The bustling city streets of Barcelona seem as good a place as any to mark World Population Day. More and more of us are heading to the city. It"s estimated that 2007 was the first year in which more people lived in cities than in rural areas. If current trends continue, by 2050 about two-thirds of the world population will be living in cities. City planners and government officials will need to account for this rapid increase as power grids, water supplies, public transit, and emergency services will all be stretched.
World Population Day
Today in History
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An impactful day
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Everyone s watching the Perseids
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Arches National Park, Utah
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Rainbow Mountain
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Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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A festival of lights in India
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Autumn’s swan song
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A bridge of Madison County
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Tour de France 2024 begins
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Snow on the temple
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National Lighthouse Day
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St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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Art in the high desert
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Engineering an artificial harbor in Normandy
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Polar bear capital of the world
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World Environment Day
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Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
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Let’s celebrate
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Carnival comes to Olinda
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Autumn in the Prosecco Hills
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Mekong River Delta, Long An, Vietnam
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Traveling warblers
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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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National Library Week
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Burns Night in Scotland
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Grizzly bears in Alaska for National Wildlife Day
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Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
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Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
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Village of Oia in Santorini, Greece
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