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Dives led by explorer Victor Vescovo in 2019 showed that the starboard side of the officer’s quarters were collapsing, destroying state rooms and obliterating features like the captain’s bath from view.

The Shenzhou 19 spacecraft is crewed by three taikonauts - China’s word for astronauts - who are the latest in a series of explorers to head to the country’s homegrown space station, Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace".

Another place to have been given a facelift in Niamey is a stone monument that had an engraving of French colonial officer and explorer Parfait-Louis Monteil.

In 1901, alongside explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he got closer to the South Pole than any other European explorer.

Countries have argued for years over the explorer's origin, with many claiming him as one of their own.