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Dijon / Aillant (France), March 22 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) French historical reenactment groups begin to prepare for the celebration of the bicentennial of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who died in exile on the island of Saint Helena on May 5, 1821.FOOTAGE OF FOUROT AND AYMONNIER IN THEIR HOUSE, AND THE TAILORING OF THE FASHION DESIGNER NELLY GRAILLOT.
People in Tokyo pay tribute to the former prime minister Shinzo Abe as Japan marks a year since the shocking assassination of the country's longest-serving leader and a towering political figure. IMAGES
Tegucigalpa, Sep 25 (EFE).- Honduras marked Saturday 18 months since the country recorded the first COVID-19 death.The Central American country has so far recorded a total of 9,679 deaths, although the Funeral Association saw the figures double than what is officially reported.Honduras registered the first death from Covid-19 on Mar. 25 last year in the city of San Pedro Sula, located in the northern part of the country, two weeks after reporting the first two cases. (Camera: URIEL GUDIEL).B-ROLL OF THE HOSPITALS, HEALTH WORKERS, CITIZENS, COVID PATIENTS AND STEETS IN TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.
Clashes erupt between Lebanese protesters and security forces in downtown Beirut as the country marks the first anniversary of the port blast that ravaged the city and killed more than 200 people. Dozens were injured when Lebanese police clashed with protesters demanding accountability for last year's Beirut port explosion. IMAGES
Brussels, May 5 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was the beginning of the decline of the emperor, whose figure was practically erased from the European continent before his name became a legend.On Wednesday, the city that saw him fall hosts an exhibition that commemorates his decline and subsequent rise as a myth on the same day as the 200th anniversary of his death.At the foot of the monument to the Battle of Waterloo, the centre of the memorial exhibits more than a hundred objects owned by the emperor and that span the last 6 years of his life.FOOTAGE OF THE MEMORIAL.SOUNDBITES OF ANTOINE CHARPAGNE, MANAGER OF THE CULTURAL MEMORIAL.