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Lima (Peru), Jan 22 (EFE), (Camera: Mikhail Huacán).- Sidewalks performers and street musicians face more uncertainty than ever since the coronavirus pandemic started. In a country where 70% of the population works in informal sectors, the crisis has forced many to work in the streets. FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE STREETS OF LIMA.
Kolkata, Jul 22 (EFE/EPA).-Thousands of street food vendors have faced the consequences of the pandemic in Kolkata. Despite several restrictions being eased and the reopening process being well under way, street food vendors across India continue to struggle.(CAmera: PIYAL ADHIKARY)SHOT LIST: FOOD STREET VENDORS IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Ciudad Juarez, Jul 3 (EFE).- Dozens of people gathered Saturday in the sand dunes of Samalyuca, near Ciudad Juárez, on the border with the United States, to sow "hope" amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made Mexico the fourth country with the most deaths in the world.The yoga meeting in the dunes has been held annually since 2015, but it was canceled last year due to the pandemic, and resumed Saturday. (Camera: RAUL MORALES).SHOT LST: PEOPLE GATHER TO DO YOGA IN THE SAND DUNES OF SAMALYUCA, NEAR CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO.
Monterrey, Jun 6 (EFE).- Mexico's mid-term elections on Sunday, considered to be the largest in the country's history, are proceeding "normally" and just 14 of the more than 162,000 polling stations could not be brought online, the head of the National Election Institute (INE), Lorenzo Cordova, said."Of the 162,570 polling stations, it's been confirmed that 81.3 percent have been set up properly. In like manner, we have the report that 14 will not be set up, representing just 0.009 percent of the total," Cordova said in a statement issued shortly after noon.Expectations are that in the coming hours the rest of the polling places will be opened, the INE told EFE.The head of the INE said that "in all states ... the elections are being held normally," noting that on Sunday, Mexico is holding "the largest election in the history of our democracy." (Camera: PEDRO PABLO CORTÉS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AT POLLING STATION IN MONTERREY, MEXICO.
Mexico City, May 2 (EFE).- Music, sweat, shouts of encouragement, Spanish rock and many types of weights and barbells with which to exercise all make up the site to which many young people and adults are flocking in the so-called Valle de los Mamados (Muscle-man Valley), an open-air gymnasium in the heart of Tepito, one of Mexico City's most violent neighborhoods.(Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE OPEN AIR GYM VALLE DE LOS MAMADOS IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Shops reopen on London's Oxford Street as Britain takes another tentative step towards the resumption of normal life, in a major easing of coronavirus restrictions in England. IMAGES of Oxford Street