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Music rises in the streets of west London as the famous and colourful Notting Hill Carnival returns after two years of Covid cancellation. Started as a children's fayre by local communities to ease tensions in a racially divided 60s London, the Carnival is now a world-reknowned celebration of the British Afro-Caribbean identity. IMAGES
A helicopter takes off from a military airport, after the landing of Burkina's ex-president, Blaise Compaoré, following 8 years in exile. A convoy of vehicles is also seen leaving the site. IMAGES
Argentina's national football team returns to their hotel in Brasilia after victory over Colombia thanks to goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez who saved three penalty shoot-out spot-kicks. Argentina faces Brazil for the Copa America final on July 10th. IMAGES
Cali, May 13 (EFE).- Cali, a Colombian city of 2.2 million and the cockpit of chaos, appeared calm on Thursday, following a series of sometimes violent demonstrations that have been going on for two weeks.The Government of Colombia has showed signs to give in to some of the demands to appease the social discontent in the country and insists on inviting the organizers of the strike to a dialogue table. These demonstations began due to a now-cancelled tax reform. They later morphed into national strikes to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque, calling for an end to some of them and demanding effective action to halt police brutality. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: THE CITY OF CALI, COLOMBIA, AFTER DAYS OF PROTESTS.
Bogotá, Apr 14 (EFE), (Camera: Juan Diego Lopez).- Dozens of people came to the "Cantón Norte" of Bogotá this Wednesday to receive the vaccine against covid-19 in what was the second day of immunization in this place of the capital.
Mosul, Apr 8 (EFE / EPA) .- Iraqi Mohamed Mahmoud, conductor of the Watar (Strings in Arabic) Orchestra played the violin Thursday during his first performance at the Rabei 'Spring' Theater in Mosul.The Watar orchestra, which was formed only five months ago, performed for around 1,000 people, in what was the first show at the theater in 18 years. The theater was built in 1969, Arab and international artists performed in it for years until the airstrikes by Allied forces in 2003.The theater was built in 1969 and Arab and international artists performed there until the 2003 allied forces airstrikes of the Iraq War. In 2014, when the Islamic State took over the city of Mosul, it used the theater as one of its headquarters. The Mosul artists Union said that the militant group had also stolen most of its furniture, air conditioners, sound system, and other apparatus which they saw useful to them. The Rabei fell victim to airstrikes, then ransacking by looters and more looting by the IS. Some parts of the theater are charred burned and a hole in its roof bears witness to its damages but it did not prevent its first show to go on (Camera: OMAR ALHAYALI)SHOT LIST: THE RABEI 'SPRING' THEATER IN MOSUL, IRAQ.
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