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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The sun sets on August 28, on the last day of COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/daily-weather-tracker-bay-of-bengal-low-pressure-system-triggers-heavy-rain-alert-across-several-states</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/when-the-mountain-breaks-nepals-disaster-and-the-failure-to-act-together</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Mount Langtang Lirung (7,245 metres) dominates the Langtang valley, north of Kathmandu. At the end of the valley is the border with Tibet. A massive partial collapse of a glacier near the peak triggered catastrophic flash floods and debris flows across parts of Nepal and Tibet on August 26, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-08-29T03:51:37.814Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/western-uttar-pradesh-is-now-as-much-a-leopard-landscape-as-it-is-an-agricultural-one</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The landscape of rural western Uttar Pradesh.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sugarcane fields in western Uttar Pradesh.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A cage being set up to trap leopards in western Uttar Pradesh.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A leopard.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/himachal-pradesh-is-introducing-australian-merino-sheep-in-its-hills-to-enhance-its-wool-economy-but-at-what-cost</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Gaddi shepherd with a sheep.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A flock of sheep grazes on a hillside in Himachal Pradesh.]]></image:caption>
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