Starry Night Over the Rhône (French: Nuit étoilée), is one of the paintings executed by
Vincent van Gogh in
Arles, in southern France, at night. It was painted in 1888 by the
Rhône River near the
house van Gogh began renting early that year, and was first exhibited in 1889 at the annual exhibition of the
Société des Artistes Indépendants (Society of Independent Artists) in Paris. The eastward-looking view chosen by van Gogh enabled him to capture reflections of Arles' gas lighting across the shimmering water of the river. In Arles, to which van Gogh moved in February 1888 from Paris, he completed 200 paintings, many of which were to become famous after his death in 1890. (This darker-hued scan of the work, said to be more accurate, was approved ("promoted") at
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U.S. investigative journalist Evan Gershkovich, jailed in March 2023 on espionage charges, went on trial June 26 in
Yekaterinburg, 1,100 miles (1,800 km) east of Moscow. Gershkovich, 32 and his employer, the Wall Street Journal, have denounced the charges as false and an attack on press freedom. The closed- doors proceeding was described by Jay Conti, lawyer for the Journal, as "a sham trial" on "completely trumped up” allegations.