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Coffea arabica, from which Maraba coffee is made
Maraba coffee is grown in Maraba, an area of southern Rwanda. Maraba's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of Coffea arabica, grown on volcanic soils on high-altitude hills. About 500,000 smallholder farmers grow the coffee plants under the cooperative Abahuzamugambi.
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Audu at the march on Versailles
- ... that the fruit seller Reine Audu was jailed after the march on Versailles in 1789?
- ... that an abandoned château in an advanced state of ruin was saved with €500,000 from a lottery?
- ... that in 1976, thieves tied up an art collector, stole a painting, and were never caught?
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- Thirteen people are killed and twenty-three others are reported missing in a wildfire in Spain.
- A series of coordinated attacks across Pakistan's Balochistan province leaves at least forty-two people dead.
- In cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup concludes with Australia defeating England in the final.
On this day
Seal of Louis VIII of France
July 14: Bastille Day in France (1789)
- 1223 – Louis VIII began his three-year reign as King of France.
- 1798 – The Sedition Act became law in the U.S.
Today's featured picture
Chandrayaan-3 is India's third lunar mission, part of the Chandrayaan programme developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The mission's spacecraft consists of Vikram, a lunar lander, and Pragyan, a lunar rover.
Photograph credit: ISRO, edited by UnpetitproleX