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Fireworks are seen over Moscow at night to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, amid the coronavirus outbreak. With cases surging and authorities urging Russians to stay in their homes, celebrations of this year's Victory Day were muted after the Kremlin grudgingly postponed plans for a grand parade with world leaders. IMAGES
During the international 'Circle of Light' festival, designers and specialists in audio-visual art showed off their skills in creating an uplifting combination of light installations, fireworks and music. On the festival's first day, the live Moscow audience witnessed a spectacular, multicolour light.
Shooting jets of water downward, a team of acrobats dressed in glowing suits lit up the night over a lake in the Russian National Park of Zavidovo last weekend, with exploding fireworks and lasers providing a breathtaking backdrop. The spectacular show was put on by the Moswake flyboarding team, which floated over the lake, performing backflips, sharp dives and complex turns, as if using some unknown alien technology.
The Siege of Leningrad has become a symbol of the endurance of the Soviet people. They were fully surrounded by Nazi forces in 1941 when the city's last road connection was severed. After 872 days of bombings, starvation, and extreme cold, the siege was finally lifted, but up to 1.5 million lives were lost. People trapped in the city had to live off of one pound of bread per day. Can you imagine that?
Can you imagine 27 million of anything? The saying goes that every family in the Soviet Union lost at least one person in WWII, or what's known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Some families were completely wiped out. More than 27 million Soviet citizens died, people gave everything to save their homeland. 27 million is a vast, unfathomable number, so we tried to put it into perspective.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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