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"At least 800,000 people in the path of the cyclone need emergency food assistance" says Anthea Webb, the World Food Programme's deputy director for Asia and the Pacific. Reporting on the impact of Cyclone Mocha five days after the devastating storm barrelled through Myanmar, Webb adds that "greater needs for food, shelter, water, health and other humaniarian aid are expected to be revealed". Earlier on Friday, Myanmar's ruling junta said the death toll had risen to 145 in the country. SOUNDBITE
Myanmar's junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, with families rushing to prisons for tearful reunions with loved ones jailed in a sweeping crackdown on dissent. IMAGES
Young people hold a sit-in in Sciences Po Paris to protest against the pension reform, on the second day of national mobilization against the project. The prestigious university was occupied during the night by about fifty students. IMAGES
People gather and wait outside Insein prison in Yangon with hopes of seeing their loved ones Sunday after Myanmar's junta said it would release over 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country to mark the Buddhist new year. IMAGES
Ahuachapan, Oct 9 (EFE).- Hundreds of Salvadorans participated Saturday in a 'caravan for integration' during which they invited young people to stay in the Central American country and not to migrate illegally to the United States or other countries. The participants, mostly young, gathered on the border crossing of Las Chinamas - in the western department of Ahuachapan - bordering Guatemala. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS). SHOT LIST: SALVADORAN CITIZENS DEMONSTRATE TO INVITE YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY AND NOT TO MIGRATE, IN AHUACHAPAN, EL SALVADOR.
Barcelona, Sep 25 (EFE).- A massive gathering of young people to drink and dance in public, known in Spain as "botellón", brought together Saturday night some 40,000 people in Barcelona and led to incidents, in which 20 people were arrested and 43 more were injured.Nightlife has returned to the Spanish community of Catalonia after the COVID-19 situation in the area has improved. (Camera: AITOR DE ITURRIA). B-ROLL OF THE PUBLIC GATHERING OR THE "BOTELLÓN" IN BARCELONA, SPAIN.