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Hot-air balloons soar over Ecuador’s “Middle of the World,” and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Hot-air balloons soar over Ecuador’s “Middle of the World,” and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
Aug. 21 - 27, 2026 Hot-air balloons rise over Ecuador’s “Middle of the World,” while archaeologists uncover the remains of a 16th-century hospital in Lima.
·Billings, United States
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Hot air balloons run across the sky during the “Mitad del Mundo” festival in Ecuador.
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Total News Sources17
Leaning Left5Leaning Right1Center10Last UpdatedBias Distribution63% Center
Bias Distribution
- 63% of the sources are Center
63% Center
L 31%
C 63%
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