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Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Kolkata, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA).- Indian nurses and medical students held Friday a protest in a city of Kolkata, fighting for their rights and benefits during covid-19 pandemic service for the Covid19 patients. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: NURSES AND MEDICAL STUDENTS GATHER TO PROTEST IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Manila, Oct 5 (EFE).- Over 24 students in the Philippines began their virtual classes on Monday for a new school year amid a possibility that more than 3 million children from lower-income families, with no access to gadgets and technology, will be left out of the mainstream education.The new academic year, originally scheduled to start in June, began after it was pushed back twice due to the pandemic that has infected 322,500 people and killed more than 5,700.Some 22.5 million students have enrolled in public schools and 2.1 million in private institutions for the new school year, compared to a total of 27.7 million in the previous year. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA / MARK CRISTINO).SHOT LIST: STUDENTS AND TEACHERS JOIN VIRTUAL CLASSES IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Tegucigalpa, Aug 19 (EFE) (CAMERA: Uriel Gudiel) .- The NGO Mesa de Derechos Humanos de Honduras assured Wednesday that the country registers "constant and serious" human rights violations as a result of the measures adopted by the Government to combat the coronavirus.
Paris, Jun 11 (EFE), (Camera: Luis Miguel Pascual).- The Dakar Rally prepares for returning to Saudi Arabia, which will host the competition in 2021 for the second consecutive year.SOUNDBITES OF DAVIS CASTERA, DIRECTOR OF DAKAR RALLY:1. "Last year, the second week was too fast. The first week was good, it was more balanced. We have sought the spirit of the first week, I think it is more interesting for everyone to compete in terms of technique. When it is very fast everyone is going fast. There is more danger and in the end, fewer differences. A more technical route allows to find the man and the machine better than in a faster one. 2. "The permanent variety in the special stages. There will not be a special of dunes and another of stones, in all there will be a little of everything. We will also work a lot on navigation, the participants will not discover the road books until that morning The most complete team will be the one that wins because there will be everything."
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Feb 23 (EFE / EPA).- The Ministers of Economy and governors of the Central Banks of the G20 member countries hold a preparatory meeting on Sunday ahead of the sectoral meeting scheduled for November.(CAMERA: Noufal Ibrahim / Yayhya Arhab)INCLUDES RESOURCE IMAGES