(FILES) Workers posing in a coal mine in Lens, northern France on September, 1945. The World Heritage Committee added on June 30, 2012 the Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin to UNESCO's World Heritage List. The site bears testimony to the quest to create model workers' cities from the middle of the 19th century to the 1960s and further illustrates a significant period in the history of industrial Europe. Global experts will debate threats from artificial intelligence (AI) at a gathering in Paris on February 6-7, 2025, ahead of a summit of world leaders on the fast-moving technology. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)