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Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Aug 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Igor Kovalenko) Artists dressed in national costumes participated on Friday in the international festival "Friendship", to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Union Soviet (August 31) in Bishkek.FOOTAGE FROM THE FESTIVAL IN BISHKEK
Russian veterans march in Moscow to mark the 30th anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. A ceremony is held in honour of the soldiers who fought in the Asian country. IMAGES of the march in Moscow
This evening, Tuesday 30 April, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the tragic death of AYRTON SENNA, the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack in Imola will be transformed into an open-air set for "AYRTON'S NIGHT", a special occasion to celebrate the greatest driver of all time.For the first time after thirty years, the Brazilian champion's Williams F16 will return to the position it was in the day it set off on the last lap of the life of the greatest driver in history, on 1 May 1994, when Senna took placed in pitch number one on the racetrack, the pole position for the San Marino Grand Prix which was held in Imola. The car that enthusiasts will see on the track is the only original existing copy of the car that was destroyed during the accident in which Senna lost his life.But that is not all. The images showing Senna in the minutes before the start of that last Grand Prix will be projected in their entirety exclusively on the circuit tower, images on which pages and pages of ink have been written and which for the first time will be shown in their entirety together with the photographs by Angelo Orsi, Ayrton's close friend.
Streets in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon are quieter than usual, with a heavy military presence in parts of the city where soldiers stand guard at checkpoints and patrol in trucks, as the nation marks the third anniversary of a 2021 coup d'etat. Opponents of the military have called for people to stay indoors in a "silent strike" against the coup. IMAGES
Hundreds of protestors gather outside the UN office in Bangkok on the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. IMAGES