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Kenyans line up to vote in a high-stakes election, with the East African powerhouse on edge as two political heavyweights battle it out in a fiercely contested race for the presidency. IMAGES
The first voters cast their ballots in Paris as polling stations open for the first round of parliamentary elections. The abstention rate is predicted to be well over 50% as a resurgent and newly unified left seeks to thwart Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
Voters in Paris go to the polls in the 2nd arrondissement as voting stations open in mainland France for the presidential run-off vote between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. IMAGES
Paris (France), Jun 18 (EFE) .- (Camera: Marta Garde) At the Rond-Point theater in Paris, the public has the last word. It is in his hands to symbolically condemn or absolve Harvey Weinstein, although the decision of those attending his cabaret musical has never been favorable to the film producer.FOOTAGE OF THE THEATRE IN PARISSOUNDBITES OF DIRECTOR AND ACTOR PIERRE NOTTETRANSLATION1. "We want to organize a kind of party around a catastrophe. The catastrophe is the violence suffered by women by men, in particular a number of monsters that we cite on stage, and to organize this catastrophic party they are necessary the songs, the music, the gags, the poems, also the fables ".2. "Nobody ever forgives, but people have fun condemning. Everybody says every night, unanimously, I condemn you, Harvey Weinstein, but with a lot of humor, a lot of distance, a lot of fun.3. "Popular justice is probably the worst there is"4. "Popular justice is abominable, we summon it with all the humor that the cabaret can convey, which is a space where the public participates, where it is an accomplice from the beginning."5. "We are very far from impunity. There is nothing more than to look at how men still behave, the number of femicides, the place of women in the world of work, the inequality of wages, the violence against women. women, the daily attacks on the street, the complaints ... nothing has calmed down and I don't think the word has been released. "
Anti-racism protesters in the French capital defy a ban to join a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality. The death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota, has brought tens of thousands out onto the streets around the world. IMAGES
Expressing solidarity with American protesters over the death of George Floyd, people in France take part in a peaceful kneel-in outside the US embassy in Paris, holding signs which read "Racism suffocates us" and "I can't breathe". IMAGES
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