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Manaus, Jan 16 (EFE).- More than 1,000 people have been buried over the last seven days in this Amazon metropolis battered by coronavirus and the coroner's office is making house calls to expedite the issuance of death certificates so families can lay deceased loved ones to rest.A record 213 funerals took place in Manaus on Friday, 102 of them for victims of Covid-19. (Camera: RAPHAEL ALVES). SHOT LIST: PATHOLOGISTS VISIT RESIDENCES IN MANAUS, BRAZIL, TO COLLECT SAMPLES FROM BODIES AND ISSUE A DEATH CERTIFICATE SO THE FAMILY CAN LAY THEIR LOVED ONE TO REST.
Dharamsala/Bangalore/Bhopal/New Delhi, Sep 7 (EFE/EPA).-India recorded a total of 4,204,613 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday, surpassing Brazil as the world's second worst-hit country by the pandemic, following a week of registering record number of fresh infections per day.With 90,802 fresh cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health in the last 24 hours, the second most populous country in the world is also the nation where the disease has been spreading the quickest, at rates even higher than that of the United States, which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world so far.(Camera: SANJAY BAID/PIYAL ADHIKARY/JAGADEESH NV/SANJEEV GUPTA) FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF DHARAMSALA, BANGALORE,BHOPAL AND NEW DELHI AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Seoul, Jun 2 (EFE/EPA).- The vibrant streets of Itaewon, Seoul's most multi-ethnic neighborhoods and one of the few sanctuaries of the South Korean LGBTQ community, sport a deserted look these days after a recent outbreak of the new coronavirus, a fresh addition to the series of stigmas faced by the district and its businesses.(Camera: ANDRÉS SÁNCHEZ BRAUN).SHOTLIST: CLOSED RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN ITAEWON, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.SOUNDBITES: RYAN BURDA, SHAREHOLDER OF ROUTE 66 BAR&RESTAURANT IN ITAEWON; AND WILLY WATSON, MANAGER OF SHENANIGANS IRISH PUB IN ITAEWON (IN ENGLISH).
Leaders of the BRICS countries arrive for the opening plenary session of the summit. IMAGES
Xi Jinping inspects the guard of honour at Mahlamba Ndlopfu, the Presidential Palace in Pretoria. The Chinese president is in South Africa attending the BRICS summit, an association of emerging economy countries which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and this year's host, South Africa. IMAGES
Cape Town, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- The number of bookings from British tourists wanting to visit Cape Town surged after the United Kingdom took South Africa off the country's COVID-19 red list.South Africa was officially taken off the UK's red list on Oct. 11. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.