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Hollywood actors picket outside the Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles, California, as the Screen Actors Guild begins to strike. IMAGES
Marikina City, Apr 22 (EFE/EPA).- Community fruit and vegetable gardens are being developed across Metro Manila to mark Earth Day. Fruit and vegetable gardens are a growing community venture for alternative food resource more than a year since various quarantine measures have been implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earth Day is observed annually every 22 April to raise awareness and public responsibility in environment-sustainable practices to care for the earth. The theme of this year's earth day is 'Restore Our Earth' and will be marked by events taking place virtually due to the COVID-19 restrictions. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: A COMMUNITY GARDEN BEING DEVELOPED TO MARK EARTH DAY IN MARIKINA CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Quezon City, Apr 21 (EFE/EPA).- Farmers in Philippines prepared Wednesday to welcome the Earth Day as urban farming has been gaining ground in the country amid pandemic.Farming projects have provided people in highly urbanized cities of the Philippines an alternative means of livelihood as many vacant lands are being converted into environment-friendly agricultural cooperatives. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: FILIPINOS HARVEST GOODS AT THE NEW GREENLAND FARM IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Hong Kong, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong celebrated the National Security Education Day on Thursday for the first time after implementation of the National Security Law in June 2020. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: HONG KONG POLICE OFFICERS MARCH IN THE CHINESE-STYLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PUBLIC DURING AN OPEN DAY TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION DAY AT THE HONG KONG POLICE COLLEGE IN HONG KONG.
Between COVID-19 and various efforts across the country to make it downright difficult to vote, the challenges of voting are becoming increasingly obvious. Following the lead of major retails, US tech giants like Twitter and Salesforce are giving their employees Election Day off in order to vote. According to Business Insider, rideshare company Uber is giving employees the day off as part of their 'Get Out the Vote' effort. Uber is providing links to voter registration sites through its app, and will assist in getting voters to the polls on election day. Other companies, like Apple and Facebook, are encouraging employees to volunteer to be poll workers.
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