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Goussainville (France), Aug 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Just 15 kilometers from Paris, a small town refuses to fall into oblivion half a century after the construction of Charles Airport de Gaulle, a project that led 1,000 residents to abandon their homes under pressure from the French administration to demolish them. FOOTAGE FROM GOUSSAINVILLE'S "OLD COUNTRY" RESOURCE (VIEUX-PAYS)SOUNDBITES OF PHILIPPE VIEILLIARD, HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION IN DEFENSE OF THE PEOPLE AND SACRISTAN OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT-PAIERRE; AND OF PIERRE MURILLO, AN OLD NEIGHBOR, SON OF SPANISH REPUBLICAN PARENTS EXILE IN FRANCE.TRANSLATION:Vieilliard:1. "We'll see what he does. I don't know if we can be hopeful, but we're going to ask him to do something. So far he's been cleaning the streets a little better and even installed a second bell in the church. So that's a little sign, but it has to start out stronger than that. "2. Murillo: a lot of people believed what they were told, they were going to destroy the whole town, it was always small but very nice and fun, everyone knew each other around here
Madrid, Jun 21 (EFE).- Madrid's famous landmark Fountain of Cybele turned green Monday night to vindicate the fight against the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) disease.June 21 is the global day of recognition of ALS, a neurodegenerative disease of which three new cases are diagnosed every day in Spain. (Camera: MARTÍN CARRASCO).B-ROLL OF THE FOUNTAIN OF CYBELE IN MADRID, SPAIN.
Friends and family bury their loved ones at the Villa Formosa cemetery, the largest one in Latin America, a day after global Covid-19 deaths surged past two million. IMAGES
Mexico City, Aug 17 (EFE News).- There is a Mexico that is not renouncing its traditions despite the coronavirus pandemic. It's the Mexico of Juan, who died at age 52 of Covid-19 and his relatives bade farewell to him as they have always done with deceased family members: they held his wake at home, carried his coffin through the town and buried him with their own hands.(CAMERA:Miguel Ángel Andrade)
Manacapuru (Brazil), Jun 10 (EFE).- The Brazilian town of Manacapuru, located in the Amazon region, is one of the hardest-hit areas during the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: RAPHAEL ALVES. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
Dietfurt (Germany), Feb 20 (EFE / EPA) .- Dozens of people participated Thursday in a parade for the Chinese carnival in Dietfurt, a local tradition dating back to 1954. (CAMERA: Philipp Guelland)