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket. Due to arrive in February 2021, the UAE’s 50th birthday year, it will study the atmosphere and climate of Mars in the first planetary mission attempted by any Arab country.  ", "picture":"Picture: Associated Press"},{"event":0,"lat":"32", "long":"54", "subject":"Iran nuclear deal turns five under threat", "caption":"<b>July 14, Iran: </b>Tehran and six major powers signed an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program five years ago. The U.S. exited the deal in 2018 and wants to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran. The remaining partners see the pact as a key pillar of regional and world security and are struggling to keep it alive.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"15-07",
			"events":[{"event":1,"lat":"41", "long":"21", "subject":"North Macedonia elects parliament", "caption":"<b>July 15, North Macedonia: </b>The Balkan nation holds a parliamentary election that might decide whether it will continue knocking on Brussels’ door. EU leaders decided at a 2019 summit to postpone opening membership talks with North Macedonia and neighbouring Albania, a snub that prompted the snap election.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":0,"lat":"19", "long":"109", "subject":"China plans launch of Mars rover", "caption":"<b>July, China: </b>A Mars rover will launch from Hainan Island aboard a Long March 5 rocket, its primary goal to detect current and previous signs of life on Mars. Instruments on the orbiter and solar powered rover will investigate the Red Planet’s atmosphere, landscape and geological and magnetic characteristics.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"16-07",
			"events":[{"event":1,"lat":"39", "long":"-100", "subject":"Amazon turns 25 eyed by antitrust regulators ", "caption":"<b>July 16, United States: </b>Amazon opened for business as an online bookseller in 1995, and founder Jeff Bezos’s credo, “get big fast,” has paid phenomenal dividends. In 2019 the company surpassed Walmart as the world’s largest retailer, but its dominant digital position and pricing power are attracting increasing antitrust scrutiny.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"},{"event":0,"lat":"34", "long":"-105", "subject":"Nuclear age launched 75 years ago", "caption":"<b>July 16, United States: </b>Scientists detonated the first atom bomb on July 16, 1945, a blast codenamed Trinity. Coronavirus restrictions permitting, the 75th anniversary is a rallying date at the New Mexico site for nuclear disarmament activists and people who were downwind of Trinity and subsequent U.S. nuclear tests.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"17-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"28", "long":"-81", "subject":"NASA launches Mars 2020 rover", "caption":"<b>July 17-August 5, United States: </b>NASA launches its Mars 2020 rover to investigate the habitability of the Red Planet. During the launch window Earth and Mars are optimally positioned for the mission. The aim is to have the car-sized rover touch down in the Jezero Crater, which harboured a river delta in the ancient past, in Feb 2021.  ", "picture":"Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech"}]},
		{"date":"19-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"30", "long":"35", "subject":"Next stage in Netanyahu trial", "caption":"<b>July 19, Israel: </b>The next stage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial in Jerusalem is a hearing at which his lawyers are expected to unveil pretrial motions to get him acquitted without calling witnesses. If they are unsuccessful, the trial could drag on for years.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"21-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"23", "long":"32", "subject":"Aswan High Dam turns 50", "caption":"<b>July 21, Egypt: </b>The Aswan High Dam turns 50. It made intensive agricultural cultivation possible by controlling the annual cycle of flood and drought along the Nile but the loss of such natural fertilization has seen the land gradually lose productivity. Upstream, Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam looms as a new threat.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"25-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"52", "long":"0", "subject":"Rosalind Franklin centenary", "caption":"<b>July 25, United Kingdom: </b>British chemist Rosalind Franklin was born 100 years ago and died at 37 with only scant recognition for her contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA. The anniversary brings posthumous recognition – the ESA-Russian ExoMars mission to Mars in 2022 will carry a rover bearing her name.   ", "picture":"Picture: Newscom"}]},
		{"date":"26-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"-41", "long":"172", "subject":"New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern turns 40", "caption":"<b>July 26, New Zealand: </b>Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern turns 40 as one of the world’s most admired women. Acclaimed for her sensitive handling of the Christchurch mosque shootings in 2019, she won further plaudits for her swift imposition of sweeping restrictions to control the spread of cororonavirus in New Zealand.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"28-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"21", "long":"39", "subject":"Hajj scaled down over coronavirus", "caption":"<b>July 28-August 2, Saudi Arabia: </b>The Hajj pilgrimage has been scaled down due to coronavirus. The authorities have barred foreign arrivals for the ritual at Mecca, which Muslims are expected to complete in their lifetime, and allow only a small number of Saudi pilgrims to perform it. Social distancing measures will be enforced.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"30-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"-16", "long":"168", "subject":"Vanuatu turns 40 courted by big nations", "caption":"<b>July 30, Vanuatu: </b>The 83-island Pacific archipelago turns 40 wooed by vastly bigger nations, and its biggest suitor is China. Analysts note that Vanuatu has taken on great importance for traditional powers in the Asia-Pacific – the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Japan – as China steps up activity in the region.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]},
		{"date":"31-07",
			"events":[{"event":0,"lat":"28", "long":"-81", "subject":"NBA to restart season at Disney resort", "caption":"<b>July 31, United States: </b>ESPN Wide World of Sports, a 220-acre complex at Disney World, will be the heart of the basketball universe when the NBA restarts its season. The 18 hotels on site are expected to provide players, coaches and staff with a protective bubble from the coronavirus, which precipitated the shutdown.  ", "picture":"Picture: Getty Images"}]}]}]
