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Sri Lankan Navy divers check for oil leakage

The Sri Lanka Navy conducts a diving operation at a ship loaded with chemical and plastic that is sinking off Colombo, hoping to check for signs of an oil spill.

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Israel launches vaccination campaign for teens aged 12 to 15 years old

Young Israelis aged between 12 and 15 years old head to Misgav Ladach hospital to receive a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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LGBTQ campaigners demand equality in Japan

Drag queens, rights activists and their supporters dance in Tokyo's Shibuya, demanding equality in Japan.

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Heavy rainstorms cause flooding in western Saxony

Roads were flooded, underpasses filled with muddy waters and waterways broke their banks as heavy rain battered parts of Germany on Saturday.

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USA: Pride parade resumes in Provincetown

"We’re back! And we like to say we're trying to re-queerify Provincetown," says the executive director of the Provincetown Business Guild.

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Venetians protest against the impact of cruise ship tourism

Protesters expressed all their disappointment since liners had been banned from entering the city’s historic centre less than a month ago.

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SPAIN: police evacuate nearly 5,000 youth

Almost 5.000 people, many of them without keeping social distance and without wearing masks, were evacuated by Urban Guard and Mossos d'Esquadra in Barcelona

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Bosnian authorities demolish Serbian Orthodox church

Bosnian authorities have demolished a Serbian Orthodox church after a 20-year-long legal battle that saw the case reach the European Court of Human Rights.

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India submerges unclaimed ashes of 1,200 Covid dead.

Marked only by numbered stickers, dozens of clay pots containing the ashes of covid's dead lie unclaimed.

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France: images of a flooded street in Reims

An amateur video shows a flooded street in Reims after heavy storms. Vehicles are blocked as a torrent pours down the Avenue Jean Jaurès.

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Hong Kong: Commemoration of Tiananmen is forbidden

Hong Kong people shine torches on their phones and police move in to extinguish candles lit during the Tiananmen commemoration.

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Huge Harry Potter store opens in New York

Fans queue for hours, to be among the first inside New York's long-awaited Harry Potter store, hosting the largest collection of Potter products in the world.

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Hong Kong performance artists mark Tiananmen eve as vigil banned

On the eve of the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary, Hong Kong artists stage performances in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay, near Victoria Park.

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'Devils' dance, praying to end crisis in Venezuela

Catholic devotees in the Venezuelan town of Naiguata on Thursday participated in the "Dancing Devils" tradition.

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Clown helps Mumbai kids fight Covid

Volunteer social worker Ashok Kurmi is helping an army of young fans fight the coronavirus in Mumbai's slums using an unusual accessory: a clown costume.

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Sri Lanka facing environmental disaster after ship

Rough seas and poor visibility forced Sri Lanka navy divers to abandon an inspection Thursday of a sinking ship threatening a disastrous oil spill off Colombo's main harbour, officials said.

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Moroccan migrants queue to seek asylum in Spain

Hundreds of Moroccan migrants who recently crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta queued to potentially seek asylum and avoid deportation to Morocco.

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Tokyo unveils Olympic podium, medal tray and music with 50 days to go

The Tokyo 2020 organisers unveil items to be used for the Olympic medal ceremonies, including podiums made with recycled plastic and release the victory music for the medalists, exactly 50 days before the pandemic-postponed Games.

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Israel: PM Netanyahu's opponents strike coalition deal to oust him

Centrist Yair Lapid and ultranationalist Naftali Bennett said they reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, which also includes a small Islamist party.

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LEGO staff create the world’s largest ever football made of bricks

The world’s largest LEGO ball has been built at the LEGO House in Billund, the hometown of Lego, to celebrate the upcoming European Football Championship, that will kick off on June 11.