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The Beatles statues and Royal Liver Building, center, on the waterfront area of Liverpool, which has been removed from the World Heritage List on Wednesday July 21, 2021. The UN World Heritage Committee found developments including the new Everton soccer stadium threatened the value of the city's waterfront. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, people celebrate carnival during the yearly procession in Aalst, Belgium. The famed Belgian carnival town of Aalst on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 is renouncing its place on the U.N.'s cultural agency heritage list saying it was sick of the widespread complaints that this spring's edition contained blatant anti-Semitism and insisted no one should try to muzzle humor of any kind. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, people celebrate carnival during the yearly procession in Aalst, Belgium. The famed Belgian carnival town of Aalst on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 is renouncing its place on the U.N.'s cultural agency heritage list saying it was sick of the widespread complaints that this spring's edition contained blatant anti-Semitism and insisted no one should try to muzzle humor of any kind. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

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Smoke and flames rise from burning Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. A fire broke out at the historic Shuri Castle on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying it. (Jun Hirata/Kyodo News via AP)

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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2019 file photo, Yalitza Aparicio, nominated for an Oscar for best actress for her role in &quot;Roma,&quot; poses for a portrait at the 91st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO is appointing Friday Oct. 4, 2019 Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as its Goodwill ambassador for the indigenous peoples.(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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Reggae music put on UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

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FILE - In a Monday April 9, 2018 file photo, UNESCO Director General France's Audrey Azoulay attends the UNESCO executive council in Paris, before delivering her first speech to the executive council since she has been elected as head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Nov. 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

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UNESCO'S new elected director-general France's Audrey Azoulay attends a press conference at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. UNESCO's member states have voted to confirm the nomination of former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay as the body's new leader. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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