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This photo, provided by the New York City Department of Transportation shows Britain's Princess Anne, accompanied by the agency's Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, left, as she rides in the pilothouse of the Staten Island Ferry "Sandy Ground," in New York Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The trip on a the commuter ferry came after the princess was given a tour of Staten Island's National Lighthouse Museum that included an an unveiling of a miniature figurine of Needles Lighthouse, in the Isle of Wight, in memory of her parents. (Sigurjon Gudjonsson/New York City Department of Transportation via AP)

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This Aug. 16, 2022, photo provided by San Diego Wildlife Alliance, shows an Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle at the San Diego Zoo. The rare and endangered turtle species has finally bred at the San Diego Zoo, as officials announced on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, the arrival of 41 tiny Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings. Officials say the hatchings make the alliance the first accredited conservation organization in North America to hatch the endangered turtles. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP)

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