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Athens (Greece), Dec 23 (EFE).- Lefteris Arapakis rummages through various recycling bags at the port of Piraeus, next to Athens.For a moment, his gaze settles on the sea, where a glass bottle is floating away. He has been cleaning the Mediterranean for four years and, in the bags, there are several tons of plastic. But his eyes remain fixed on the bottle that he could not get from the water. "Sometimes it is very difficult to know if our work has any impact," Arapakis, who has just won the UN Young Champion of the Earth for Europe 2020 award, told Efe. (Camera: ALBERTO BORREGUERO. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
Prague (Czech Republic), March 3 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Martin Divisek).- A Czech circus company has launched an initiative to denounce the country's new lockdown, which they consider an 'absurdity'.The project, called "The isolated artist", will last three weeks and includes a series of solo performances without an audience.FOOTAGE OF SOME PERFORMANCES.
Beirut (Lebanon), Oct 14 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Nabil Mounzer).- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched an initiative on Wednesday to support people who became disabled as a result of Beirut port explosion.FOOTAGE OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE UN INITIATIVE IN BEIRUT.
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Corsica, ahead of a summit of Mediterranean states aiming to coordinate a tougher strategy towards Turkey that could include sanctions. IMAGES
Annie Lennox has joined forces with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa Mary J Blige for a new Global International Women's Day initiative promoting equality.