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Guatemalans go to the polls in a second round of presidential elections marked by the harassment of a surprise favourite, who has enthralled voters with his promises to end the rot of corruption. IMAGES
Demonstrators in Athens, Greece, stage fresh protests amid a 24-hour general strike to voice outrage over last month's train disaster, which claimed 57 lives. The February 28 tragedy has exposed decades of safety failings in Greek railways and has put major pressure on the conservative government ahead of national elections expected in May. IMAGES
Girls resumed classes across much of Afghanistan Wednesday after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of their secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. IMAGES
General Secretary of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, gives key note speech aboard an electric boat in Berlin and citicises Alexander Lukashenko's 'regime' for 'using vulnerable people as a tool to put pressure on other countries'. He calls these 'hybrid tactics' 'cynical'. This comes amid a continuing crisis at the border between Poland and Belarus, where Polish border guards are attmepting to clear makeshift camps of migrants. IMAGES
Kandahar, Oct 18 (EFE / EPA).- The Taliban promised on Monday that they would "soon" allow all girls to return to school, after not allowing them to access to education in secondary schools following their reopening a month ago.The ban on reopening schools for girls and young people has caused uncertainty among the Afghan people, with criticism from women's rights activists who fear returning to the dark era under the former Taliban regime between 1996 and 2001. (Camera:STRINGER) FOOTAGE SHOWS AFGHAN SCHOOL GIRLS ATTEND THEIR SCHOOL IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Tehran (Iran), Sep 24 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camaera: Abedin Taherkenareh) Young Iranians resume outdoor activities while the death rate from covid-19 is reduced by half in the country.FOOTAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE SKATING OUTDOORS, COINCIDING WITH THE REDUCTION OF MORTALITY FROM COVID-19 IN IRAN.
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