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  • PORTO TAVERNA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2014: The Tavolara Island seen from Porto Taverna, Italy, on June 30th 2014. Tavolara is a small island off the northeast coast of Sardinia. It is a limestone massif 5 km (3 mi) long and 1 km (0.6 mi) wide.
    CIPG_20140630_NYT_Sardinia__M3_7369.jpg
  • MANDAS, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2014: View of the landscape between the Trexenta and Sarcidano regions in Sardinia, in Mandas, Italy, on June 30th 2014
    CIPG_20140630_NYT_Sardinia__M3_7052.jpg
  • PORTO TAVERNA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2014: The Tavolara Island seen from Porto Taverna, Italy, on June 30th 2014. Tavolara is a small island off the northeast coast of Sardinia. It is a limestone massif 5 km (3 mi) long and 1 km (0.6 mi) wide.
    CIPG_20140630_NYT_Sardinia__M3_7365.jpg
  • BARUMINI, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2014: Entrances to the towers of Su Nuraxi, a nuragic archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italyi, on June 30th 2014. Su Nuraxi is a settlement consisting by a Nuraghe, dating from the seventeenth century BCE, a bastion of four corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BCE, developed around the Nuraghe. They are the most impressive expression of the Nuragic civilization and were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
    CIPG_20140630_NYT_Sardinia__M3_7106.jpg
  • MANDAS, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2014: A memorial stone with a passage of David Herbert Lawrences's "Sea and Sardinia", is here at the train station where the writer arrived in 1921, in Mandas, Italy, on June 29th 2014
    CIPG_20140629_NYT_Sardinia__M3_6437.jpg
  • MANDAS, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2014: The Trenino Verde (Little Green Train), the same used by David Lawrence Herbert when he travelled across Sardinia, is here at the train station in Mandas, Italy, on June 29th 2014
    CIPG_20140629_NYT_Sardinia__M3_6397.jpg
  • BARUMINI, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2014: Visitors are here on the top of the central tower of Su Nuraxi, a nuragic archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italyi, on June 30th 2014. Su Nuraxi is a settlement consisting by a Nuraghe, dating from the seventeenth century BCE, a bastion of four corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BCE, developed around the Nuraghe. They are the most impressive expression of the Nuragic civilization and were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
    CIPG_20140630_NYT_Sardinia__M3_7205.jpg
  • MANDAS, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2014: View of the landscape between the Trexenta and Sarcidano regions in Sardinia, in Mandas, Italy, on June 30th 2014
    CIPG_20140630_NYT_Sardinia__M3_7067.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: (L-R) Stefano Lai, 27 (here together with his girlfriend), and his cousing Alberto Lai, 19, walk walk towards the church for the the mass celebrating their grandmother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013. Stefano Lai is now doing a post-doctoral fellowship in biomedical engineering at the prestigious Scuola Sant’Anna in Pisa. He would like to stay in Sardinia, or even in Italy, but doesn’t have his hopes up. Alberto Lai lives and studies in Perdasdefogu.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1325.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: (L-R) Stefano Lai, 27, and his cousing Alberto Lai, 19, walk in a park the day of their grandmother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013. Stefano Lai is now doing a post-doctoral fellowship in biomedical engineering at the prestigious Scuola Sant’Anna in Pisa. He would like to stay in Sardinia, or even in Italy, but doesn’t have his hopes up. Alberto Lai lives and studies in Perdasdefogu.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1282.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: A view of Perdasdefogu, in the province of Ogliastra, Sardinia, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0974.jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Lucia Loddo (55), a supporter of the political party Fratelli d'Italia, is seen here at a rally by Giorgia Meloni (45), the party leader and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Volunteers of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) prepare party flags before a rally with leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis enters a car tht will bring her to her 100th birthday party after the celebrated in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1939.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Massimo Lai holds her newborn Benedetta Lai, born 100 years after her great-grandmother Claudina Melis, during the mass celebrating Claudina's 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1510.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: The wedding dress of Consolata Melis from 1926 lays here in a bed in her bedroom in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0092.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: A wedding picture of Consolata Melis (106, here at age 18) with her now deceased husband Francesco Lai, is here in her house in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0079.jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, steps off stage after a rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) listen to the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, during a rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: (R-L) LGBTQ+ activist Marco Marras (24) walks on stage to protest against Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), at the start of her rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni is the leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month. Ms Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by leader Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Volunteers of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) prepare party flags before a rally with leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
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The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: A stage is set for a political rally with Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, here in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: The entrance to the Italian military base now under scrutiny for a possible uranium contamination in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Perdasdefogu, whose economy revolves around an Italian military base now under scrutiny for possible uranium contamination, has lost 500 inhabitants in the past 20 years, dropping to 2,000 people. Today it has two pensioners for every worker, an average age of 47, and an unemployment rate of around 25 percent.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2302.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2286.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis steps outside St. Peter's church together with her grandchildren after the mass celebrating her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1933.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Elderly women step outside St. Peter's church after the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1896.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Father Gianmarco Lai, a missionary priest in Madagascar, greets his aunt during the mass celebrating his mother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1574.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Father Gianmarco Lai, a missionary priest in Madagascar, greets his mother Claudina Melis during the mass celebrating her 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1565.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Francesca Lai holds her newborn Benedetta Lai, born 100 years after her great-grandmother Claudina Melis, during the mass celebrating Claudina's 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1445.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: A detail of Claudina Melis'  hands (left) during the mass celebrating her 100th birthday in St- Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1443.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Father Gianmarco Lai, a missionary priest in Madagascar, prepares to celebrate his mother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1395.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: (R-L) Flaviano Lai and his brother Francesco move a bench used by the Melis family for the lunch celebrating their grandmother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1246.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: A family picture dating 1936 of Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli with their nine children hangs in a bar in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_9893.