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Added on the 04/01/2021 - Copyright : Barry Wright Inspirational Photography
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After weeks of small protests across the country, Italian farmers brought their demonstrations into Rome on Friday with a four-tractor convoy passing by the Colosseum. IMAGES
Around 80 new tractors arrive at a protest held by Italian farmers on the outskirts of Rome to pressure the government to improve their working conditions. Italy is one of a number of countries across Europe where farmers have staged weeks of demonstrations to demand lower fuel taxes, better prices for their products and an easing of EU environmental regulations that they say makes it more difficult to compete with cheaper foreign produce. IMAGES
Continuing an annual tradition, Romans jump off a bridge into the Tiber river to celebrate the New Year. IMAGES
Recently recovered from a bout of ill-health, Pope Francis marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception with a ceremony on the Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, where he is greeted by a substantial crowd of well-wishers and worshippers. The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff offers a prayer to the Virgin Mary in front of the statue of the Mother of God near the Spanish Steps, an annual tradition on what is a bank holiday in largely Catholic Italy. IMAGES
Riyadh, Busan or Rome? Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Italy, which all claim to have green, high-tech projects, will find out in a few hours' time on Tuesday who will be awarded the 2030 World Expo, a token of prestige and accelerated development. IMAGES
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