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2022-11-21 23:05:58 Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar ( Qatar 2022/Supreme Committee via Getty Images)

Today on Bing - November 21, 2022

INFORMATION: Finally, after years of planning, building, and controversy, the 2022 World Cup is kicking off in Qatar. It's the biggest event on the international soccer calendar, bringing together the globe's top teams to proudly represent their countries. The prestigious World Cup tournament has been held every four years since 1930, except when WWII derailed it in 1942 and 1946. There will be fierce competition in Qatar as the champion French team seeks to defend their title, with the final scheduled for Qatar National Day, December 18. This is the first World Cup hosted by a country in the Middle East, and it's later in the year than usual due to the hot weather in Qatar.

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2022-11-21 23:05:58 'World in Progress II,' a land art painting by Saype, United Nations Headquarters, New York City ( Valentin Flauraud/Shutterstock)

Featured on Bing - November 20, 2022

INFORMATION: Color, creativity, and fun are three things that go along with being a kid, so what better way to illustrate World Children's Day than with this huge (we're talking more than 100,000 square feet!) piece of 'land art' in New York City, painted by the French-Swiss artist known as Saype. Gifted to the United Nations by Switzerland in honor of the UN's 75th anniversary, 'World in Progress II,' shows two children busily drawing and using origami to create their ideal world.

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2022-11-21 23:05:58 Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah ( Jonathan Ross/Getty Images)

Featured on Bing - November 19, 2022

INFORMATION: Our photo brings us to a 16-mile stretch of the Virgin River where it cuts a spectacular thousand-foot-deep gorge through the upper reaches of Utah's Zion Canyon. Flowing through Zion National Park (which turns 103 today!), the Virgin River is home to unique plants and animals that aren't found anywhere else, due to the unique intersection of biomes found where the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert all meet. Without the water of the Virgin River system, creatures like the woundfin minnow, one of rarest species on the planet, couldn't exist.

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2022-11-21 23:05:58 The gates of the Royal Palace (Dar al-Makhzen) in Fez, Morocco ( Adam Smigielski/Getty Images)

Featured on Bing - November 18, 2022

INFORMATION: The International Day of Islamic Art, proclaimed by UNESCO in 2019, occurs every November 18 to celebrate past and contemporary artistic expressions of Islam, and to highlight Islamic artists' contributions to world civilization. November 18 also marks Morocco's independence day, commemorating Sultan Muhammad V's return to Morocco from exile in November 1955.

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2022-11-21 23:05:58 Bridge on the McKenzie River Trail, Willamette National Forest, Oregon ( Don Paulson/Danita Delimont)

Featured on Bing - November 17, 2022

INFORMATION: It's National Take a Hike Day, so what better time to lace up those boots and head out on a trail to pay homage to John Muir, the patron saint (not really) of US hiking. Muir was instrumental in persuading the government that enjoying nature is the right of every American and that there should be an official national park system. He saw the spectacular beauty of the American West when he walked through the Sierra Nevada in California, and was passionate about preserving the country's national wonders. In 1892, Muir founded the Sierra Club, an environmental organization that protects wild lands to this day.

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