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (L-R) Brothers Vitalio (87, a retired postman) and Adolfo (90) are here in their vegetable garden in Abbafittania, in the outskirts of Perdasdefogu, the day before Claudia Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0864.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013:  Adolfo Melis (90) is here in his vegetable garden together with his brother Vitalio in Abbafittania, in the outskirts of Perdasdefogu, the day before Claudia Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0851.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013:  Members of the Melis family outside Claudina Melis' house the day before her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0700.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis (99) is here in her home the day before her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0626.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: The Melis family gathers at Claudina's house the day before her 100th birthday during an interview in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0605.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: An elderly woman talks with a pedestrian in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0450.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: A group of elderly men chat in a square in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0436.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (R-L)  Consolata Melis (106) laughs  during an interview in her hourse the day before her sister Claudina's 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0251.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (R-L)  Consolata Melis (106) talks with her brother Antonio (94) during an interview in her hourse the day before her sister Claudina's 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0248.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: Family members of the Melis family unfold their genealogical tree at Conosolata Melis' house in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013. The Melis family descendents now account for about a fourth of the village.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0187.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: the hands of Consolata Melis (106) during an interview in her house in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0020.jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, takes a selfie with supporter after her rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
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The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: A supporter of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) runs with an Italian flag at a rally with Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
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The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2295.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2250.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2227.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis (center, sitting next to her siblings - from left to right - Antonio, Consolata and Vitalio) is about to blow the candles for her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2097.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis whispers something to her brother Antonio (94), while her sister Consolata (right, 106 years old) gesticulates, at her 100th birthday party in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1992.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: People wait under a fig tree after the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1903.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis is here at St. Peter's church after the mass celebrating her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1709.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Elderly women return to their seat after receiving comunion at the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1594.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Father Gianmarco Lai (left), a missionary priest in Madagascar, is about to celebrate with his colleague priests his mother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1404.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Altar boys prepare and priests prepare for the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1381.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Guests were invited to have lunch together with the Melis family to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1172.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Four generations of the Melis family sit together for lunch to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1073.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Guests have lunch together with the Melis family to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1018.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: A table set by the Melis family for lunch to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0988.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (R-L)  Consolata Melis (106) talks with her brothers Antonio (94) and Adolfo (90) during an interview in her hourse the day before her sister Claudina's 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_9988.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: A tree in the hills of of Abbafittania, in the outskirts of Perdasdefogu, nearby the Melis brothers' vegetable garden in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0920.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (R-L) Brothers Vitalio (87, a retired postman) and Adolfo Melis (90) enter their vegetable garden in Abbafittania, in the outskirts of Perdasdefogu, the day before Claudia Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0733.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (R-L) Brothers Vitalio (87, a retired postman) and Adolfo Melis (90) enter their vegetable garden in Abbafittania, in the outskirts of Perdasdefogu, the day before Claudia Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0727.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis (99) is here in her home the day before her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0684.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (L-R) Claudina Melis' sons Fabio Lai (ex mayor of Perdasdefogu), Father Gianmarco Lai (a missionary priest in Madagascar)  the day before their mother's 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0670.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis (99) talk to her brother Antonio (94) the day before her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0569.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: An elderly woman and man walk in the main street of Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013. Today Perdasdefogu has two pensioners for every worker, an average age of 47, and an unemployment rate of around 25 percent. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of centenarians in Italy rose 138 percent, and that of nonagenarians rose 78 percent. Today, 20 percent of Italians are over the age of 65.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0458.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: The interior of the bedroom of the 106 ears old Consolata Melis in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0371.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: Consolata Melis (106) sits iin her armchair in her house in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0358.jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
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The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: An activist is arrested by law enforcement agents for interrupting a rally by Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Vittorio Farina (71), a retired teacher history teacher and supporter of the political party Fratelli d'Italia, poses for a portrait at a rally by Giorgia Meloni (45), the party leader and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: A migrant walks by a stage set for a political rally with Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, here in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2296.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Vittorio Palmas (99, turning 100 years old on December 16th) hands a bouquet a roses to Claudina Melis for her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2011.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: An elderly man walks in the main street of Perdasdefogu after the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1949.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis enters a car tht will bring her to her 100th birthday party after the celebrated in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1940.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: A man walks outside St. Peter's church after the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
<br />
Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1904.jpg
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