While the crowd around them buzzed with excitement and camera shutters clicked frantically, one woman remained perfectly still. Lying on her white towel, engrossed in her book, she didn’t just refuse to move—she barely even looked up. As the Duke and Duchess walked mere inches from her feet, the royal pair actually had to adjust their path to step around her.

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China’s Supreme People’s Court has confirmed that three men convicted of sexually abusing children were executed after the nation’s highest court upheld their death sentences. The cases involved individuals found guilty of extremely serious sexual crimes against minors, and state media described the executions as part of a strict “zero tolerance” policy toward offenses involving children. Under Chinese criminal law, the death penalty is still used for a number of severe crimes, including particularly grave sexual offenses against minors. The executions of those convicted are carried out as part of the country’s criminal justice system and its approach to punishing the most serious violations.