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Vietnamese performers participate during a parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Vietnam 50 years after unification: A complex legacy

Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of national unification Wednesday with a military parade through Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, which fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 30, 1975.

April 30, 2025
Men dressed in traditional clothes try to pull the opponent over the table at the German Championships in Fingerhakeln or finger wrestling, in Pang, near Rosenheim, Germany, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Blood, sweat and dislocated digits: The intense world of Alpine finger wrestling

In the Bavarian town of Pang, about an hour from Munich, 180 competitors gathered Sunday for the 64th German Fingerhakeln (finger wrestling) Championship. This traditional Alpine sport, which dates back to the 19th century, sees participants dressed in traditional Bavarian lederhosen and embroidered suspenders compete in a contest of finger strength and technique.

April 28, 2025