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Worshippers at a Tokyo shrine welcome the new year with an ice-cold bath in an annual tradition that dates back about 70 years Participants warm up through stretches and chants before plunging into a pool filled with huge ice blocks. IMAGES
Jewish nationalists march in Jerusalem’s Old City on the eve of Hanukkah. IMAGES
Cairo, May 1 (EFE/EPA).- On the eve of Easter Sunday, worshippers flocked to churches in Cairo to mark Holy Saturday. Orthodox Christian believers mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The mass is celebrated at the end of 40 days of Christian fasting.The Christian community represents ten per cent of the Egyptian population of 90 million people. (Camera: KHALED ELFIQI). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE ATTEND AN EASTER SERVICE AT THE CHURCH IN HELIOPOLIS IN CAIRO, EGYPT.
New Delhi, Apr 5 (EFE/EPA).- India recorded 103,558 cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, crossing six digits for the first time since the onset of the pandemic as a second wave of infections grips the Asian country.These recent cases have taken the total number of infections to 12.5 million, making India the country with the third highest caseload in the world behind the United States and Brazil. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF INDIAN HEALTH WORKERS COLLECTING COVID-19 SWAB SAMPLES FROM CITIZENS AND INDIAN AUTHORITY SPRAYING DISINFECTANT IN PUBLIC PLACES IN INDIA.
Seoul, Jan 7 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) on Thursday rose 63.47 points, or 2.14 percent, to close at 3,031.68 points. It is the first time South Korean stocks rallied to close above the 3,000-point mark. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DEALERS WORK IN FRONT OF MONITORS AT THE HANA BANK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Just days before being canned by President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper denied serving as the president's yes-man in the Pentagon. According to Business Insider, Esper told the Military Times he challenges the president more than any other Cabinet-level leader. President Donald Trump fired Esper Monday, providing no reason. However, the president has previously purged officials for a perceived lack of loyalty. Esper and the Commander in Chief have locked horns on numerous issues, most notably over Esper's order to cease flying the Confederate flag on US military bases. Also, Esper also tried to distance himself from a politically-charged photo op, in which Trump awkwardly clutched a Bible in front of a church near the White House. Federal troops pepper-sprayed peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park, so the way would be cleared for Trump, Esper, and other officials to walk to the church.
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