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To mark Pride Month, we take a closer look at ballroom culture, an LGBT movement born in Harlem, New York in the 1920s and which flooded nightclubs in the 1970s. In Paris, now one of the world's "voguing" capitals, the ballroom scene boasts some thirty dance troupes known as houses. Who are these dancers and where do they learn their moves? FRANCE 24's Ethan Hajji went to meet some of the voguers of Paris.
"The warmth of this place, the sense of community, the welcome is unimaginable. And it makes me feel good" says Harrison Ford as he shows his emotion after presenting "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" as a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where he also received an honorary Palme d'Or. SOUNDBITE
Kiara, a six-month-old black panther, has found a home at a wildlife refuge in France's Loire region after being saved from animal trafficking. After she was found in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the panther spent a few weeks in a Polish animal park before arriving in France.
More than 18,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in France in three weeks. They are taken care of by the prefectural services and associations, before being distributed throughout the country.
She first came to Italy as a child after fleeing Chernobyl, now she is once again back at her Italian foster family's home after escaping war. Euronews speaks to Ukrainian refugee Taisia.View on euronews