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A |     由伦敦自然历史博物馆举办的年度野生动物摄影师大赛涵盖了19个不同类别，包括城市野生动物、湿地、动物肖像和无脊椎动物行为等。

B |     Ohio residents this week began voting on a constitutional amendment whose fate will ultimately determine abortion access in the state.Voters are considering two ballot initiatives; ballots began being accepted on Wednesday and go through Election Day on Nov. 7.The two measures are: Issue 1, the amendment that if approved would add abortion rights to the state constitution; and Issue 2, which would legalize recreational marijuana.The proposed abortion amendment would establish an "individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment including but not limited to abortion" and then creates legal protections for those individuals, among other guarantees like for contraception and fertility treatment.The marijuana measure, if passed, would make Ohio the 24th state to legalize cannabis and would allow adults 21 years and older to buy and possess up to 2.5 ounces of flower and 15 grams of extract.In August, Ohio voters resoundingly rejected a contentious, Republican-backed ballot measure that would have raised the threshold for future changes to the state constitution -- an effort that would have specifically made it more difficult for the abortion amendment to pass.When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its previous Roe v. Wade ruling, in 2022, the justices returned the question of abortion access to individual states. Since then, while some states have largely ceased abortion access, others have taken up ballot measures that put the question before voters. In those cases -- in both red and blue states so far -- voters have rejected the potential for abortion restrictions and bans or elected to expand access.On Sept. 27, the Ohio Supreme Court started hearing arguments about the state's six-week abortion ban, which was previously put on hold by a lower court.The success or failure of the abortion ballot measure could render that case moot, if state voters add abortion access to their constitution.Both sides have built up mobilization efforts over the past few weeks -- knocking on doors, canvassing and hosting rallies across the state."Whether you're pro-life or pro-choice, Issue 1 just goes too far," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said at a recent event at the Ohio GOP's headquarters.Ohio Democrats claimed last week to have been inching toward 100,000 doors knocked and more than 100,000 calls made in the time since their win in the August special election."We're not leaving anything behind as we work to protect women's rights to choose and prevent Ohio's extreme abortion ban from taking effect," Ohio Democratic Chairwoman Elizabeth Walters said during a recent press briefing.There's also been significant financial investment in the race. According to numbers from AdImpact released last week, $12.3 million had been spent or reserved in advertising around the abortion ballot measure, with anti-amendment groups outspending amendment supporters by about $1.6 million.

The two sides make their arguments

Both Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, a coalition of groups supporting abortion rights, and allied Ohio Democrats have sounded the alarm on what they claim to be foul play by opponents of the abortion amendment.Last month, the state Supreme Court allowed the Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board -- which is overseen by Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who is also running for the U.S. Senate -- to use amendment language that includes the phrase "unborn child."Democrats on the board had asked for measure's language to remain what was on the petition that voters originally signed, which did not include that term.Amendment supporters have argued it was rewritten to confuse voters and is misleading about what the measure would actually do."They're running scared because they know their extreme abortion ban is wildly unpopular, and Ohio voters support a woman's right to make medical decisions for themselves without interference from politicians," Walters, with the state Democrats, said during a recent press call.Abortion opponents have also attempted to broaden the stakes of the proposal, arguing that it "goes far beyond" codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade to potentially affect parents' rights and "threaten the freedom of conscience of Ohio's healthcare professionals and preclude ... the enactment and enforcement of commonsense, protective laws," as Protect Women Ohio, one of the leading organizations fighting against the amendment, wrote in a memo."The Abortion Amendment victimizes rather than protects and empowers women and girls," they continued.LaRose, a leading voice against the measure, said in a statement to ABC News that "as a father and someone who's always stood up to protect life, I'll be working to defeat this radical measure."。

C | 今年的比赛吸引了来自93个国家的摄影师提交的近40,000件作品。年度最佳摄影师奖由美国摄影师Karine Aigner获得，他拍摄的雄性仙人掌蜜蜂蜂拥在“交配球”中心的一只雌性仙人掌蜜蜂上，令人惊叹。这并不是Aigner在2022年第一次获奖。几个月前，由加州科学院举办的BigPicture自然摄影大赛也授予了“交配球”图像年度照片。评审团主席Rosamund Kidman Cox说道：“振翅欲飞，来势汹汹的雄蜂对着直接滚入画面的嗡嗡作响的蜜蜂球发起冲击。在蜜蜂级别的放大镜下，运动感和强度被展现出来并将小仙人掌蜜蜂转化为争夺一只雌蜂的大竞争者。

D | ”今年的另一个亮点作品来自于城市野生动物类别的获奖者。这张照片的特点是一对北极熊居住在一个已经被遗弃多时的定居点的房子里。这幅不可思议的图片是由摄影师Dmitry Kokh拍摄，他在俄罗斯楚科奇海的一个孤岛上发现了这些北极熊。Kokh将一架低噪音的无人机送上岛以拍摄一系列惊人的图片，它们展示了一些生活在这个定居点的北极熊。自然历史博物馆馆长Doug Gurr说道：“野生动物摄影师为我们提供了进入野生物种生活的难忘一瞥，分享了看不见的细节、迷人的行为及关于气候和生物多样性危机的一线报道。这些图片展示了他们对自然界的敬畏和欣赏以及采取行动保护自然界的迫切需要。

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