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Notre-Dame parishioners celebrate Christmas mass at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois church in Paris, near the Louvre, as the cathedral remains inaccessible since a massive fire in April. IMAGES
Images show Pope Francis stepping onto the balcony of St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to deliver his annual Christmas Day "Urbi and Orbi" mass. During his speech, he called for an end to "to every war, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly". IMAGES
La Paz (Bolivia), Feb 5 (EFE), (Camera: Gina Baldivieso).- A section of a centuries-old railway line remains a witness of time in the emblematic La Paz bus terminal, a heritage building designed by Gustave Eiffel's company at the beginning of the 20th century.FOOTAGE OF LA PAZ BUS TERMINAL.
New York (US), Dec 28 (EFE), (Camera: Jorge Fuentelsaz).- The Times Square Ball Drop is a News Year’s institution in New York City but in this year of pandemic, people will be more eager than ever to see this huge sphere, which comprises 2,688 crystal triangles, 32,256 LED lights capable of illuminating a palette of over 16 million colors and weighs over five metric tons, come to a rest to mark the start of 2021.The ball will spend the final 60 seconds of 2020 descending a 24 meter pole atop One Times Square tower while the last 10 seconds of the year are traditionally sung out by onlookers, many of whom seal the end of the year with a kiss. “We all want 2020 to pass as fast as possible, five, four, three, two, it’s here, yes!” Jeffrey Straus, who will oversee the drop of the 3.6 meter-wide ball at 11:59pm on 31 December, tells Efe with a smile. Straus adds that six technicians will be in charge of making sure everything goes to plan, as it has done since 1907, save for a two-year break between 1942-43 during World War II. FOOTAGE OF TIMES SQUARE BALL AND NEW YEAR'S EVE PREPARATIONS.SOUNDBITES OF JEFFREY STRAUS, PRESIDENT OF COUNTDOWN ENTERTAINMENT; AND TOM HARRIS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TIMES SQUARE ALLIANCE.
Berlin, Dec 24 (EFE/EPA).- The faithful attended Thursday a Christmas Eve mass service at the Berlin Cathedral.As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise throughout Germany, the government has imposed a second strict lockdown and companies are to close from December 16 to January 10, 2021.(Camera: HAYOUNG JEON)SHOT LIST: CHRISTMAS EVE MASS AT THE BERLIN CATHEDRAL IN BERLIN, GERMANY.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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