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Added on the 10/01/2023 07:13:41 - Copyright : AFP EN
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
Rio de Janeiro holds first carnival since Covid-19 hit Brazil. Performers from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school dance sultry samba in sparkling sequins. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes hands over the keys of the Brazilian city to the Rei Momo - king of the carnival - marking the start of the first carnival since Covid-19 hit Brazil, promising a giant, glittering spectacle of pandemic catharsis. IMAGES
Thousands attend the first Tel Aviv pride event since before the Covid pandemic even as officials urged marchers to wear masks amid a surge in infections. IMAGES
Approximately 6.500 people gather in Marseille city centre to celebrate carnival. The event, unauthorised because of the pandemic, was described as irresponsible by the police, which later disperses the crowd. IMAGES
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