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In an aerial view, the container ship Tampa Triumph passes through the Miraflores Locks as it transits the Panama Canal. Photo: Getty Images
Overview of the construction of canal locks and gates for the Panama Canal in a 1913 photo. Photo: H.N. Rudd/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
The cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas enters the Miraflores Locks in the Panama Canal. Photo: Reuters
A general view of the expansion works project of the Panama Canal in February 2014. Photo: EPA
Tourists look at a cargo ship sailing through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal. Photo: AFP
The container ship MSC Marie transiting through the Panama Canal. Photo: Panama Canal Authority/AFP
The Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal pictured in Panama City. Photo: AFP
People stand in a new viewing area on the banks of the Panama Canal. Photo: AP
View of trucks as expansion works were halted at the Panama Canal, in Colon, 100km from Panama City, on February 12, 2014. Photo: AFP
Hutchison Ports at Panama Canal. Photo: Handout
China’s President Xi Jinping and Panama’s then President Juan Carlos Varela flanked by first ladies Peng Liyuan (left) and Lorena Castillo (right) at the newly inaugurated Cocoli locks in the Panama Canal, on December 3, 2018. Photo: AFP
Gatun locks on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. The construction of these locks was one of the great civil engineering feats of the early 20th century. Photo: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The Gatun middle locks of the Panama Canal in the final stages of construction on June 25, 1913. Built by France and the United States, the canal links the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans for commercial transportation. Photo: AP
Former US president Jimmy Carter (right) exchanges documents with Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso on December 14, 1999, during a ceremony outside Panama City to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama after 85 years of American control. Photo: AP
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In an aerial view, the container ship Tampa Triumph passes through the Miraflores Locks as it...In an aerial view, the container ship Tampa Triumph passes through the Miraflores Locks as it transits the Panama...
January 24, 2025
Today in Photos

Panama Canal, the strategic waterway Trump has vowed to ‘take back’

US President Donald Trump has vowed to “take back” the Panama Canal, saying the key waterway...

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In an aerial view, the container ship Tampa Triumph passes through the Miraflores Locks as it transits the Panama Canal. Photo: Getty Images
Overview of the construction of canal locks and gates for the Panama Canal in a 1913 photo. Photo: H.N. Rudd/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
The cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas enters the Miraflores Locks in the Panama Canal. Photo: Reuters
A general view of the expansion works project of the Panama Canal in February 2014. Photo: EPA
Tourists look at a cargo ship sailing through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal. Photo: AFP
The container ship MSC Marie transiting through the Panama Canal. Photo: Panama Canal Authority/AFP
The Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal pictured in Panama City. Photo: AFP
People stand in a new viewing area on the banks of the Panama Canal. Photo: AP
View of trucks as expansion works were halted at the Panama Canal, in Colon, 100km from Panama City, on February 12, 2014. Photo: AFP
Hutchison Ports at Panama Canal. Photo: Handout
China’s President Xi Jinping and Panama’s then President Juan Carlos Varela flanked by first ladies Peng Liyuan (left) and Lorena Castillo (right) at the newly inaugurated Cocoli locks in the Panama Canal, on December 3, 2018. Photo: AFP
Gatun locks on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. The construction of these locks was one of the great civil engineering feats of the early 20th century. Photo: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The Gatun middle locks of the Panama Canal in the final stages of construction on June 25, 1913. Built by France and the United States, the canal links the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans for commercial transportation. Photo: AP
Former US president Jimmy Carter (right) exchanges documents with Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso on December 14, 1999, during a ceremony outside Panama City to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama after 85 years of American control. Photo: AP
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In an aerial view, the container ship Tampa Triumph passes through the Miraflores Locks as it transits the Panama Canal. Photo: Getty Images
Overview of the construction of canal locks and gates for the Panama Canal in a 1913 photo. Photo: H.N. Rudd/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
The cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas enters the Miraflores Locks in the Panama Canal. Photo: Reuters
A general view of the expansion works project of the Panama Canal in February 2014. Photo: EPA
Tourists look at a cargo ship sailing through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal. Photo: AFP
The container ship MSC Marie transiting through the Panama Canal. Photo: Panama Canal Authority/AFP
The Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal pictured in Panama City. Photo: AFP
People stand in a new viewing area on the banks of the Panama Canal. Photo: AP
View of trucks as expansion works were halted at the Panama Canal, in Colon, 100km from Panama City, on February 12, 2014. Photo: AFP
Hutchison Ports at Panama Canal. Photo: Handout
China’s President Xi Jinping and Panama’s then President Juan Carlos Varela flanked by first ladies Peng Liyuan (left) and Lorena Castillo (right) at the newly inaugurated Cocoli locks in the Panama Canal, on December 3, 2018. Photo: AFP
Gatun locks on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. The construction of these locks was one of the great civil engineering feats of the early 20th century. Photo: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The Gatun middle locks of the Panama Canal in the final stages of construction on June 25, 1913. Built by France and the United States, the canal links the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans for commercial transportation. Photo: AP
Former US president Jimmy Carter (right) exchanges documents with Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso on December 14, 1999, during a ceremony outside Panama City to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama after 85 years of American control. Photo: AP
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