Spring Fun After a Hard Winter

Have the last few months been hard on you?  Are you ready for a little fun, for a change?  We are, too!  Each of the pictures below relates to one of the stories in this issue.  While the images and the places they come from are very different, they are alike in a single, salient way -- one that provides the theme for our news this quarter.  Study the pictures, read the stories, and see if you can figure out what that theme is.  The answer appears here.  (Photo credits appear with each article.)

Why is the woman below so happy?



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Who is this polar bear looking at?



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What country put the Phoenix on its coin and why?



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What's unusual about this basilica?



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Where is this mountain, that a wild macaque is sitting on the post?



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