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 The sprawling city of Belo Horizonte, nestled amongst the hills of Minas Gerais, awoke this Friday, the sixteenth day of May in the year 2025, to the quiet, cool embrace of autumn. The weather forecast had promised a day of benevolent skies, a stark contrast to the sometimes-intense precipitation and swirling thunderstorms that characterize the warmer months. And as the first tentative hints of light began to diffuse the deep indigo of the pre-dawn sky, the atmosphere itself seemed to sigh with relief, settling into a pattern of calm and clarity that is one of May's most cherished gifts in this tropical highland climate . In the earliest hours, before the official sunrise time of around 6:16 AM, a pleasant coolness permeated the air. The temperature hovered near the expected low for the day, around fourteen degrees Celsius, a figure that invited a light blanket or a warm mug in hand for those already stirring. There was a noticeable humidity in the air, a legacy of the nig...

 Tokyo, a city that pulses with an almost unimaginable energy, a sprawling testament to human endeavour set against the vast canvas of Tokyo Bay, awoke on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025, not with a crisp dawn, but with the soft, heavy kiss of a humid spring morning. The air was already thick, laden with moisture, a tangible presence that hinted at the approaching summer and the characteristic tsuyu , the rainy season, which would soon settle over the archipelago. May in Tokyo is a bridge between the vibrant, but sometimes still cool, days of early spring and the full-blown heat and humidity of summer. It’s a month of transition, marked by increasing temperatures, longer daylight hours, and a growing likelihood of rain. Today’s forecast was a vivid illustration of this shift, promising warmth, pervasive humidity, a sky veiled by clouds, and a distinct, increasing chance of precipitation as the hours unfolded. It was a day that wouldn’t be defined by clear blue skies, but by the intimate,...