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30 days to go! Pandas sent by China arrive in Qatar ahead of World Cup

Suhail, a male Panda sent by China to Qatar as a gift for the World Cup, walks in his shelter at the Panda House Garden in Al Khor, near Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Another panda, a female named Thuraya, arrived Wednesday with Suhail. (AP Photo, Lujain Jo)

A pair of giant pandas sent as a gift from China arrived in Qatar on Wednesday ahead of next month's World Cup.

They will take up residence in an indoor enclosure in the desert nation designed to duplicate conditions in the dense forests of China's mountainous Sichuan province. Eight hundred kilograms (nearly 1,800 pounds) of fresh bamboo will be flown in each week to feed them.

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