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war is worsening by the day. the u.n. says almost 5 1/2 million people have now fled ukraine since the invasion began in late february. more than half of them are children. that is according to unicef. the vast majority of refugees continue to head west with more than 3 million crossing into poland alone. well, it was a touch and go really for a couple of white lions trapped in a zoo while fighting raged all around them. thanks to the manager of the odessa zoo and his deputy, these two 6-year-old lions were saved. they are beautiful. the men drove nearly 18 hours, avoiding precarious lines to pick up the big cats from the park and transport them to odessa. the lions are named after lion king characters. how can we forget meufasa? they are now getting settled in their new home. at new york s metropolitan opera over the weekend, have a

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