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Rio de Janiero mayor, Eduardo Paes, hands over the key to the city to the Rei Momo (carnival king), Djeferson Mendes, to officially open festivities. The world's biggest carnival, which has in reality been under way for weeks with massive street parties, returns in a reembrace of samba spirit after the turmoil of Covid-19 and Brazil's bitterly divisive elections. 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
In footage courtesy of Twitter user @WhoAteMyPizza, Sniper rounds could be heard ripping through Dallas on Thursday night, after 11 police officers were shot, 5 fatally, during a protest against the police killing of African-Americans Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Police reports indicate that two snipers fired multiple shots at police officers from an elevated position in the city centre.
Footage courtesy of the Dallas Police Department shows Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown as they held a joint press briefing in Dallas on Thursday, right after two snipers opened fire on police during a march for African American police shooting victims Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile in the Dallas city center. 5 police officers were killed and 6 others received injuries.
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