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Marikina City, Apr 22 (EFE/EPA).- Community fruit and vegetable gardens are being developed across Metro Manila to mark Earth Day. Fruit and vegetable gardens are a growing community venture for alternative food resource more than a year since various quarantine measures have been implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earth Day is observed annually every 22 April to raise awareness and public responsibility in environment-sustainable practices to care for the earth. The theme of this year's earth day is 'Restore Our Earth' and will be marked by events taking place virtually due to the COVID-19 restrictions. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: A COMMUNITY GARDEN BEING DEVELOPED TO MARK EARTH DAY IN MARIKINA CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Quezon City, Apr 21 (EFE/EPA).- Farmers in Philippines prepared Wednesday to welcome the Earth Day as urban farming has been gaining ground in the country amid pandemic.Farming projects have provided people in highly urbanized cities of the Philippines an alternative means of livelihood as many vacant lands are being converted into environment-friendly agricultural cooperatives. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: FILIPINOS HARVEST GOODS AT THE NEW GREENLAND FARM IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
The EU's 27 leaders urge Israel not to launch a major ground offensive in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, European Council President Charles Michel says. "We call on the government of Israel not to launch a ground operation because we can imagine what would be the consequences if such an operation would be launched," Michel tells the press at an EU summit in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
An Israeli ground invasion of the city of Rafah at the southern end of the Gaza Strip would be a "mistake," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says at the White House. SOUNDBITE
In Istanbul, Turkey, people gather in support of Ukraine on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. IMAGES