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 Abidjan, the pulsating economic heart of Côte d'Ivoire, a city where the lagoon meets the ocean and the air is thick with the energy of West Africa, awoke on Thursday, May 15th, 2025, to the familiar conditions of its tropical reality. This was no gentle spring morning or crisp autumnal dawn; this was the heart of the wet season, a time when the weather dictates a unique rhythm of life, defined by pervasive warmth, saturating humidity , and the ever-present potential for dramatic rainfall . The weather forecast for today painted a picture that was, in many ways, archetypal for mid-May in this coastal metropolis: a day where the heat would build, the clouds would gather with intent, and the sky would likely open up with tropical intensity before the day was through. The very first hints of daylight, long before the sun cleared the horizon, found Abidjan already enveloped in a warm, heavy atmosphere. The overnight low temperature , which would have settled around 26 degrees Celsiu...

 Bonn, the elegant city straddling the Rhine, where history whispers from half-timbered houses and leafy parks invite leisurely strolls, awakens this Wednesday, May 14th, 2025, under a generous and mostly smiling sky. Unlike the grey hues that might have greeted other European cities, Bonn's forecast for today paints a decidedly pleasant picture, a welcome embrace of spring at its finest. The early hours, as dawn broke around 5:45 AM, were cool but held the promise of warmth to come. Temperatures settled in the mid to upper 40s Fahrenheit (around 8-10°C). The air had that fresh, crisp quality of a European morning, perhaps carrying the faintest scent of the nearby Rhine or the awakening greenery in the Hofgarten. Visibility was good, and any early mist clinging to the riverbanks would have quickly burned off as the first rays of sun began to assert themselves. As the morning unfolded, from 7 AM onwards, the key player of the day truly took center stage: the sun. The forecast called...